NASCAR Cup Series: Food City 500
by James Kevin Stott
- NASCAR Cup Series: 2025 Food City 500
- What’s Up Next on the 2025 NASCAR Series Schedule?
- Who Has Won NASCAR Cup Series Races This Year So Far?
- How Long Are NASCAR Series Cup Races?
- The Last 10 Food City 500 Winners
- Track Dimensions and Race Specifics
- Where You Can Watch and Listen to the 2025 Food City 500
- Odds to Win 2025 NASCAR Cup Championship
- Where Can I Find NASCAR Merch?
- About Bristol Motor Speedway
- Where Can I Get 2025 Food City 500 Tickets?
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NASCAR Cup Series: 2025 Food City 500
Tour Name: NASCAR Cup Series Race Date: Sunday, April 13, 2025 |
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series resumes this weekend with the running of the Food City 500 from historic Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Christopher Bell has won three of the first eight races, capturing the Ambetter Health 400, the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, and the Shriners Children's 500 back-to-back-to-back.
Bell is on top of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Standings after eight races. Denny Hamlin—who has won two weeks in a row—William Byron, Kyle Larson, Josh Berry, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, and Joey Logano round out the Top 10.
Toyota, driven by Bell, won four of the first eight races, and Denny Hamlin also got a checkered flag for the manufacturer with his victory at the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville.
This is the 77th season of NASCAR pro stock car racing and the 54th in the modern-era NASCAR Cup series. It will be the first season with an in-season tournament which revs up with the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia on June 28.
There are a total of 38 races, 36 are points-paying races and 2 are exhibitions (Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, and All-Star Race). There will be 10 Playoff races, starting with the Round of 16 and the Cook Out Southern 500 from Darlington Raceway, in Darlington, South Carolina on Sunday, August 31.
The 2025 season comes to an end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona on Sunday, November 2 (NBC).
Last year, when the race returned to a concrete surface after three years of racing on dirt, Denny Hamlin won the 2024 Food City 500 in his Toyota for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. His time was 3:20:41 for the 500 laps and he averaged 79.678 mph. Toyota has won seven of the last 10 Food City 500s and the last three in a row.
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2025 NASCAR Cup Series Race Details
What’s Up Next on the 2025 NASCAR Series Schedule?
After Bristol, the NASCAR Cup Series heats up with one more race in April and races on all four Sundays in May. On Sunday, April 27, the circuit heads to Talladega Speedway in Talladega, Alabama for the Jack Link’s 500.
In May, it’s off to the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas for the Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY on Sunday, May 4 followed by the AdventHealth 400 from Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas on Sunday, May 11 (Mother’s Day).
Next up this spring is the NASCAR All-Star Open and the aforementioned NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race, both from North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina on Sunday, May 18 (FS1).
On Sunday, May 25, the NASCAR Cup Series is in Concord, North Carolina, and Charlotte Motor Speedway for the running of the Coca-Cola 600 and its 13th race of the season.
Who Has Won NASCAR Cup Series Races This Year So Far?
Daytona 500 William Byron
Ambetter Health 400 - Christopher Bell
EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix - Christopher Bell
Shriners Children’s 500 - Christopher Bell
Pennzoil 400 - Josh Berry
Straight Talk Wireless 400 - Kyle Larson
Cook Out 400 - Denny Hamlin
Goodyear 400 - Denny Hamlin
How Long Are NASCAR Series Cup Races?
NASCAR Cup Series races generally fall in the 300 and 500-mile range. The famous Daytona 500 is 500 miles. The longest race on the circuit is the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Tar Heel State at 600 miles.
Time-wise, NASCAR Cup Series races are usually about 3 hours long. The shortest race in NASCAR history was a race from the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California which lasted just 1 hour and 8 minutes. The longest NASCAR race ever was the 1952 Southern 500 which lasted 6 hours and 42 minutes.
Weather delays, crashes, track conditions, and various other realities can lengthen the time of a NASCAR race. The inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race here at Bristol Motor Speedway on the dirt surface was marred by problems like dust, mud, tire wear, and bad weather. After three years of racing on dirt, the race went back to concrete last season.
The Last 10 Food City 500 Winners
2024—Denny Hamlin (Toyota)
2023—Christopher Bell (Toyota)
2022—Kyle Busch (Toyota)
2021—Joey Logano (Ford)
2020—Brad Keselowski (Ford)
2019—Kyle Busch (Toyota)
2018—Kyle Busch (Toyota)
2017—Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet)
2016—Carl Edwards (Toyota)
2015—Matt Kenseth (Toyota)
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Track Dimensions and Race Specifics
Race Name: 2025 Food City 500
Track: Bristol Motor Speedway
Location: Bristol, Tennessee
Surface: Concrete
Shape: Oval
Race: #9 of 36 on 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Course: Permanent Racing Facility
Course Length: 0.533 miles (0.858 km)
Distance: 500 laps (266.5 miles, 429 km)
Turns: 4
Banking Turns: 24—28°
Banking Straights: 4—8°
Race Lap Record: 0:14.945 Kyle Larson, 2018
Where You Can Watch and Listen to the 2025 Food City 500
What: NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500
When: Sunday, April 13, 2025
Where: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Time: 3 EDT/2 CDT/1 MDT/12 PDT
Television: FS1 (Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick)
Radio: PRN (Booth: Brad Gillie, Mark Garrow; Turn: Rob Albright)
Radio: SiriusXM
Odds to Win 2025 NASCAR Cup Championship
Christopher Bell +350
Kyle Larson +380
William Byron +650
Ryan Blaney +650
Denny Hamlin +800
Chase Elliott +1000
Tyler Reddick +1100
Joey Logano +1200
Josh Berry +2600
Ross Chastain +2800
Alex Bowman +2900
Chase Briscoe +3000
Kyle Busch +3500
Chris Buescher +4000
Austin Cindric +4500
Bubba Wallace +5500
Ty Gibbs +5500
Brad Keselowski +6000
Where Can I Find NASCAR Merch?
You can find your 2025 Food City 500 and other NASCAR merchandise at the official Bristol Motor City Speedway store. Here are some of the various items you can buy:
2025 Food City 500 Merchandise | Price |
|---|---|
Food City 500 Event Decal | $5 |
Food City 500 Event Can Cooler | $7 |
Food City 500 Event Magnet | $7 |
Food City 500 Event 1:64 Diecast | $15 |
Food City 500 Event Fan Flag | $35 |
Food City 500 Triple Header Event Tee | $35 |
Bristol Plush Fox | $18 |
Globe Blanket | $15 |
BMS Ladies Pastel Flatbill Hat | $35 |
BMS Youth RWB Flatbill Hat | $30 |
BMS Distressed Hat | $35 |
About Bristol Motor Speedway
One of the most famous tracks on the NASCAR circuit, Bristol Motor Speedway opened in 1961 as Bristol International Raceway. The track holds 146,000 people and also features a drag strip and is owned by Speedway Motorsports, LLC.
BMS has hosted an NFL exhibition game, an MLB game, and a College Football game. The Food City 500 is the most renowned race held in Bristol. Joe Weatherly won the first race here in 1961 when the track was asphalt. In 1993, it was changed to concrete.
The race would run on concrete until 2021 when three Food City 500 races were held on dirt (clay). It sounded better than it ran and looked and was returned to concrete last year.
Where Can I Get 2025 Food City 500 Tickets?
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