Race Results: NCS Food City 500 at Bristol

Denny Hamlin took his first win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season as he held off his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. for the win in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Here are the complete results for the 2024 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, race 5 of 36.

Fin	St	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Diff	Status	Points
1	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Mavis Express Oil Change Toyota	500	---	Running	44
2	11	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota	500	1.083	Running	44
3	17	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing King's Hawaiian Ford	500	7.284	Running	50
4	29	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet	500	14.342	Running	33
5	10	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	500	15.155	Running	44
6	26	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota	499	1 lap	Running	44
7	34	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford	499	1 lap	Running	38
8	5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	499	1 lap	Running	29
9	19	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing SiriusXM Toyota	499	1 lap	Running	48
10	12	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Toyota	499	1 lap	Running	34
11	7	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford	499	1 lap	Running	26
12	2	4	Josh Berry	Stewart-Haas Racing SunnyD Ford	499	1 lap	Running	27
13	6	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing Mahindra Tractors Ford	498	2 laps	Running	24
14	25	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing HaasTooling.com Ford	498	2 laps	Running	27
15	36	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Fishing Chevrolet	498	2 laps	Running	22
16	1	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Menards / Dutch Boy Ford	498	2 laps	Running	26
17	32	51	Justin Haley	Rick Ware Racing Ohanafy Ford	498	2 laps	Running	20
18	28	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Jockey Outdoors / Bassmaster Classic Chevrolet	498	2 laps	Running	19
19	33	15	Kaz Grala	Rick Ware Racing N29 Capital Partners Ford	498	2 laps	Running	18
20	15	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB AdventHealth Toyota	498	2 laps	Running	17
21	18	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet	498	2 laps	Running	16
22	4	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford	498	2 laps	Running	23
23	30	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Mountain Dew / Cheetos Chevrolet	498	2 laps	Running	14
24	31	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing BREZTRI Chevrolet	498	2 laps	Running	13
25	14	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing FICO Chevrolet	498	2 laps	Running	12
26	24	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports CITGARD Ford	497	3 laps	Running	11
27	35	77	Carson Hocevar #	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Cal Ripken Sr. Fdn. Chevrolet	497	3 laps	Running	10
28	20	31	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet	496	4 laps	Running	9
29	9	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Leidos Toyota	496	4 laps	Running	10
30	23	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota	495	5 laps	Running	7
31	21	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Discount Tire Ford	495	5 laps	Running	6
32	13	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing DEX Imaging Ford	495	5 laps	Running	5
33	27	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing Ball Park Buns & Rolls Chevrolet	495	5 laps	Running	4
34	22	10	Noah Gragson	Stewart-Haas Racing Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Ford	494	6 laps	Running	3
35	8	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet	492	8 laps	Running	2
36	16	71	Zane Smith	Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet	192	308 laps	Out	1

Lead Changes

Lead Change	No.	Driver	From	To	Total Laps
Pole	12	Ryan Blaney	0	2	2
1	4	Josh Berry	3	20	18
2	11	Denny Hamlin	21	25	5
3	9	Chase Elliott	26	26	1
4	45	Tyler Reddick	27	30	4
5	23	Bubba Wallace	31	40	10
6	4	Josh Berry	41	47	7
7	23	Bubba Wallace	48	52	5
8	11	Denny Hamlin	53	60	8
9	9	Chase Elliott	61	64	4
10	12	Ryan Blaney	65	68	4
11	8	Kyle Busch	69	73	5
12	12	Ryan Blaney	74	74	1
13	11	Denny Hamlin	75	82	8
14	12	Ryan Blaney	83	88	6
15	11	Denny Hamlin	89	119	31
16	54	Ty Gibbs	120	130	11
17	12	Ryan Blaney	131	131	1
18	5	Kyle Larson	132	140	9
19	54	Ty Gibbs	141	145	5
20	19	Martin Truex Jr.	146	149	4
21	54	Ty Gibbs	150	153	4
22	5	Kyle Larson	154	156	3
23	54	Ty Gibbs	157	158	2
24	11	Denny Hamlin	159	162	4
25	5	Kyle Larson	163	165	3
26	11	Denny Hamlin	166	166	1
27	5	Kyle Larson	167	170	4
28	54	Ty Gibbs	171	181	11
29	19	Martin Truex Jr.	182	182	1
30	17	Chris Buescher	183	199	17
31	20	Christopher Bell	200	223	24
32	19	Martin Truex Jr.	224	235	12
33	7	Corey LaJoie	236	239	4
34	20	Christopher Bell	240	243	4
35	22	Joey Logano	244	248	5
36	54	Ty Gibbs	249	256	8
37	19	Martin Truex Jr.	257	257	1
38	54	Ty Gibbs	258	284	27
39	19	Martin Truex Jr.	285	317	33
40	11	Denny Hamlin	318	322	5
41	54	Ty Gibbs	323	364	42
42	11	Denny Hamlin	365	372	8
43	19	Martin Truex Jr.	373	373	1
44	11	Denny Hamlin	374	379	6
45	20	Christopher Bell	380	380	1
46	11	Denny Hamlin	381	398	18
47	54	Ty Gibbs	399	425	27
48	11	Denny Hamlin	426	447	22
49	19	Martin Truex Jr.	448	448	1
50	6	Brad Keselowski	449	449	1
51	48	Alex Bowman	450	452	3
52	11	Denny Hamlin	453	482	30
53	19	Martin Truex Jr.	483	483	1
54	11	Denny Hamlin	484	500	17

Cautions / Incidents

Caution	Lap	Description	Free Pass
	18	Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, William Byron incident
1	24	Debris Turn 3 and 4
2	33	Tyler Reddick, Michael McDowell, Josh Berry, Zane Smith, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie, AJ Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric, Kaz Grala, Carson Hocevar, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. incident frontstretch	24
3	71	Debris frontstretch	16
4	125	Kyle Busch spin Turn 2 / Stage 1 end	23
5	177	Daniel Hemric, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Zane Smith incident Turn 4	21
6	229	Kyle Busch spin Turn 2	2
7	252	Stage 2 end	3
8	311	Josh Berry spin Turn 2	10
9	369	Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. incident Turn 4	38

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