After a dominating 2nd-place performance at Las Vegas last weekend, Kasey Kahne had another great run at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday and grabbed his first win at The Bullring with Hendrick Motorsports. The Food City 500 was the most eventful race thus far of the 2013 season and could easily be filed into the “that’s just Bristol” group of races. It should be another fun race when the Sprint Cup Series stops here again in August.

Other Important Happenings:

Lap 9 – Tony Stewart has a left rear tire going down and spins into the wall. His bad weekend got even worse.
Lap 55 – Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards say hello to the wall, collecting Marcos Ambrose along the way. Burton was running around 15th at the time.
Lap 57 – Kyle Busch, who had led all laps up to this point, gets caught speeding on pit road, putting him back to 36th.
Lap 64 – Juan Montoya has fuel pump problems and was off-pace before coming to pit road.
Lap 71 – Jamie McMurray gets a little too high on the track and spins, causing minimal damage. He was running just outside the top 10 at the time.
Lap 152 – David Gilliland slams the wall while having a great weekend. He was running 17th at the time.
Lap 230 – Kurt Busch, running 2nd at the time, has to pit for a loose wheel.
Lap 236 – Landon Cassill hits the wall, bringing out the caution, which benefits Kurt Busch big time because he can take the wave around. It’s also a break for Denny Hamlin, who thought he had a loose wheel, too.
Lap 243 – Aric Almirola hits the wall and has to pit. He was 13th at the time.
Lap 250 – Caution for another Almirola incident. Brian Vickers gets the lucky dog free pass in 23rd.
Lap 321 – Denny Hamlin spins Joey Logano for 2nd place.
Lap 390 – Jeff Gordon, who was leading at the time, melted a bead in the tire and shot up into the wall and into 2nd-place Matt Kenseth.
Lap 455 – Jimmie Johnson blows a tire and hits the wall. He was running 5th at the time.
Lap 490 – Denny Hamlin starts losing a tire and babies his car around the track for the rest of the race. He was running around 6th but was on very old tires.

Full Results of the Food City 500 (03-17-2013):

1. Kasey Kahne
2. Kyle Busch
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Kurt Busch
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
7. Ryan Newman
8. Brian Vickers
9. Paul Menard
10. Jamie McMurray
11. Greg Biffle
12. Martin Truex, Jr.
13. A.J. Allmendinger
14. Kevin Harvick
15. Casey Mears
16. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
17. Joey Logano
18. Carl Edwards
19. Marcos Ambrose
20. David Stremme
21. David Ragan
22. Jimmie Johnson
23. Denny Hamlin
24. David Gilliland
25. Terry Labonte
26. Josh Wise
27. J.J. Yeley
28. Danica Patrick
29. Joe Nemechek
30. Juan Montoya
31. Tony Stewart
32. Jeff Burton
33. Landon Cassill
34. Jeff Gordon
35. Matt Kenseth
36. Dave Blaney
37. Aric Almirola
38. Travis Kvapil
39. David Reutimann
40. Scott Speed
41. Bobby Labonte
42. Michael McDowell
43. Mike Bliss