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Vital stats for the IRWIN Tools Night Race

Track: Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., 0.53 miles, concrete surface, 24- to 28-degree banking in all turns. Banking in the frontstretch and backstretch is 4 to 8 degrees. The frontstretch and backstretch are both 650 feet.

Time/TV: IRWIN Tools Night Race, 7:30 p.m. ET, Saturday, Aug. 24. TV: ABC (coverage starts  at 7 p.m. ET), Radio: PRN; SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Channel 90.

Trailblazers: The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol was held in 1961, won by Jack Smith (with relief from Johnny Allen) on July 30 of that year. Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip lead the series with 26 top-five finishes and Petty leads the series in top-10 finishes at Bristol with 37. 

0 is the fewest amount of caution periods in a Bristol Motor Speedway event, accomplished in the 1971 Volunteer 500. “Chargin’ ” Charlie Glotzbach was credited with the victory, though relief driver Raymond “Friday” Hassler took over on the hot July day and drove under the checkered flag. The 2-hour, 38-minute race remains the fastest in track history, run at an average speed of 101.074 mph.

0.064 was the margin of victory in Kyle Busch‘s victory over Jeff Burton in the March 25, 2007 race, which has been the closest MOV at Bristol since the advent of electronic scoring.

1 is the fewest amount of laps led by a Bristol Motor Speedway winner in NASCAR’s premier series. Fred Lorenzen inherited the lead on the final lap when Richard Petty, who had led 442 laps to that point, retired with rear-gearing failure while leading the Volunteer 500 in July 1964.

2 Bristol Sprint Cup races have been shortened due to weather conditions.

2 is also the number of women who have competed in NASCAR premier series events at Bristol Motor Speedway. Racing pioneer Janet Guthrie and active driver Danica Patrick have two career starts each at the Tennessee track — Guthrie finished 11th and sixth in her two efforts in 1977. Patrick has placed 29th and 28th in the last two Sprint Cup races at Bristol.

3 times there have been green-white-checkered finishes at Bristol. All three came in the spring race at the track and happened in three straight years, from 2007 to 2009.

 5 is the number of wins Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon have at Bristol, the most among active drivers.

6  is the number of times Mark Martin has finished as the runner-up at Bristol. That is the most among active drivers.

6.876 is the average starting position for Jeff Gordon at Bristol, which is the best among active drivers.

7 is the staggering number of consecutive Bristol victories, set by Darrell Waltrip. Each win in the streak came behind the wheel of the No. 11 car owned by fellow NASCAR Hall of Famer Junior Johnson.

8 automakers have won at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 43 Bristol wins, followed by Ford’s 33. Toyota ranks fifth with five Bristol triumphs. Pontiac, Plymouth, Dodge, Buick and Oldsmobile are the other carmakers with Bristol wins. 

9.824 is the average finish for Kyle Busch at Bristol, which leads all active drivers.

10 is the number of times Rick Hendrick, Roger Penske and Jack Roush have had their drivers win at Bristol, which is the most among active car owners. Junior Johnson has the most car owner wins with 16.

12 is the number of times Darrell Waltrip won at Bristol, which is the most among all drivers. Waltrip won seven consecutive races at Bristol from 1981 to 1984.

14.813 seconds is the track-record qualifying time, set by Kyle Busch in Coors Light Pole Award qualifying last March. The lap, which translates to 129.535 mph, is one of 13 track records broken so far this season by the new sixth-generation (Gen-6) model of stock car used in NASCAR’s top series.

20 is the record amount of caution periods in a Bristol event for NASCAR’s top series. The number has actually occurred three times — April 1989, April 1997 and August 2003.

22 times the race winner has started from the pole position. The last driver to win from the pole was Carl Edwards in the night race of 2008.

23 is the fewest amount of cars to start a race for NASCAR’s premier series at Bristol. Of that number, 14 cars were running at the finish in the 1975 Southeastern 500, where Richard Petty took the checkered flag by six laps over Benny Parsons.

28 was the number of times that Jeff Burton competed at Bristol before winning (the 2008 spring race) at the track, which was the longest span of the 15 active winners.

35 is the number of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol that have been won from the front row. That calculates to an even 33.3 percent winning rate for the first- and second-place starters.

36 is the number of degrees of banking in the turns at Bristol Motor Speedway from 1969-2007, a number which stood as the steepest in NASCAR for nearly four decades.

38 was the starting position for Elliott Sadler in 2001, when he won at Bristol. It is the deepest starting position that a race winner has had at Bristol.

41is the number of different drivers that have won a Sprint Cup race at Bristol. 

46 different drivers have had poles at Bristol, with Mark Martin and Cale Yarborough leading the way with nine each. Martin swept both poles at Bristol in 2009. 

48 was the age of Dale Earnhardt when he became the oldest Bristol winner at 48 years, 3 months, 30 days on Aug. 28, 1999.

60 is the track-record number of career starts by King Richard Petty, the series’ all-time wins leader. Petty scored three victories and six pole positions from 1961 to 1992 at the .533-mile track. His total includes a season sweep of Bristol’s two races in 1975.

79.225 mph was the speed that won Fred Lorenzen the inaugural Coors Light Pole.

103.0 is the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series-leading driver rating at Bristol Motor Speedway, owned by Kyle Busch. The youngest Busch brother is entered in all three national series races this weekend.

105 Sprint Cup races have been held at Bristol. 

166 Sprint Cup races have been held in the state of Tennessee. Bristol has hosted the most with Nashville Speedway next on the list with 42. Smokey Mountain Raceway in Maryville is the only other track with double-digit races (12) for NASCAR’s top series.

422 drivers have competed in at least one Sprint Cup race at Bristol.

500 is most laps led by a Bristol winner in NASCAR’s top series. NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough started from the pole position and was never headed in winning the Southeastern 500 in March 1973.

2,713 is the career total of laps led by four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon, a five-time winner at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile. Gordon also holds a career average running position of 9.6 at Bristol, tops in the series.

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TV host heads home to Michigan with actress wife to fire engines, root for Brad Keselowski

Self-proclaimed "eco-friendly carpenter" and HGTV host, Carter Oosterhouse, returned to his Pure Michigan roots last Sunday with his wife, actress Amy Smart. The celebrity couple served as grand marshals for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

In addition to talking about their Traverse City, Mich. winery, Bonobo, and supporting his foundation, Carter’s Kids, the two talked about their favorite driver, favorite movies and more.

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What have you thought about your experience at Michigan International Speedway?

Amy Smart:  I’m really impressed. First of all, I can’t even believe you put this together in such, as you say, “organized chaos.” It’s amazing just seeing the number of people and the enthusiasm and just the energy. You can just get high on the energy of everyone’s excitement. I’m really looking forward to feeling the cars and their gush! We were lucky enough to go drive one of these pace cars right when we got here and that felt like a rollercoaster ride. So this is really impressive. I feel really grateful to have this experience.

What is your favorite movie?

Amy Smart: Probably artistically I would say “The Butterfly Effect” was the most challenging. But I think when I talk to people, their favorites are either “Varsity Blues” or “Just Friends.”

You have a movie currently in production. Can you talk a little bit about that?

Amy Smart: Sure, I did a film that comes out next year called “Single Moms Club” for all you moms. And dads. For both. It’s a Tyler Perry movie so it’s bound to have a lot of laughs and be a fun kind of upbeat, entertaining movie.

Who is your favorite race driver and why?

Amy Smart: Well, I’m going to have to say Tony Stewart, but he’s not here today so now I need a runner-up. I’ll vote for Michigan. I’m going for BK (Brad Keselowski).

Did you ever race a car by yourself, and if not, after the race, will you do so?

Carter Oosterhouse: I’ve actually raced at the Dover, Del. (International Speedway) Monster Mile there. You can get on that mile track, and I raced there a couple years back. So that was pretty much the extent of my racing in the NASCAR world, but I didn’t crash so that’s good, right? Maybe I’ll try again next year.

As a grand marshal, what are you looking forward to the most out here?

Carter Oosterhouse: As the grand marshal, I’m just trying to not make a mistake when I tell the drivers to start their engines. Being from Michigan, having such ties to Michigan and such love for Michigan, the whole idea that we’re here at a NASCAR event with the Pure Michigan campaign, which is completely going strong throughout the entire U.S. I live in California and spend most of my time there and seeing those advertisements is just something that’s really nice to see. Being here and being a part of this in the state that I grew up in and I have so much love for, I’m just proud and honored.

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Get a sneak peek at the new looks for Bristol

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Greg Biffle will drive the No. 16 3M AAD Car Care Ford.

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will drive the No. 17 Nationwide Insurance Ford.

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Josh Wise will drive the No. 35 Carson-Newman University Ford.

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David Gilliland will drive the No. 38 Dockside Logistics Ford.

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Landon Cassill will drive the No. 40 Hillman Racing Chevrolet.

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Aric Almirola will drive the No. 43 RainEater Wiper Blades Ford.

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Brian Scott will drive the No. 2 Husky Liners Chevrolet.

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Ryan Reed will drive the No. 16 Drive to Stop Diabetes Ford.

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Drew Herring will drive the No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota.

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Kenny Wallace will drive the No. 29 American Ethanol Toyota.

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Michael Annett will drive the No. 43 Pilot Travel Centers/Jack Links Ford.

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Brad Keselowski will drive the No. 19 Draw-Tite Ford.

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Brandon Jones will drive the No. 33 Katy Springs Chevrolet.

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Caleb Holman will drive the No. 75 Alpha Dog/Highlands Hickory Market/Food Country USA/Wise Snacks Chevrolet.

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At the close of Bristol Crafton and Coulter found their way to have some words

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Matt Crafton and Joey Coulter engaged in a made-for-TV shouting match at the end of Wednesday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
 
But after the engines and tempers had cooled, both were able to smile and sheepishly chalk some of the incident up to Bristol being Bristol.
 
Crafton left the Tennessee track with nearly the same margin atop the series standings after an eventful 10th-place finish in the UNOH 200. After running out of gas and clanging fenders with his new rival all in the last 15 laps, he was more than happy to leave the World’s Fastest Half-Mile with a 49-point edge over defending truck champion James Buescher with nine races left in the season.

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“It’s a shame because we definitely had a top-five truck,” said Crafton, who lost just two points from his advantage. “I don’t know if we had a truck capable of winning, but we definitely had even a top-three truck. Definitely a shame, but all in all to come back with a 10th place and lose minimal points at the end of the night, we’ll go on to the next one.”
 
Crafton’s night could have been worse, but it could have been better. He never led, but sat in second place with a shot at his second victory of the season on the race’s next-to-last restart. That’s when his truck sputtered, due to the track’s steep banking tilting the gas level away from the fuel pickup.
 
When the green flag flew and Crafton’s truck paused, Ryan Blaney ran into his tailgate and spun in the process. Crafton continued, but more contact was in store with Coulter on the next restart. In the final seven-lap shootout that followed, Crafton nudged Coulter up the track in the first turn, but the Kyle Busch Motorsports driver caught the points leader and returned fire with a shove.
 
Crafton suggested that the freely given contact was a result of their hard battle at Eldora Speedway’s half-mile dirt track in last month’s inaugural Mudsummer Classic.
 
“It’s Bristol. It’s at the end, and it comes back from the last short track,” Crafton said. “We raced on the dirt track and he used me up really, really, really bad. He drove me into the fence, we crawled the wall and I’m a pretty nice guy until you piss me off, and he never said anything to me there. He just used me up and drove on, knocked the toe out of my truck, just destroyed my truck. I always say I mark ‘em down on the dash, and whatever comes around goes around.
 
“I told him, I didn’t wreck you, I moved you, just like you used me up at the dirt track.’ In my book, we’re even or we can just keep in a pissing match. They’ve been tearing up trucks and we don’t need to tear up trucks in the position we’re in. Hopefully, we can move on from it. If not, we’ll figure it out one way or another.”
 
Coulter held on to finish 11th, right behind Crafton. Their proximity in the post-race staging area probably didn’t help cooler heads prevail, leaving drivers and crews with ready access for jawing after the checkered flag.
 
But after the waters had calmed, Coulter said he agreed that the time to discuss matters for the stretch run of the season is likely soon approaching.
 
“It’s just he and I usually get in the same part of the race track a lot,” said Coulter. “We have raced really hard together, so I think it’s just time he and I go sit down and talk it out, and keep racing like we have in the past. Tonight was just a simple example of give back what you were given. He knocked me up the race track into (turn) one so I returned the favor off of (turn) four. We’ll work it out and get back to some good racing.”

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At 17 years old, Elliott becomes the youngest pole winner in the history of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

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BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR Next member Chase Elliott became the youngest Camping World Truck Series Pole Award winner in the history of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, soaring to the top of the qualifying chart Wednesday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway.
 
Elliott, driving the No. 94 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, will start first in the UNOH 200 (8 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1) after a qualifying lap of 125.183 mph on the .533-mile concrete track. He set the youth record at the bright-eyed age of 17 years, 8 months and 24 days.
 
“It sounds awesome,” said Elliott, the son of former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott. “I hope we can finish there.”

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Ryan Blaney, just 19, qualified second in the No. 29 Brad Keselowski Motorsports Ford at 125.028 mph. Ty Dillon qualified third in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy with Red Horse Racing teammates Timothy Peters and German Quiroga Jr. completing the top five.
 
Series points leader Matt Crafton qualified sixth. Two full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers will start in the top 10 — Brad Keselowski qualified seventh with Kyle Busch, a three-time Bristol trucks winner, 10th.
 
Ben Kennedy, great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., will start 19th in his Camping World Truck Series debut.
 
Jeb Burton, Joey Coulter and Brennan Newberry suffered incidents on their qualifying laps, all on consecutive attempts. Burton, second in the series standings, looped his No. 4 Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet in turns 1 and 2, but managed to avoid contact with the wall. He wound up with the 18th starting spot.
 
Coulter, the next driver out in the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, made minor contact with the outside barrier in the same spot on the track. Newberry hit harder in Turn 2, making heavy contact with the left-front corner of his No. 24 NTS Motorsports Chevy.
 
After the consecutive incidents, NASCAR officials stopped the qualifying session for several minutes to blow off the track and check for moisture. Keselowski was among the drivers who walked the Turns 1 and 2 area to investigate.
 
No drivers failed to make the 36-truck field. Jennifer Jo Cobb and Mike Harmon withdrew from the event after troubles during practice and did not make qualifying attempts.

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Blaney took exception to a hit from Peters on Lap 138

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BRISTOL, Tenn. — Timothy Peters said it was “short track racing.”

Ryan Blaney felt otherwise.

Contact between the two as they battled for the lead in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway resulted in Blaney brushing the wall and Peters keeping the lead.

The lap 138 skirmish, brief as it was, damaged the right side of the No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford, although Blaney managed to battle back to finish third.

Peters finished second after a stirring side-by-side with Kyle Busch at the end of the race, spinning out after contact as the two sped to the finish line.

“I thought we had a good truck all day,” said Blaney, a winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series stop at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway earlier this month. “We qualified second and were up in the top five all day long.

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“I had a chance to get by the 17 (of Peters) there, he was running the middle of the track and I … went up top.”

There was room. There was also plenty of dirt and debris, washed up by the constant buzz of trucks circling the 0.533-mile track. The loose stuff, in other words.

“He knew I was coming,” Blaney said, “and just ran us all the way up the race track and into the fence. Not too happy about that but happy with the way we performed today.”

Blaney, competing for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors, moved up one spot in the points standings, to seventh, with the third-place finish. Peters climbed two spots, to fifth.

“We never had any history together,” Peters said. “I don’t feel like I have to go down there and talk to him. That’s short-track racing. I didn’t do it purposely.”

All of the lead-lap trucks save for Peters pitted under caution with less than 20 laps remaining. That move, Blaney said, likely kept him out of trouble on the ensuing restart when team owner and teammate Brad Keselowski spun following contact.

“I was lucky to be fourth on that … restart, behind Timothy,” he said. “Because the 88 (of Matt Crafton) ran out (of gas); it spun Brad out — he got hit from behind. I was lucky that the 17 (of Peters) didn’t run out right in front of me because the same thing would have happened to us.

“I thought it was a really good call (to pit) and most everyone else came with us. Looking back on it, we had such a big gap from us to the guy running fourth … that we should have taken four tires. But that’s a tough decision to make, a last minute decision.”

 

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Still unsure about next year’s ride, Newman tries to focus on the present

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Ryan Newman is walking a tight wire these days, trying to get his Stewart-Haas Racing team into NASCAR’s Chase For The Sprint Cup while also seeking a ride for 2014 and beyond.
 
Wednesday, the 17-time winner was tooling around Bristol Motor Speedway, practicing and qualifying for the TitanRoof 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Series race, scheduled to run later that night.
 
“If it goes good, it’s a nice diversion,” Newman said of outing. “If not, it’s just an additional headache.”
 
Newman, 35, is currently 15th in points and fourth in the Wild Card standings – the two final spots outside the top-10 that will qualify for the Chase. He will not be returning to SHR next season, thus he’s not only competing for a spot in the Chase, but for future employment during these next few weeks.

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“Right now I’m keeping track of a whole lot of other things that don’t make my race car faster,” he said. “That doesn’t stress me. I have to just spend a little more time … than I wanted to.”
 
He says he is “a little further along” toward what his plans might include for next season, “but nothing to really talk about.
 
“It’s all talked about on my end,” he said.
 
“Everything kind of changed last week with some of the rumors that went around. Ultimately, you never know; everything could change again next week.
 
“In a matter of a week, you had the rumors of a fourth car at SHR, you’ve got a Ganassi ride that opens up. You just don’t know. Anything can change. Look at (Tony) Stewart’s situation.”
 
Stewart, co-owner and driver at SHR, suffered a broken right leg when he crashed in a sprint car race Aug. 5 in Iowa. Team officials announced Aug. 19 that Stewart would not return to competition this season.
 
In the meantime, the organization has been said to be wooing Kurt Busch for a potential fourth car next year.
 
“If it didn’t surprise me as well as every other person on this planet that has anything to do with motorsports, we’d all be lying to ourselves,” Newman said of the reports.
 
But, he said, he doesn’t feel a fourth car should have meant he should have been allowed to remain at SHR.
 
“Not at all. They already made their announcement; I’m done and out,” he said. “Whatever they want to do, they can do. It’s within their power. They have to budget it out.”
 
There are possible openings elsewhere, but none are clear-cut. Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, which will notretain the services of Juan Pablo Montoya, will need a driver for the No. 42 Chevrolet. However, the organization already has up-and-coming Kyle Larson under contract and there is speculation that Larson, who has no Cup experience, could be put in the car.
 
Richard Childress Racing could add a fourth team, possibly opening a seat, however sponsorship for such an endeavor hasn’t been announced.
 
And Furniture Row Racing could have an opening if driver Kurt Busch decides to leave t season’s end.
 
“The thing you look at right now, the performance of all three (teams) has been good,” Newman said. “Some better than others, some better than others at certain race tracks.
 
“Juan’s deal was really close to what I did at Indy. He got fired one week and he’s P1 in practice, P1 in practice (the following week). It’s like OK. It’s coincidental but in the end it’s like ‘really?’ And you see Kurt out there (in the top 10 in points).
 
“It’s good that there’s good equipment out there, but it’s also tough because you’re competing against good drivers too.”

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Teammates Kyle Busch and Darrell Wallace Jr. roll off last for Bristol pole

      Track Qualifying Record: Ken Schrader, 08/25/04 15.1179 sec., 126.922 mph
# Trk Driver Team
1 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
2 84 Mike Harmon(i) Beaver Bail Bonds Chevrolet
3 10 * Jennifer Jo Cobb Koma Unwind RAM
4 93 * Chris Jones RSS Racing Chevrolet
5 99 Bryan Silas Bell Trucks America Inc. Ford
6 45 * Nate Montieth DDK Motorsports Toyota
7 81 David Starr BYF/Chasco Toyota
8 68 * Clay Greenfield Victory Junction Gang RAM
9 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
10 52 * Ken Schrader(i) Federated Auto Parts Toyota
11 02 * Tyler Young Young’s Building Systems/SSI/Outback Chevrolet
12 8 Max Gresham Made in USA Brand Chevrolet
13 92 * Matt McCall Blacks Tire/Fleet HQ/QMI Chevrolet
14 07 Jake Crum Bandit Chippers Toyota
15 33 * Brandon Jones Katy Spring Chevrolet
16 27 * Jeff Agnew West Virginia Coal Association Chevrolet
17 32 Miguel Paludo AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet
18 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet
19 96 * Ben Kennedy ModSpace/Fresh From Florida Gulf Seafood Chevrolet
20 98 Johnny Sauter Carolina Nut Co./Curb Records Toyota
21 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet
22 4 Jeb Burton # Arrowhead Chevrolet
23 60 Dakoda Armstrong Winfield Chevrolet
24 18 Joey Coulter Gunbroker.com Toyota
25 24 Brennan Newberry # Qore-24 Chevrolet
26 7 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Toyota
27 75 * Caleb Holman Alpha Dog/Highlands Hickory Market/Food Country USA Chevrolet
28 6 * Justin Lofton Lofton Cattle Chevrolet
29 19 Brad Keselowski(i) Draw Tite Ford
30 29 Ryan Blaney # Cooper Standard Ford
31 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Great Lake Wood Floors Toyota
32 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet
33 17 Timothy Peters Parts Plus Toyota
34 77 German Quiroga # NET 10 Wireless Toyota
35 31 James Buescher Rheem Chevrolet
36 94 * Chase Elliott Aaron’s Dream Machine/Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet
37 51 Kyle Busch(i) ToyotaCare Toyota
38 54 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Liberty Tire Recycling/GroundSmart Rubber Mulch Toyota

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Find out where to watch the Irwin Tools Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway

NASCAR fans in seven affected markets will watch ABC’s telecast of Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on alternate channels through arrangements made by their local ABC affiliates.

The ABC affiliates in the seven markets will be airing NFL preseason games Saturday night rather than the NASCAR race but with the alternate channels in each market, the race telecast will still be available nationwide. ABC’s coverage begins with “NASCAR Countdown” at 7 p.m. ET with the race’s green flag at 7:44 p.m.

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In six of the seven markets, the race telecast will air on ESPN and several of the ABC affiliates also will air the race on their Digital Tier channels. In Columbus, Ohio, the race will air on local station WWHO-TV.

Also, ABC affiliates in Buffalo, Charlotte, N.C., and Rochester, N.Y., will join either “NASCAR Countdown” or the race telecast in progress following the conclusion of a 4:30 p.m. ET game between the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins. The Rochester station will air “NASCAR Countdown” and the race on its Digital Tier channel until the game ends.

“NASCAR Countdown” will be pre-empted by local news in Little Rock, Ark., and Tyler, Tex., but both ABC affiliates will air the race telecast.

The affected markets:

Buffalo — ABC affiliate WKBW-TV will join either “NASCAR Countdown” or the race in progress following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.

Charlotte, N.C. — ABC affiliate WSOC-TV will join either “NASCAR Countdown” or the race in progress following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.

Columbus, Ohio — “NASCAR Countdown” and race will air on local station WWHO-TV.

Dayton, Ohio — “NASCAR Countdown” and race will air on ESPN and on Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate WKEF-TV.

Nashville, Tenn. —  “NASCAR Countdown” and race will air on ESPN.

Philadelphia — “NASCAR Countdown” and race will air on ESPN and on Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate WPVI-TV.

Phoenix — “NASCAR Countdown” and  race will air on ESPN and Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate KNXV-TV.

Rochester, N.Y. — ABC affiliate WHAM-TV will air “NASCAR Countdown” on its Digital Tier 2 channel and will join in progress on its main channel following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.

St. Joseph, Mo. — “NASCAR Countdown” and race will air on ESPN.

Weslaco, Texas — “NASCAR Countdown” and race will air on ESPN and Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate KRGV.

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