NASCAR at Bristol race updates, highlights, live results

NASCAR returns to the venue dubbed the Last Great Colosseum, the iconic short track in Bristol, Tennessee for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, Sept. 19.

A longtime staple on the Cup Series schedule, a race at Bristol doesn’t need any extra bells or whistles to make it feel special, but this race will carry extra meaning in several ways.

For starters, it’s the first trip to Bristol for the Cup Series without Kyle Busch, the late NASCAR driver who died at the age of 41 on May 21 due to complications from sepsis caused by presumed bacterial pneumonia.

Busch dominated at Bristol. He is the only driver in the history of NASCAR to win races in the Truck Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Cup Series in the same weekend; and he did it twice — both at Bristol — completing sweeps in 2010 and 2017 while with JGR. Additionally, Busch’s 22 combined wins at Bristol are the most victories at any one track that a driver has ever achieved in NASCAR history.

On Saturday night, Ty Gibbs will pilot his No. 54 Toyota with a special paint scheme in tribute to Busch, as the car will…

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