Cup racing returns after less than a week as NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday's 3:30 p.m. race on FS1. Brad Keselowski will start on the pole with Aric Almirola in the front row. The starting order was determined by random draw.
The Food City 500, renamed the Supermarket Heroes 500, will be the sport's first short-track race of the season on the half-mile oval in Bristol, Tenn. It will feature a reduced downforce package introduced for 2020, which is aimed at increasing driver input on short tracks and road courses.
"This package is a lot like the 2018 package," No. 18 crew chief Adams Stevens said, noting that there are also key differences.
"They really changed the aero balance and what you're going to have to do with the mechanical balance to sort that back out," Stevens said.
Last year's Food City 500 race was won by Kyle Busch. The second race of the season at the same track was won by another Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who has already secured two wins this season, making both drivers strong contenders for a top finish Sunday.
