Bristol 1 Preview

RACE INFO

DATE: Sunday, April 12, 2026

RACE: Food City 500

TRACK: Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, TN)

TRACK LENGTH: 0.533 miles

TV: FOX Sports 1 (3 p.m. ET)

RADIO: PRN Radio / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (3 p.m. ET)

JOE GIBBS RACING

JGR AT BRISTOL: Joe Gibbs Racing owns 16 NASCAR Cup Series wins at Bristol Motor Speedway, including Christopher Bell’s victory last September. In 174 combined starts at the track, the organization has tallied 50 top-five finishes, 76 top-10s, 12 pole awards, and 7,594 laps led. Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart join Bell on the list of drivers who have taken JGR to victory lane at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile.

BRISTOL WINS: Joe Gibbs Racing’s 16 Cup Series victories at Bristol Motor Speedway are tied with Junior Johnson & Associates for the most wins by an organization at The Last Great Colosseum. JGR also won two of the three Bristol Dirt races with Kyle Busch (2022) and Christopher Bell (2023). The team has also won 14 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series races at the track.

CHASE BRISCOE

No. 19 Lance Toyota Camry XSE

BRISCOE AT BRISTOL: Chase Briscoe has seven NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway. He has posted three consecutive top-10 finishes at Bristol, including a fourth-place finish last April. In six NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series starts at Bristol, Briscoe has one win and four top-five finishes.

DOUBLE DUTY: Briscoe will climb behind the wheel of the No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for TRICON Garage in Friday night's NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Bristol. It will mark his first Truck Series start since the Bristol dirt race in 2023.

JAMES SMALL: 2026 is James Small’s seventh season leading the No. 19 team and his second year with Briscoe behind the wheel. The first five years of his tenure as crew chief were spent with Martin Truex Jr. Small has led his drivers to 11 wins across those seven seasons. Small has two top-five finishes and four top-10s in nine starts as a Cup Series crew chief at Bristol.

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