Statistics, event schedule and race information for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Food City 500
Track Length: .533 Mile (500 laps = 266.5 miles)
Race Length: 500 Laps
First Race: July 30, 1961 – Volunteer 500
Banking: Turns vary from 24 to 28 degrees, frontstretch varies from 5 to 9 degrees, backstretch varies from 4-8 degrees
Frontstretch: 650 feet
Backstretch: 650 feet
Stage 1 & 2: 125 laps
Final Stage: 250 laps
Qualifying: Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 131.407 mph (14.602 sec.); Aug. 21, 2015 (Round 1 of 3)
Race: Charlie Glotzbach; Chevrolet, 101.074 mph (2:38:12); July 11, 1971
Starting Positions of Race Winners
| Starting Pos. | Races Won |
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 1 |
| 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 1 |
| 24 | 2 |
| 26 | 1 |
| 27 | 1 |
| 30 | 1 |
| 38 | 1 |
Races won from Pole (24 of 112)
| Driver | Year |
| Fred Lorenzen | 1963 |
| Richard Petty | 1967 |
| David Pearson | 1971 |
| Bobby Allison | 1972 (twice) |
| Cale Yarborough | 1973, 1977 (twice), 1980 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 1981 (twice), 1982 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 1985 |
| Rusty Wallace | 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000 |
| Alan Kulwicki | 1992 |
| Mark Martin | 1993 |
| Jeff Gordon | 2002 |
| Matt Kenseth | 2005, 2015 |
| Carl Edwards | 2008, 2016 |
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