{"id":12172,"date":"2014-03-14T15:30:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2014-03-16T21:37:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T01:37:41","slug":"nascar-at-bristol-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/14\/nascar-at-bristol-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Bristol 2014: Weekend Schedule, Start Time, Practice, Qualifying, TV and Weather Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12173 aligncenter\" alt=\"Food City 500\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/brstol.jpeg\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/brstol.jpeg 602w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/brstol-594x395.jpeg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/brstol-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN this weekend for the fourth races of the 2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series will race at the 0.533-mile concrete oval track.\u00a0The Camping World Truck Series is off this week. The Nationwide Series will run the <em>Drive to Stop Diabetes 300\u00a0<\/em>on Saturday and the Sprint Cup cars will run the <em>Food City 500<\/em>\u00a0on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Below you will find the Bristol Motor Speedway race weekend schedule, \u00a0including the race start time, practice and qualifying times, TV info, and weather at the track \u00a0if you are headed out to see the races this weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Weekend Schedule:<\/h2>\n<p><em>All times listed are ET<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Friday, March 14:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 12:00 p.m-1:30 p.m: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n&#8212; 1:40-2:30 p.m: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n&#8212; 3:00-4:25 p.m: NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8212; 4:40 p.m: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/14\/denny-hamlin-wins-pole-at-bristol-full-qualifying-results-for-food-city-500\/\"><strong>Hamlin wins pole, full qualifying results<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Saturday, March 15:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 9:00-9:50 a.m: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2028&#8211; 10:10 a.m: NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole qualifying <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TV:<\/span><\/strong> ESPN2\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n&#8212; 12:00-1:00 p.m: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 2<br \/>\n<strong>\u2028&#8211; 2:00 p.m: Nationwide Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 presented by Lilly Diabetes (300 laps, 159.9 miles) <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Green Flag:<\/span>\u00a02:16 p.m TV: ESPN2 <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/15\/nascar-nationwide-series-at-bristol-starting-lineup-green-flag-and-tv-info-for-stop-diabetes-300\/\">Larson on pole, Starting Lineup and Race info<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2028&#8211; 4:45 p.m: NASCAR K&amp;N Pro Series East\u00a0 PittLite 125 (125 laps, 66.63 miles)\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- linkunitmedium --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"2165284737\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Sunday, March 16<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; 1:00 p.m: Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 (500 laps, 266.5 miles) <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/16\/carl-edwards-wins-at-bristol-full-results-for-the-food-city-500\/\">WINNER: Carl Edwards, Full Results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Race Day Info:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Sprint Cup:<\/em><br \/>\n<b>Grand Marshals<\/b>: University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones and Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last Year&#8217;s Winner:<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Sprint Cup:<\/strong> Kasey Kahne<br \/>\n<strong>NNS:<\/strong> Kyle Busch<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Both Friday and Saturday the weather will treat fans nicely. Temperatures in the low 60&#8217;s, with only a 10% chance of rain on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday: Rain is\u00a0in the forecast as of right now. A 70% chance with temperatures falling into the 40&#8217;s. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/16\/weather-wrecking-havoc-on-bristol-nascar-race-start\/\" target=\"_blank\">For ongoing coverage of the weather, you can follow along here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like our post? Find it informative? Please SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN this weekend for the fourth races of the 2014 season. Both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series will race at the 0.533-mile concrete oval track.\u00a0The Camping World Truck Series is off this week. 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