NASCAR results in Bristol: Joey Logano wins the chaotic Food City Dirt Race

It wasn’t pretty, but Joey Logano made his way around a few wrecks of several cars and emerged victorious from Monday’s Food City Dirt Race.

Drivers struggled with visibility and control on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway, the site of the NASCAR Cup Series’ first dirt race since 1970. Logano and his crew rose to the challenge, weathered the rest of the day. peloton during the last stage and overtime and have hooked their first victory of the season.

“It was definitely a challenge,” said Logano. “When they watered the track on the last stage it changed everything …. Nobody really knew what to put in the car. We were able to adjust the right path throughout practice and enter the lane of the victory. That’s great. “

With Logano’s victory there have now been seven different winners across seven Cup Series races this year.

Sporting News followed live updates and highlights from Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. Check out the full results of the Food City Dirt Race.

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NASCAR results in Bristol

NASCAR in Bristol, Live Updates, Food City Dirt Race Highlights

(All Eastern hours)

7:10 p.m. – After a late restart, Joey Logano retains the lead in overtime and wins the Food City Dirt Race.

6:55 p.m. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. makes contact with Bubba Wallace and cuts his left rear tire.

6.30 p.m. – Joey Logano steals stage 2 from Daniel Suarez.

6:15 p.m. – NASCAR will stick to single file restarts for the remainder of the race.

6:05 p.m. – Bring out the warning flag. The lack of visibility poses problems.

6:00 p.m. – Well that’s one way of looking at a dirt race.

5:45 p.m. – Daniel Suarez passed Martin Truex Jr. to take the lead shortly before the competition’s second warning.

5:20 p.m. – Martin Truex Jr., who just won the Truck Series, wins the first stage.

5:00 p.m. – Another caveat. Christoper Bell and Ross Chastain finished for the day.

4:55 p.m. – Almost immediately after the trail is cleared we have even more chaos. Ryan Newman turns on lap 48.

4:40 p.m. – Whoa. A major crash on lap 41. Aric Almirola had the worst.

4.30 p.m. – Bad news for Kyle Busch: he’s forced to fight early with what appears to be an overheating issue.

4:20 p.m. – And they left. Denny Hamlin took the lead in the first lap, but was quickly overtaken by Kyle Busch.

4:05 p.m. – Ross Chastain will not allow dirt to touch his face.

3:45 p.m. – Turns out the dirt track is much better when not crushed by constant rain.

NASCAR race start time today

• Dated: Monday March 29
• Start time: 4 p.m. ET (TV coverage) | 4:18 p.m. ET (Green Flag)

FOX’s coverage of Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET. The race is scheduled to begin around 4:18 p.m. ET.

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NASCAR lineup for Bristol Dirt Race

Here is the full start list for Monday’s race: