The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for the Food City 500.
Denny Hamlin will lead field of 43 car to the green flag on Sunday after setting the fast time in qualifying.
Coverage of the Food City 500 will take place on FOX beginning at 1:00 pm ET with the green flag time unknown due to rain. Sunday’s race will be 500 laps around the 0.533 mile track making up 266.5 miles.
University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones and Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer will be the grand marshal for the race.
Darrell Waltrip owns 12 wins at Bristol followed by Rusty Wallace at nine. Three active drivers all have five wins they include Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch.
Last season Kasey Kahne won this event. Matt Kenseth won the night race later in the season.
Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr. have both claimed wins to start the season.
Rain is expected all day at Bristol making this race doubtful. If the race is unable to be run, it will take place 12:00 pm ET on Monday.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Starting Lineup for Bristol
- Denny Hamlin
- Brad Keselowski
- Matt Kenseth
- Joey Logano
- Marcos Ambrose
- Jeff Gordon
- Kyle Busch
- Greg Biffle
- Ryan Newman
- Kasey Kahne
- Jimmie Johnson
- Carl Edwards
- Kurt Busch
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- David Gilliland
- Jamie McMurray
- Cole Whitt
- David Ragan
- Kyle Larson
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Michael McDowell
- Aric Almirola
- Casey Mears
- Austin Dillon
- Kevin Harvick
- Paul Menard
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Justin Allgaier
- Landon Cassill
- Josh Wise
- Alex Bowman
- Michael Annett
- Reed Sorenson
- Danica Patrick
- Tony Stewart
- Brian Vickers
- Travis Kvapil
- Ryan Truex
- Parker Kligerman
- Joe Nemechek
- Timmy Hill
Failing to make the race were Dave Blaney and David Reutimann.