The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Bristol, Tennessee, for the Food City 500 this weekend after a thrilling race at the Shriners Children's 500.
The Food City 500 is the fifth NASCAR Cup Series race of the season and will be held on Sunday (Mar. 17) at Bristol Motor Speedway. The 266.5-mile race kicks off at 3:30 pm ET and will be broadcast on FOX and PRN.
The event will be contested over 500 laps on the 0.533-mile short track. Sunday's event marks the 64th annual Food City 500 hosted by Bristol Motor Speedway.
Thirty-six drivers will take the green flag, and two have changed on this weekend’s docket: #15 Rick Ware Racing’s Kaz Grala and #16 Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger. This will be Allmendinger’s second race of the season, after finishing sixth in the season-opening Daytona 500.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell won last year’s Food City 500 (previously known as the Food City Dirt Race) in two hours, 40 minutes and 40 seconds. Bell secured a win last week at Phoenix.
2024 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway full entry list
Here's a list of the 36 NASCAR Cup Series cars that will take part in the 2024 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway:
- #1 - Ross Chastain
- #2 - Austin Cindric
- #3 - Austin Dillon
- #4 - Josh Berry
- #5 - Kyle Larson
- #6 - Brad Keselowski
- #7 - Corey LaJoie
- #8 - Kyle Busch
- #9 - Chase Elliott
- #10 - Noah Gragson
- #11 - Denny Hamlin
- #12 - Ryan Blaney
- #14 - Chase Briscoe
- #15 - Kaz Grala
- #16 - AJ Allmendinger
- #17 - Chris Buescher
- #19 - Martin Truex, Jr.
- #20 - Christopher Bell
- #21 - Harrison Burton
- #22 - Joey Logano
- #23 - Bubba Wallace
- #24 - William Byron
- #31 - Daniel Hemric
- #34 - Michael McDowell
- #38 - Todd Gilliland
- #41 - Ryan Preece
- #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
- #43 - Erik Jones
- #45 - Tyler Reddick
- #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
- #48 - Alex Bowman
- #51 - Justin Haley
- #54 - Ty Gibbs
- #71 - Zane Smith
- #77 - Carson Hocevar
- #99 - Daniel Suarez
Catch the action-packed NASCAR weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway on Mar. 17 at 3:30 pm ET.