Ryan Blaney set the fast time for the Food City 500 in qualifying on Saturday.
Blaney’s No. 12 Ford Mustang was clocked at a time of 15.134 ahead of Josh Berry who will start aside him. Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Chase Elliott round out the top five starters.
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FOX will have coverage of the Food City 500 from Bristol beginning at 3:30 pm ET. PRN and SiriusXM will have the radio call.
Bristol Cup Series Food City 500 Lineup
Qualifying March 16, 2024; Race to be held: March 17, 2024
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POSITION
|
BEST SPEED
|
BEST TIME
|
BEHIND
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
R. Blaney#12
|
126.787
|
15.134
|
Winner
|
|
2 |
J. Berry#4
|
125.436
|
15.297
|
0.163
|
|
3 |
D. Hamlin#11
|
126.528
|
15.165
|
0.031
|
|
4 |
J. Logano#22
|
124.703
|
15.387
|
0.253
|
|
5 |
C. Elliott#9
|
126.129
|
15.213
|
0.079
|
|
6 |
C. Briscoe#14
|
126.528
|
15.165
|
0.031
|
|
7 |
M. McDowell#34
|
124.727
|
15.384
|
0.250
|
|
8 |
W. Byron#24
|
124.557
|
15.405
|
0.271
|
|
9 |
B. Wallace#23
|
125.740
|
15.260
|
0.126
|
|
10 |
K. Larson#5
|
126.162
|
15.209
|
0.075
|
|
11 |
M. Truex Jr#19
|
125.126
|
15.335
|
0.201
|
|
12 |
C. Bell#20
|
124.484
|
15.414
|
0.280
|
|
13 |
H. Burton#21
|
124.979
|
15.353
|
0.219
|
|
14 |
K. Busch#8
|
124.299
|
15.437
|
0.303
|
|
15 |
E. Jones#43
|
124.930
|
15.359
|
0.225
|
|
16 |
Z. Smith#71
|
123.873
|
15.490
|
0.356
|
|
17 |
B. Keselowski#6
|
124.743
|
15.382
|
0.248
|
|
18 |
C. LaJoie#7
|
123.826
|
15.496
|
0.362
|
|
19 |
T. Gibbs#54
|
124.605
|
15.399
|
0.265
|
|
20 |
D. Hemric#31
|
123.197
|
15.575
|
0.441
|
|
21 |
A. Cindric#2
|
124.420
|
15.422
|
0.288
|
|
22 |
N. Gragson#10
|
123.110
|
15.586
|
0.452
|
|
23 |
T. Reddick#45
|
124.050
|
15.468
|
0.334
|
|
24 |
T. Gilliland#38
|
122.646
|
15.645
|
0.511
|
|
25 |
R. Preece#41
|
124.002
|
15.474
|
0.340
|
|
26 |
J. Nemechek#42
|
122.505
|
15.663
|
0.529
|
|
27 |
R. Stenhouse Jr#47
|
123.889
|
15.488
|
0.354
|
|
28 |
D. Suárez#99
|
121.782
|
15.756
|
0.622
|
|
29 |
A. Bowman#48
|
123.754
|
15.505
|
0.371
|
|
30 |
A. Allmendinger#16
|
121.075
|
15.848
|
0.714
|
|
31 |
A. Dillon#3
|
123.523
|
15.534
|
0.400
|
|
32 |
J. Haley#51
|
120.558
|
15.916
|
0.782
|
|
33 |
K. Grala#15
|
122.263
|
15.694
|
0.560
|
|
34 |
C. Buescher#17
|
119.343
|
16.078
|
0.944
|
|
35 |
C. Hocevar#77
|
121.090
|
15.846
|
0.712
|
|
36 |
R. Chastain#1
|
119.210
|
16.096
|
0.962
|
