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Food City 500

{{short description|Auto race held at Bristol, United States}}

{{about|the NASCAR race|other uses|Food City (disambiguation){{!}}Food City}}

{{Infobox motor race

| Race title = Food City 500

| Logo = 200px

| Track map = Bristol Motor Speedway 2024.svg

| Series long = NASCAR Cup Series

| Venue = Bristol Motor Speedway

| Location = Bristol, Tennessee, United States

| Sponsor = Food City
Entertainment Industry Foundation

| First race = {{Start date|1961}}

|

| Distance = {{convert|266.5|mi|km|1}}

| Laps = 500
Stages 1/2: 125 each
Final stage: 250

| Previous names = Southeastern 500 (1961–1975, 1977–1979)
Southeastern 400 (1976)
Valleydale Southeastern 500 (1980)
Valleydale 500 (1981–1986)
Valleydale Meats 500 (1987–1991)
Food City 500 (1992–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2024–present)
Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City (2011)
Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer (2015)
Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 (2020)
Food City Dirt Race (2021–2023)

| Most wins driver = Rusty Wallace (6, paved surface)
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch
Christopher Bell (1, dirt surface)

| Most wins team = Hendrick Motorsports (9, paved surface)
Joe Gibbs Racing (2, dirt surface)

| Most wins manufacturer = Chevrolet (24, paved surface)
Toyota (2, dirt surface)

| Surface = Concrete

| Length mi = 0.533

| Turns = 4

}}

The Food City 500 is an annual 500-lap, {{convert|266.5|mi|km|adj=on}} NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Bass Pro Shops Night Race. It was the first venue of the 2007 NASCAR schedule to host the fifth-generation NASCAR premiership race car, a race won by Kyle Busch. For much of its history, from 1961 to 1992 the race was run on the original asphalt surface, then on concrete from 1993 to 2020 after Bristol changed surfaces, but was moved to a dirt layout beginning in 2021, under the name Food City Dirt Race. Since 2024, the race returned the concrete oval.{{ cite web | url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/09/15/concrete-to-replace-dirt-bristol-springtime-schedule-2024/ | title=Concrete to replace dirt for Bristol's springtime schedule in 2024 | date=15 September 2023 }}

Kyle Larson is the defending race winner.

History

File:2015 Food City 500.png

In 2008, Bristol Motor Speedway President & General Manager Jeff Byrd requested that NASCAR move the spring race to a later Spring date, to avoid the problems with rain, snow, and sleet that hit the area in late winter and early spring. This was not carried out until 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/bristol.htm |title=Jayski's Silly Season Site – Bristol Motor Speedway News |access-date=2008-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221172954/http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/bristol.htm |archive-date=2005-12-21 |url-status=dead }} In 2015, the race moved from mid-March to April.{{cite news | url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/26/2015-nascar-schedule-release-sprint-cup-series-darlington-bristol.html | title=NASCAR reveals 2015 schedules for national series | publisher=NASCAR | date=August 26, 2014 | access-date=August 26, 2014 | archive-date=August 27, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827080712/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/26/2015-nascar-schedule-release-sprint-cup-series-darlington-bristol.html | url-status=dead }} Though every race besides 2016 has had some sort of rain alter the race including moving the race to Monday in 2017 and 2018.

In 2011, title sponsor Food City announced it would honor former Speedway President and General Manager Jeff Byrd, who died in October 2010, by renaming the 2011 Spring race the Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City.{{Cite web |url=http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/feb/15/spring-nascar-race-be-jeff-byrd-500-ar-844947/ |title=Bristol Sprint Cup race renamed to honor Jeff Byrd |access-date=2011-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122502/http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/feb/15/spring-nascar-race-be-jeff-byrd-500-ar-844947/ |archive-date=2018-01-18 |url-status=dead }}

In 2015, the race was renamed the Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer to support NASCAR on Fox broadcaster Steve Byrnes in his battle with cancer, in association with the Entertainment Industry Foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/bristol-motor-speedway-fox-sports-steve-byrnes-honored-sprint-cup-series-041015|title=April 19 Bristol race renamed to honor FOX Sports' Steve Byrnes|last=Pennell|first=Jay|publisher=Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC.|date=April 10, 2015|website=FoxSports.com|access-date=April 10, 2015}}

The 2020 race was dubbed the Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 to honor grocery store workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/media/news/sundays-bms-nascar-cup-series-race-named-food-city-presents-supermarket-heroes-500-honor-grocery-store-front-line-workers.html|title=Sunday's BMS NASCAR Cup Series race named Food City presents Supermarket Heroes 500 to honor grocery store front-line workers|work=Bristol Motor Speedway|date=May 26, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020}}

=Dirt Configuration=

File:Food City Dirt Race logo.png

In 2021, the race shifted to a dirt surface version of the track and was renamed the Food City Dirt Race.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-30|title=NASCAR Cup Series to go dirt trackin' at Bristol in 2021 - NBC Sports|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/09/30/cup-series-to-go-dirt-trackin-at-bristol-in-2021/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/media/news/speedway-news/nascar-announces-2021-networks-start-times-headlined-historic-food-city-dirt-race-bristol-motor-speedway.html|title=NASCAR announces 2021 networks and start times headlined by historic Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway|work=Bristol Motor Speedway|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=January 2, 2021}} The race's stage lengths were initially set at 75 each for the first two segments followed by 100 in the final stage,{{cite news|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/01/25/stage-lengths-for-2021-nascar-season/|title=Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season|work=NASCAR|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021}} but stages 1–2 were later adjusted to be 100 laps apiece following Friday practices.{{cite news|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/03/27/nascar-makes-competition-adjustments-for-bristol-dirt-race/|title=NASCAR makes competition adjustments for Bristol Dirt Race|work=NASCAR|date=March 27, 2021|access-date=March 28, 2021}}

In 2022, the race became a night race, and was run on Easter Sunday. Part of the reason it was moved from daylight to nighttime is because of visibility issues that plagued the event in 2021 with sunlight reflecting off the dirt.

On September 15, 2023, Bristol announced that the Food City 500 would return to the concrete oval, beginning in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/09/15/concrete-to-replace-dirt-bristol-springtime-schedule-2024/|title=Concrete to replace dirt for Bristol's races next spring | NASCAR|date=15 September 2023 }}

Notable races

  • 1968: David Pearson won after a lengthy duel with Richard Petty and LeeRoy Yarbrough in a race prominently featured on the television series Car and Track.
  • 1971: Pearson won after tagging James Hylton into the wall; Pearson edged Richard Petty after Petty erased a two-lap deficit.
  • 1972: Mechanic (and later car owner) Junior Johnson saw the first of a plethora of Bristol wins over the ensuing two decades as Bobby Allison drove his Chevrolet to an easy win.
  • 1973: Driving Junior's Chevy, Cale Yarborough led all 500 laps, a feat he duplicated at Nashville in 1978 and by Jeff Burton at New Hampshire International Speedway in 2000.
  • 1974: Chevrolets swept the top ten finishing spots led by Yarborough.
  • 1975: Richard Petty posted only his second career Bristol win.
  • 1977: Cale led all but five laps in a race where five other drivers (including Janet Guthrie) needed relief help.
  • 1979: After Cale crashed out with Buddy Baker, rookie Dale Earnhardt took his first win.
  • 1981: Darrell Waltrip drove Johnson's Buick and edged Ricky Rudd, who was driving Waltrip's former car, the DiGard Racing Oldsmobile. Joe Millikan got into a wreck with Benny Parsons and said, "I lost my cool," to which car owner Bud Moore vowed, "I'll straighten out Millikan's cool."
  • 1984: Waltrip posted his seventh straight Bristol win and the eighth straight for Junior Johnson.
  • 1986: Rusty Wallace posted his first career win.
  • 1987: Dale Earnhardt was involved in several crashes en route to the win; Richard Petty finished second.
  • 1989: Wallace survived a chaotic race with multiple crashes and a wildcard victory bid by Greg Sacks.
  • 1990: A spirited event ended in a wild finish; Sterling Marlin was spun out by Ricky Rudd on the final lap while Davey Allison held off a last-lap charge from Mark Martin to win by inches.
  • 1991: Grasping for a solution to pit road crashes emanating from numerous incidents in 1990 (and never considering revoking the pit closure rule that was the ultimate cause), NASCAR had banned tire changes under yellow; for Bristol, this was replaced with the staggering of pit stops based on qualifying line — all "odd" cars (qualified first, third, etc.) would pit first under yellow while "even" cars would pit a lap later; the cars were denoted "odd" and "even" with stickers on their windshields after qualifying; restarts would be double-file based on "odd" and "even" stickered cars. More "even" cars wound up in contention, and this created chaos. Rusty Wallace was able to pass cars under caution to move into his proper restart line, and this helped him come back from two laps down on two occasions. The lead changed 41 times, a short track record, as Wallace edged Ernie Irvan at the finish. Sterling Marlin suffered burns in a fiery melee and needed relief help in subsequent weeks from Charlie Glotzbach.
  • 1992: Alan Kulwicki won the race; the last to be held at Bristol before the switch from asphalt to concrete pavement.
  • 1993: Wallace dominated days after defending race winner, and defending Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash.
  • 1994: An ill-timed yellow trapped Geoff Bodine a lap down and put Dale Earnhardt into the lead en route to the win. Bodine had begun dominating the race in the car formerly owned by Kulwicki and running Hoosier Tires; with the Hoosiers Bodine was able to skip tire changes that Goodyear-shod cars had to make.
  • 1995: Jeff Gordon took the win, his third in the season's first six races; the race saw notable performances resulting in top-five finishes for Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Hamilton.
  • 1997: Gordon punted Rusty Wallace sideways on the final lap for the win.
  • 1999: Wallace ran away at the end, while John Andretti rallied to finish fourth; Andretti's Petty Enterprises Pontiac was impounded after the race as NASCAR had a disagreement with the engine's compression ratio; the engine, though, cleared on reinspection.
  • 2000: Rusty Wallace scores his 50th NASCAR Cup Series win.
  • 2001: Elliott Sadler edged Andretti for his first win, and the first 1-2 finish for the Wood Brothers and Petty Enterprises since 1977.
  • 2002: With NASCAR running high downforce on the cars via big rear spoiler and low airdam clearance, and running very hard tires, Kurt Busch pitted on Lap 325 and never visited the pits again. He bumped Jimmy Spencer for the lead and went on to claim his first Winston Cup win. The move was one of several incidents to occur between Busch and Spencer in what was becoming a heated feud. Rusty Wallace was incensed at the manner with which Busch won the race (by not pitting when others did and thus winning on old tires with no drop in speed) enough that he lobbied NASCAR to cut downforce and go to softer tires in later years to force pitstops.File:DaleJarrettsLastRideSalute.jpg
  • 2003: In what was the 2,000th race in NASCAR Cup Series history, Kurt Busch came back from a spin to win the race. Also during the race, Kyle Petty got clipped by Ward Burton in the left rear and turned him very abruptly and into the wall driver's side. Petty's crash was then the biggest crash recorded by the black box, recording 80 G's of force on Petty.
  • 2004: The final race for Pontiac in the Cup Series as a whole, as Hermie Sadler No. 02 finished 31st.
  • 2005: Slight contact between Bobby Hamilton Jr. and Ken Schrader on lap 332 triggered a 14-car wreck. While Kevin Harvick was the winner, 22nd-place Bobby Labonte finished 32 laps down, a rarity for the series over the previous 25 seasons.
  • 2007: The fifth-generation NASCAR Cup Series chassis debuted. After Joe Gibbs Racing dominated the race, Kyle Busch drove a Hendrick Chevy to the win, then pointedly ripped the poor raceability of the Gen 5 in victory lane.
  • 2008: Dale Jarrett's last race.
  • 2010: Jimmie Johnson wins his 50th Sprint Cup Series win, but first at Bristol.
  • 2011: After track president Jeff Byrd's death in late 2010, Food City and Bristol Motor Speedway agree to name the race in memory of Byrd in a one-year-only deal.
  • 2013: Kyle Busch won the pole with a then-new track qualifying record at 14.813 seconds (129.535 mph). Kasey Kahne won his first Bristol race. The race also marked the start of a feud between Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano, after Hamlin spun Logano during the race.
  • File:Matt Kenseth burns down the house at Thunder Valley.JPG2014: Denny Hamlin started on pole with a new track record, his first pole of the season. The race was delayed twice, just like the Daytona 500, for rain. Matt Kenseth was involved in a wreck at lap 163 when Timmy Hill rear-ended into him after caution was called for a spin by Cole Whitt. Carl Edwards was leading with a few laps left when a mysterious caution was out. During an attempt for a Green-white-checkered finish, the rain started falling and the race was unable to be restarted and would end under caution.
  • 2015: The race was scheduled to begin at noon ET and be televised by Fox, but rain delayed the start for 79 minutes. A crash between teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano brought out the caution on lap 19. During the caution, rain began to fall again. The rain was delayed until night and because Fox had another programming, aired on Fox Sports 1. The race resumed at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET, almost 5 hours after the 1st green flag. Although rain threatened to end the race twice, the race was run to completion. Matt Kenseth won, breaking a 51 race winless streak.
  • 2018: Rain and four red flags plagued the race on Sunday only getting in 204 laps with the race continuing and concluding on Monday. It tied the record for most red flags in a single NASCAR race with the 2015 Quicken Loans 400, also red-flagged four times. All four red flags in that event were due to weather. Kyle Larson led the most laps for the second straight year (200) but got spun by the lapped car of Ryan Newman at lap 325. Larson was back in the lead with less than 100 laps to go; he was heading for victory until pole-sitter Kyle Busch performed the "Bump n' Run" on Larson with 6 laps to go to steal the win, his 7th at Bristol.
  • 2021: The NASCAR Cup Series ran its first race on dirt since 1970 (51 years). After multiple accidents took out several of the pre race favorites, Joey Logano survived an overtime restart to become the first Cup Series driver to win on dirt in the modern era.
  • 2022: On the last lap, Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe battled for the win with Reddick in position for his first career Cup Series win. In Turn 3, Briscoe sent it in hard to pass Reddick and the two ended up making contact sending both of them spinning around. Reddick got back going but was passed just before the start-finish line by the 3rd place car in Kyle Busch and Busch took home the win with Reddick in 2nd.
  • 2024: The race featured a record high 54 lead changes with an early March date and cooler temperatures creating a situation with tire wear issues that was later found to have been caused by cooler ambient and surface temperatures. Denny Hamlin would end up winning the race but was penalized when the Toyota factory disassembled the engine before NASCAR could inspect a race winning engine.

Past winners

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
rowspan="2"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Date

! rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan="2"|Driver

! rowspan="2"|Team

! rowspan="2"|Sponsor

! rowspan="2"|Manufacturer

! colspan="2"|Race distance

! rowspan="2"|Race time

! rowspan="2"|Average speed
(mph)

! rowspan="2"|Report

! rowspan="2"|Ref

Laps

! Miles (km)

colspan=13|Asphalt surface
1961

| October 22

|align="center"|8

| Joe Weatherly

| Bud Moore Engineering

| N/A

| Pontiac

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:27:02

|align="center"|72.452

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1961 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1961_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1962

| July 29

|align="center"|42

| Jim Paschal

| Petty Enterprises

| N/A

| Plymouth

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:19:16

|align="center"|75.276

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1962 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1962_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1963

| March 31

|align="center"|22

| Fireball Roberts

| Holman-Moody

| Southeastern Ford Dealers

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:15:02

|align="center"|76.91

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1963 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1963_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1964

| March 22

|align="center"|28

| Fred Lorenzen

| Holman-Moody

| LaFayette

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:27:46

|align="center"|72.196

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1964 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1964_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1965

| May 2

|align="center"|26

| Junior Johnson

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Holly Farms Poultry

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:20:10

|align="center"|74.937

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1965 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1965_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1966

| March 20

|align="center"|29

| Dick Hutcherson

| Holman-Moody

| East Tennessee Motor Company

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:34:26

|align="center"|69.952

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1966 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1966_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1967

| March 19

|align="center"|6

| David Pearson

| Cotton Owens

| N/A

| Dodge

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:17:32

|align="center"|75.937

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1967 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1967_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1968

| March 17

|align="center"|17

| David Pearson

| Holman-Moody

| East Tennessee Motor Company

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:14:11

|align="center"|77.247

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1968 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1968_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1969

| March 23

|align="center"|22

| Bobby Allison

| Mario Rossi

| Teddor Dodge

| Dodge

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|250 (402.336)

|align="center"|3:04:09

|align="center"|81.455

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1969 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1969_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1970

| April 5

|align="center"|27

| Donnie Allison

| Banjo Matthews

| Sunny King Ford

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:02:42

|align="center"|87.543

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1970 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1970_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1971

| March 28

|align="center"|17

| David Pearson

| Holman-Moody

| Purolator Special

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:52:23

|align="center"|91.704

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1971 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1971_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1972

| April 9

|align="center"|12

| Bobby Allison

| Richard Howard

| Coca-Cola

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:50:18

|align="center"|92.826

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1972 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1972_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1973

| March 11/25*

|align="center"|11

| Cale Yarborough

| Richard Howard

| Kar-Kare

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:57:43

|align="center"|88.952

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1973 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1973_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1974

| March 17

|align="center"|11

| Cale Yarborough

| Richard Howard

| Kar-Kare

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|450*

|align="center"|239.85 (386.001)

|align="center"|3:42:50

|align="center"|64.533

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1974 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1974_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1975

| March 16

|align="center"|43

| Richard Petty

| Petty Enterprises

| STP

| Dodge

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:43:53

|align="center"|97.053

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1975 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1975_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1976

| March 14

|align="center"|11

| Cale Yarborough

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Holly Farms

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|400

|align="center"|213.2 (343.112)

|align="center"|2:25:24

|align="center"|87.377

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1976 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1976_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1977

| April 17

|align="center"|11

| Cale Yarborough

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Holly Farms

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:38:20

|align="center"|100.989

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1977 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1977_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1978

| April 2

|align="center"|88

| Darrell Waltrip

| DiGard Motorsports

| Gatorade

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:53:03

|align="center"|92.401

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1978 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1978_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1979

| April 1

|align="center"|2

| Dale Earnhardt

| Rod Osterlund Racing

| N/A

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:55:39

|align="center"|91.033

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1979 Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1979_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1980

| March 30

|align="center"|2

| Dale Earnhardt

| Rod Osterlund Racing

| Mike Curb/Hodgdon

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:44:53

|align="center"|96.977

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1980 Valleydale Southeastern 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1980_Valleydale_Southeastern_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1981

| March 29

|align="center"|11

| Darrell Waltrip

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Mountain Dew

| Buick

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:58:36

|align="center"|89.53

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1981 Valleydale 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1981_Valleydale_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1982

| March 14

|align="center"|11

| Darrell Waltrip

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Mountain Dew

| Buick

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:49:52

|align="center"|94.025

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1982 Valleydale 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1982_Valleydale_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1983

| May 21

|align="center"|11

| Darrell Waltrip

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Pepsi Challenger

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:51:07

|align="center"|93.445

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1983 Valleydale 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1983_Valleydale_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1984

| April 1

|align="center"|11

| Darrell Waltrip

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Budweiser

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:50:10

|align="center"|93.967

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1984 Valleydale 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1984_Valleydale_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1985

| April 6*

|align="center"|3

| Dale Earnhardt

| Richard Childress Racing

| Wrangler Jeans

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:15:42

|align="center"|81.79

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1985 Valleydale 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1985_Valleydale_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1986

| April 6

|align="center"|27

| Rusty Wallace

| Blue Max Racing

| Alugard

| Pontiac

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:58:14

|align="center"|89.747

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1986 Valleydale 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1986_Valleydale_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1987

| April 12

|align="center"|3

| Dale Earnhardt

| Richard Childress Racing

| Wrangler Jeans

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:31:27

|align="center"|75.621

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1987 Valleydale Meats 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1987_Valleydale_Meats_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1988

| April 10

|align="center"|9

| Bill Elliott

| Melling Racing

| Coors

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:12:23

|align="center"|83.115

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1988 Valleydale Meats 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1988_Valleydale_Meats_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1989

| April 9

|align="center"|27

| Rusty Wallace

| Blue Max Racing

| Kodiak

| Pontiac

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:30:18

|align="center"|76.034

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1989 Valleydale Meats 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1989_Valleydale_Meats_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1990

| April 8

|align="center"|28

| Davey Allison

| Robert Yates Racing

| Havoline

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:03:15

|align="center"|87.258

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1990 Valleydale Meats 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1990_Valleydale_Meats_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1991

| April 14

|align="center"|2

| Rusty Wallace

| Penske Racing

| Miller Genuine Draft

| Pontiac

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:39:37

|align="center"|72.809

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1991 Valleydale Meats 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1987_Valleydale_Meats_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1992

| April 5

|align="center"|7

| Alan Kulwicki

| AK Racing

| Hooters

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:05:15

|align="center"|86.316

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1992 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1992_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

colspan=13|Concrete surface
1993

| April 4

|align="center"|2

| Rusty Wallace

| Penske Racing

| Miller Genuine Draft

| Pontiac

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:08:43

|align="center"|84.73

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1993 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1993_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1994

| April 10

|align="center"|3

| Dale Earnhardt

| Richard Childress Racing

| GM Goodwrench

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:58:22

|align="center"|89.647

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1994 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1994_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1995

| April 2

|align="center"|24

| Jeff Gordon

| Hendrick Motorsports

| DuPont/Food City

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:53:47

|align="center"|92.011

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1995 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1995_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1996

| March 31

|align="center"|24

| Jeff Gordon

| Hendrick Motorsports

| DuPont

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|342*

|align="center"|182.286 (293.36)

|align="center"|1:59:47

|align="center"|91.308

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1996 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1996_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1997

| April 13

|align="center"|24

| Jeff Gordon

| Hendrick Motorsports

| DuPont

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:33:06

|align="center"|75.035

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1997 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1997_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1998

| March 29

|align="center"|24

| Jeff Gordon

| Hendrick Motorsports

| DuPont

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:13:00

|align="center"|82.85

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1998 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1998_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

1999

| April 11

|align="center"|2

| Rusty Wallace

| Penske Racing

| Miller Lite

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:51:16

|align="center"|93.363

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=1999 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1999_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2000

| March 26

|align="center"|2

| Rusty Wallace

| Penske Racing

| Miller Lite

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:01:40

|align="center"|88.018

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2000 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2000_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2001

| March 25

|align="center"|21

| Elliott Sadler

| Wood Brothers Racing

| Motorcraft

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:03:54

|align="center"|86.949

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2001 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2001_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2002

| March 24

|align="center"|97

| Kurt Busch

| Roush Racing

| Sharpie/Rubbermaid/Win $1,000,000

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:14:20

|align="center"|82.281

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2002 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2002_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2003

| March 23

|align="center"|97

| Kurt Busch

| Roush Racing

| Metallic Silver Sharpie/Rubbermaid

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:29:53

|align="center"|76.185

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2003 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2003_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2004

| March 28

|align="center"|97

| Kurt Busch

| Roush Racing

| Sharpie/Irwin Industrial Tools

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:13:34

|align="center"|82.607

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2004 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2004_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2005

| April 3

|align="center"|29

| Kevin Harvick

| Richard Childress Racing

| GM Goodwrench

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:26:20

|align="center"|77.496

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2005 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2005_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2006

| March 26

|align="center"|2

| Kurt Busch

| Penske Racing

| Miller Lite

| Dodge

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:21:19

|align="center"|79.427

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2006 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2006_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2007

| March 25

|align="center"|5

| Kyle Busch

| Hendrick Motorsports

| CarQuest/Kellogg's

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|504*

|align="center"|268.632 (432.321)

|align="center"|3:16:38

|align="center"|81.969

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2007 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2007_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2008

| March 16

|align="center"|31

| Jeff Burton

| Richard Childress Racing

| AT&T

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|506*

|align="center"|269.698 (434.036)

|align="center"|3:00:15

|align="center"|89.775

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2008 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2009

| March 22

|align="center"|18

| Kyle Busch

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| Snickers

| Toyota

|align="center"|503*

|align="center"|268.099 (431.463)

|align="center"|2:54:35

|align="center"|92.139

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2009 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2009_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2010

| March 21

|align="center"|48

| Jimmie Johnson

| Hendrick Motorsports

| Lowe's

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:20:50

|align="center"|79.618

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2010 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2010_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2011

| March 20

|align="center"|18

| Kyle Busch

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| M&M's

| Toyota

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:53:55

|align="center"|91.941

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2011 Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2011_Jeff_Byrd_500_Presented_by_Food_City/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2012

| March 18

|align="center"|2

| Brad Keselowski

| Penske Racing

| Miller Lite

| Dodge

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:51:52

|align="center"|93.037

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2012 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2012_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2013

| March 17

|align="center"|5

| Kasey Kahne

| Hendrick Motorsports

| Great Clips

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:53:25

|align="center"|92.206

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2013 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2013_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2014

| March 16

|align="center"|99

| Carl Edwards

| Roush Fenway Racing

| Kellogg's Frosted Flakes/Cheez-It

| Ford

|align="center"|503*

|align="center"|268.099 (431.463)

|align="center"|3:11:23

|align="center"|84.051

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2014 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2014_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2015

| April 19

|align="center"|20

| Matt Kenseth

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| Dollar General

| Toyota

|align="center"|511*

|align="center"|272.363 (438.325)

|align="center"|3:37:54

|align="center"|74.997

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2015 Food City 500 In Support of Steve Byrnes|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2015_Food_City_500_In_Support_of_Steve_Byrnes/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2016

| April 17

|align="center"|19

| Carl Edwards

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| Comcast Business

| Toyota

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:15:52

|align="center"|81.637

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2016 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2016_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2017

| April 24*

|align="center"|48

| Jimmie Johnson

| Hendrick Motorsports

| Lowe's/A.O. Smith

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:04:29

|align="center"|86.674

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2017 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2017_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2018

| April 15/16*

|align="center"|18

| Kyle Busch

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| Skittles

| Toyota

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:26:25

|align="center"|77.465

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2018 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2018_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2019

| April 7

|align="center"|18

| Kyle Busch

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| Skittles

| Toyota

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:56:38

|align="center"|90.527

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2019 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2019_Food_City_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2020

| May 31*

|align="center"|2

| Brad Keselowski

| Team Penske

| Discount Tire

| Ford

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:19:02

|align="center"|80.338

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2020 Food City Presents the Supermarket Heroes 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2020_Food_City_Presents_the_Supermarket_Heroes_500/W|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

colspan=13|Dirt surface
2021

| March 29*

|align="center"|22

| Joey Logano

| Team Penske

| Shell/Pennzoil

| Ford

|align="center"|253*

|align="center"|134.849 (217.018)

|align="center"|2:43:53

|align="center"|46.313

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2021 Food City Dirt Race|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2021_Food_City_Dirt_Race/W/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2022

| April 17

|align="center"|18

| Kyle Busch

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| M&M's Crunchy Cookie

| Toyota

|align="center"|250

|align="center"|133.25 (214.445)

|align="center"|3:34:27

|align="center"|34.973

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2023 Food City Dirt Race|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2023_Food_City_Dirt_Race/W/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

2023

| April 9

|align="center"|20

| Christopher Bell

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| DeWalt/Power Stack

|Toyota

|align="center"|250

|align="center"|133.25 (214.445)

|align="center"|2:40:40

|align="center"|46.68

| Report

|align="center"|

colspan="13" |Concrete surface
2024

| March 17

|align="center"|11

| Denny Hamlin

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| Express Oil Change

| Toyota

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|266.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|3:20:41

|align="center"|79.678

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2024 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2024_Food_City_500/W/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=March 17, 2024}}

2025

| April 13

|align="center"|5

| Kyle Larson

| Hendrick Motorsports

| Hendrickcars.com

| Chevrolet

|align="center"|500

|align="center"|265.5 (428.89)

|align="center"|2:38:43

|align="center"|100.746

| Report

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=2025 Food City 500|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2025_Food_City_500/W/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 13, 2025}}

  • 1973: Race started on March 11 but suspended until March 25 after 52 laps due to rain.
  • 1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
  • 1985: Race postponed from March 31 due to rain.
  • 1996: Race shortened due to rain.
  • 2007–09, 2015 and 2021: Races extended due to NASCAR overtime.
  • 2014: Race extended due to NASCAR overtime, but overtime restart was aborted and race called due to rain.{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Nate|title=Carl Edwards wins wild, rain-delayed race at Bristol

|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/03/16/carl-edwards-wins-sprint-cup-bristol-food-city-500/6502953/|work=USA Today|date=March 16, 2014|access-date=November 24, 2023}}

  • 2017: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Amanda|title=Rain forces postponement of NASCAR's Food City 500 until Monday|url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2017/04/23/Rain-forces-postponement-of-NASCARs-Food-City-500-until-Monday/7201492965896/|work=The Sports Xchange|agency=United Press International|date=April 23, 2017|access-date=November 24, 2023}}
  • 2018: Race suspended until Monday due to rain.{{cite web|last=Crandall|first=Kelly|title=Food City 500 to resume on Monday|url=https://racer.com/2018/04/15/food-city-500-to-resume-on-monday/|work=Racer|date=April 15, 2018|access-date=November 24, 2023}}
  • 2020: Race postponed from April 5 to May 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|last=Gregory|first=Allen|title=NASCAR sets May 31 date for Food City 500 at BMS|url=https://heraldcourier.com/news/local/nascar-sets-may-31-date-for-food-city-500-at-bms/article_7b21d53e-f545-5ae8-b3be-765b32a39676.html|work=Bristol Herald Courier|date=May 15, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2023}}
  • 2021: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to heavy rain and flash flooding.{{cite news|last=Andrejev|first=Alex|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article250271645.html|title=NASCAR dirt race at Bristol postponed due to rainy weather, flash flooding|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|date=March 28, 2021|access-date=March 28, 2021}}

=Track length notes=

  • 1961–1969: 0.5 mile course
  • Since 1970: 0.533 mile course

=Multiple winners (drivers)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="3" | Asphalt/Concrete surface
# Wins

! Driver

! Years won

6

| Rusty Wallace

| 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999–2000

rowspan="3" | 5

| Darrell Waltrip

| 1978, 1981–1984

Dale Earnhardt

| 1979–1980, 1985, 1987, 1994

Kyle Busch

| 2007, 2009, 2011, 2018–2019

rowspan="3" | 4

| Cale Yarborough

| 1973–1974, 1976–1977

Jeff Gordon

| 1995–1998

Kurt Busch

| 2002–2004, 2006

3

| David Pearson

| 1967–1968, 1971

rowspan="4" | 2

| Bobby Allison

| 1969, 1972

Carl Edwards

| 2014, 2016

Jimmie Johnson

| 2010, 2017

Brad Keselowski

| 2012, 2020

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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# Wins

! Driver

! Years won

rowspan="3" | 1

| Joey Logano

| 2021

Kyle Busch

| 2022

Christopher Bell

| 2023

=Multiple winners (teams)=

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# Wins

! Team

! Years won

9

| Hendrick Motorsports

| 1995–1998, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2025

rowspan="3" | 7

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| 1965, 1976–1977, 1981–1984

Team Penske

| 1991, 1993, 1999–2000, 2006, 2012, 2020

Joe Gibbs Racing

| 2009, 2011, 2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2024

rowspan="2" | 5

| Holman-Moody

| 1963–1964, 1966, 1968, 1971

Richard Childress Racing

| 1985, 1987, 1994, 2005, 2008

4

| Roush Fenway Racing

| 2002–2004, 2014

3

| Richard Howard

| 1972–1974

rowspan="3" | 2

| Petty Enterprises

| 1962, 1975

Rod Osterlund Racing

| 1979–1980

Blue Max Racing

| 1986, 1989

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# Wins

! Team

! Years won

rowspan="1" | 2

| Joe Gibbs Racing

| 2022–2023

rowspan="1" | 1

| Team Penske

| 2021

=Manufacturer wins=

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# Wins

! Manufacturer

! Years won

24

| Chevrolet

| 1972–1974, 1976–1980, 1983–1985, 1987, 1994–1998, 2005, 2007–2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2025

18

| Ford

| 1963–1966, 1968, 1970–1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000–2004, 2014, 2020

7

| Toyota

| 2009, 2011, 2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2024

rowspan="2" | 5

| Pontiac

| 1961, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993

Dodge

| 1967, 1969, 1975, 2006, 2012

2

| Buick

| 1981–1982

1

| Plymouth

| 1962

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# Wins

! Manufacturer

! Years won

rowspan="1" | 2

| Toyota

| 2022–2023

rowpsan="1" | 1

| Ford

| 2021

References

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