NASCAR CUP: Bristol Night Race Pictures Videos & Results

Bristol Night Race Pictures - Matt Kenseth ( NASCAR Cup Series )

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It was battle royale inside the Last Great Colosseum as NASCAR’s gladiators clashed under the Saturday night lights, see the Bristol night race pictures below. Culminating in a dramatic fight to the finish between Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne.

Catching Kenseth with little time left in the IRWIN Tools Night Race, Kahne pulled even but was unable to complete the pass before the checkered flag waved giving Kenseth his fifth win of the season and the third of his career at Bristol Motor Speedway.

“Kasey’s as good as they get and he’s a clean racer,” said Kenseth. “He raced as hard as he could – we ran out of room off (turn) four there. We were both digging as hard as we could to try to get it. I got real tight on them old rights (tires) and had just enough to hold on. It was fun race.”

Clinching a wild card spot in NASCAR’s Chase for Championship, Kenseth’s team returned to Bristol Motor Speedway with a chip on their shoulder and determined to redeem their 35th place finish in the Food City 500 in March.

“We felt like we left something here in the spring,” said crew chief Jason Ratcliff. “You never know how these things are going to turn out, but we were looking forward to coming back to Bristol and getting another opportunity to do that.

“I told him we got our money’s worth out of everything,” Ratcliff continued. “His air-conditioner quit so we go the money’s worth out of that one, money’s worth out of the tires, maybe half a gallon left of fuel there at the end. Everything worked out for us right to the end, and it was the same old Bristol, dramatic finish right at the end.”

While Kenseth celebrated in victory lane atop his spent machine, others were left to clean up the wreckage from a race that saw 11 cautions including a seven-car pileup on lap 448 that resulted in a brief red flag and collected some of the night’s frontrunners including Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski.

Clint Bowyer’s performance also clinched him a spot in the Chase, but the Michael Waltrip Racing driver left unsatisfied with his run.

“Man, our car was so fast. I felt like we had a shot at winning and then I got spun out by a lapper of all things,” he said. “It [clinching spot in Chase] means a lot, but just really disappointed tonight because we had a really good car. Absolutely nothing went our way all night.”

Juan Pablo Montoya, Brian Vickers and Joey Logano rounded out the top five. Other notable finishes include Jeff Gordon (7th), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (10th) and championship point leader Jimmie Johnson (36th).

Author: Bristol Motor Speedway

 

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Bristol Night Race Results

POS Car # Driver MFG Start Laps Laps Led + / – Status Points Bonus
1 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 5 500 149
0
Running 48 5
2 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 7 500 0
3 Position Up
Running 42 0
3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 16 500 0
2 Position Up
Running 41 0
4 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 4 500 0
0
Running 0 0
5 22 Joey Logano Ford 6 500 0
3 Position Up
Running 39 0
6 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 21 500 64
0
Running 39 1
7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 32 500 0
1 Position Up
Running 37 0
8 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 14 500 0
0
Running 36 0
9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 29 500 0
1 Position Up
Running 35 0
10 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 19 500 32
0
Running 35 1
11 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 43 500 0
0
Running 33 0
12 34 David Ragan Ford 17 500 0
0
Running 32 0
13 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 41 500 0
0
Running 31 0
14 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 24 500 50
0
Running 31 1
15 43 Aric Almirola Ford 10 499 0
1 Position Up
Running 29 0
16 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 39 499 0
1 Position Up
Running 28 0
17 30 David Stremme Toyota 38 498 0
0
Running 27 0
18 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 27 497 0
-2 Position Down
Running 26 0
19 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 20 497 0
0
Running 25 0
20 14 Mark Martin Chevrolet 11 497 0
0
Running 24 0
21 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 8 497 0
0
Running 23 0
22 7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 36 497 0
0
Running 22 0
23 40 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 33 497 0
0
Running 0 0
24 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 34 496 0
-1 Position Down
Running 20 0
25 38 David Gilliland Ford 25 495 0
0
Running 19 0
26 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 22 493 0
0
Running 18 0
27 32 Ken Schrader Ford 35 491 0
1 Position Up
Running 17 0
28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 487 23
0
Running 17 1
29 83 David Reutimann Toyota 31 483 0
0
Running 15 0
30 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 12 478 0
-3 Position Down
Running 14 0
31 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 2 476 54
-3 Position Down
Running 14 1
32 33 Tony Raines Chevrolet 40 475 0
2 Position Up
Running 0 0
33 13 Casey Mears Ford 30 467 0
0
Running 11 0
34 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15 449 7
0
Running 11 1
35 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 9 446 2
-2 Position Down
Accident 10 1
36 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 13 440 0
0
Running 8 0
37 35 Josh Wise Ford 28 418 0
0
Running 0 0
38 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 23 394 0
0
Running 6 0
39 99 Carl Edwards Ford 3 387 119
0
Engine 6 1
40 95 Scott Speed Ford 42 223 0
0
Brakes 4 0
41 98 Michael McDowell Ford 26 175 0
0
Engine 3 0
42 51 Ryan Truex Chevrolet 18 39 0
0
Accident 0 0
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 37 1 0
0
Engine 0 0

 

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