NASCAR: Food City 500 Preview, Odds, and Picks (2025)

The competitive action on the NASCAR schedule continues this weekend, as the first of two races at Bristol Motor Speedway is staged in the form of the Food City 500. Find the latest odds for the race, and our picks here.

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Food City 500 Recent Winners

Food City 500: Event Information

Event Preview

The action in the NASCAR Cup Series continues this weekend, as the Food City 500 is staged at Bristol Motor Speedway. This weekend’s race will cover a total distance of 266.5 miles, with the field completing 500 laps to make up the race distance. Each of the first two stages will see 125 laps completed, before the remaining 250 laps are completed in the final stage.

It has been an unpredictable start to the new season, but Denny Hamlin arrives into this weekend as the in-form driver. Hamlin has won each of the last two races, and he now sits second in the Drivers’ Championship standings. He has also finished in the top five in four of the last five races.

William Byron continues to lead the standings after taking second at the Goodyear 400 last weekend. However, he is now being put under pressure by the chasing pack, despite clocking the fastest lap in last weekend’s race.

Chase Elliott continues to catch the eye in the championship after finishing eighth in the Goodyear 400. The former champion has now achieved top-ten finishes in five of the last six races.

Kyle Larson will be hopeful of bouncing back to form this weekend after finishing a disappointing 37th last time out. Larson still sits sixth in the standings, and he has finished in the top ten in four of the last five races on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

Food City 500 Picks

Hamlin’s winning sequence could end this weekend. Christopher Bell knows what it takes to win this race after landing victory a couple of years ago. Bell has finished second and third in the last two races, and he has already won a NASCAR-high three races this season.