2019 Food City 500

The 2019 Food City 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 7, 2019, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 mi concrete short track, it was the eighth race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Background
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.

First practice
Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.804 seconds and a speed of 129.614 mph.

Qualifying
Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.568 and a speed of 131.713 mph.

Second practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 14.771 seconds and a speed of 129.903 mph.

Final practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.894 seconds and a speed of 128.830 mph.

Stage results
Stage One Laps: 125

Stage Two Laps: 125

Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 250

Race statistics

 * Lead changes: 21 among 9 different drivers
 * Cautions/Laps: 11 for 77
 * Red flags: 0
 * Time of race: 2 hours, 56 minutes and 38 seconds
 * Average speed: 90.527 mph

Television
Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Bristol winner Jeff Gordon and 12-time Bristol winner – and all-time Bristol race winner – Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett Mcmillan, Jim Noble, and Steve Richards covered the action on pit lane.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
 * . – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.