The Cup Series returns after the Easter holiday for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.  The day resulted in an overtime finish and a first career win for Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs.

Tyler Reddick continues to lead in the point standings by 62 points over Ryan Blaney.

Speaking on Ryan Blaney…he has passed over 80 cars on the track in the past few weeks due to issues on pit road and has still managed to finish the race near the top of the field.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Tyler Reddick – 386
Ryan Blaney – 324
Denny Hamlin – 300
Ty Gibbs – 281
Chase Elliott – 264
Kyle Larson – 260
William Byron – 245
Bubba Wallace – 236
Christopher Bell – 231
Chris Buescher – 230
Brad Keselowski – 229
Joey Logano – 218
Carson Hocevar – 209
Ryan Preece – 209
Daniel Suarez – 192
Shane van Gisbergen – 177
Chase Briscoe – 176
Austin Cindric – 176
Michael McDowell – 171
AJ Allmendinger – 156
Ross Chastain – 153
Zane Smith – 144
Erik Jones – 133
Kyle Busch – 131
Josh Berry – 128
Todd Gilliland – 127
Austin Dillon – 1124
John Hunter Nemechek – 111
Riley Herbst – 109
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 107
Noah Gragson – 104
Ty Dillon – 95
Connor Zilisch – 84
Cole Custer – 76
Cody Ware – 64
Alex Bowman – 24
Casey Mears – 9
BJ McLeod – 3

In the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Connor Zilisch conquered Thunder Valley for the sword trophy.

However, Justin Allgaier continues to hold a lead of over 100 points in the standings.  Allgaier has earned 135 stage points in just the first eight races!

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Point Standings:
Justin Allgaier – 470
Sheldon Creed – 340
Jesse Love – 324
Corey Day – 304
Carson Kvapil – 300
Austin Hill – 293
Sammy Smith – 284
Brandon Jones – 275
Parker Retzlaff – 257
William Sawalich – 254
Rajah Caruth – 238
Taylor Gray – 230
Ryan Sieg – 202
Sam Mayer – 195
Brennan Poole – 181
Jeb Burton – 163
Anthony Alfredo – 158
Brent Crews – 115
Blaine Perkins – 137
Patrick Staropoli – 129
Dean Thompson – 125
Harrison Burton – 125
Jeremy Clements – 120
Lavar Scott – 103
Josh Bilicki – 98
Kyle Sieg – 89
Austin Green – 88
Ryan Ellis – 85
Nick Sanchez – 81
Josh Williams – 78
Garrett Smithley – 60
Joey Gase – 60
JJ Yeley – 49
Alex Labbe – 44
Nathan Byrd – 35
Jordan Anderson – 33
Lee Pulliam – 32
Luke Fenhaus – 31
Mason Maggio – 27
Myatt Snider – 22
Andrew Patterson – 22
Carson Ware – 18
Brad Perez – 16
Preston Pardus – 10
Blake Lothian – 10
Gray Gaulding – 9
Cleetus McFarland – 5
Natalie Decker – 4
Logan Bearden – 4
Austin J Hill – 4
Dawson Cram – 3
Sage Karam – 2
Baltazar Leguizamon – 1

Corey Heim’s bid to win all three of the Triple Truck Challenge races fell short after an early crash sent Heim to the garage. 

With a record seven Cup Series drivers participation in the race, Christopher Bell took the checkered flag.

Chandler Smith finished second and was believed to win the money but NASCAR clarified the rule saying the driver has to win the race to win the money.  However, the controversy over Corey Heim not being declared a full time driver in the Craftsman Truck Series but still managed to take home the money.

Chandler Smith returns to the top of the leaderboard in the point standings but is just one point in front of Kaden Honeycutt.

Craftsman Truck Series Point Standings:
Chandler Smith – 208
Kaden Honeycutt – 207
Corey Heim – 204
Layne Riggs – 204
Christian Eckes – 191
Gio Ruggiero – 187
Ty Majeski – 182
Ben Rhodes – 181
Jake Garcia – 146
Justin Haley – 144
Stewart Friesen – 140
Tyler Ankrum – 137
Tanner Gray – 123
Brenden Queen – 120
Grant Enfinger – 119
Daniel Hemric – 116
Andres Perez – 115
Cole Butcher – 104
Dawson Sutton – 89
Kris Wright – 83
Mini Tyrrell – 78
Landen Lewis – 71
Frankie Muniz – 67
Connor Mosack – 65
Daniel Dye – 64
Spencer Boyd – 56
Tyler Reif – 44
Corey LaJoie – 42
Adam Andretti – 41
Timmy Hill – 39
Josh Reaume – 32
Nick Leitz – 31
Clayton Green -31
Colin Braun – 28
James Hinchcliffe – 27
Ben Maier – 26
Travis Pastrana – 22
Conner Jones – 21
Luke Baldwin – 21
Clay Greenfield – 19
Caleb Costner – 18
Dario Franchitti – 18
Connor Hall – 17
Carter Fartuch – 16
Carson Fergusson – 16
Michael Christopher Jr – 14
Parker Eatmon – 14
Justin S Carroll – 13
Tyler Tomassi – 8
Jackson Lee – 8
Jason Kitzmiller – 7
Jason M White – 4
Nathan Nicholson – 3
Derek White – 2
Wesley Slimp – 1
Tony Stewart – 1
Cleetus McFarland (Garrett Mitchell) – 1