2024 NASCAR Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway: Full results

Race results from the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, round 5 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series.

17 Mar 2024

2024 Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway - Race Results
Pos	Driver	Nat	Team	Manufacturer	Gap
1	Denny Hamlin	USA	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
2	Martin Truex Jr.	USA	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	+1.083
3	Brad Keselowski	USA	RFK Racing	Ford	+7.284
4	Alex Bowman	USA	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	+14.342
5	Kyle Larson	USA	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	+15.155
6	John Hunter Nemechek	USA	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	+1 Lap
7	Chris Buescher	USA	RFK Racing	Ford	+1 Lap
8	Chase Elliott	USA	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	+1 Lap
9	Ty Gibbs	USA	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	+1 Lap
10	Christopher Bell	USA	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	+1 Lap
11	Michael McDowell	USA	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	+1 Lap
12	Josh Berry	USA	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	+1 Lap
13	Chase Briscoe	USA	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	+2 Lap
14	Ryan Preece	USA	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	+2 Lap
15	Ross Chastain	USA	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	+2 Lap
16	Ryan Blaney	USA	Team Penske	Ford	+2 Laps
17	Justin Haley	USA	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	+2 Laps
18	Daniel Suarez	MEX	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	+2 Laps
19	Kaz Grala	USA	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	+2 Laps
20	Erik Jones	USA	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	+2 Laps
21	Corey LaJorie	USA	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+2 Laps
22	Joey Logano	USA	Team Penske	Ford	+2 Laps
23	AJ Allmendinger	USA	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	+2 Laps
24	Austin Dillon	USA	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	+2 Laps
25	Kyle Busch	USA	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	+2 Laps
26	Todd Gilliland	USA	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	+3 Laps
27	Carson Hocevar	USA	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+3 Laps
28	Daniel Hemric	USA	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	+4 Laps
29	Bubba Wallace	USA	23XI Racing	Toyota	+4 Laps
30	Tyler Reddick	USA	23XI Racing	Toyota	+5 Laps
31	Austin Cindric	USA	Team Penske	Ford	+5 Laps
32	Harrison Burton	USA	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	+5 Laps
33	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	USA	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	+5 Laps
34	Noah Gragson	USA	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	+6 Lap
35	William Byron	USA	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	+8 Laps
DNF	Zane Smith	USA	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+308 Laps

Denny Hamlin takes his first race win of the season in an action-packed Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Across the 500 laps, there were 54 different leaders.

Hamlin's team-mate, Martin Truex Jr, finished in second place with Brad Keselowski in third place.

Instead of just a race of 500 laps, the event in Bristol turned into a battle for survival. The drivers faced challenges with tyre wear around the oval and had to carefully manage their pace due to a lack of rear grip throughout the race.

Due to the challenge of tyre wear, NASCAR officials allowed Goodyear to supply each team with extra tyres to help the driver's race.

Despite the bad tyre wear, Ty Gibbs managed to get the best out of his car and tyres when it mattered. The 21-year-old won both opening stages today and collected 20 points from the first two stages.