Is there a NASCAR race today? 2025 Food City 500 Schedule, Start Time & TV Channel for Cup Series

The drivers of the NASCAR Cup Series are scheduled to be at the 0.533-mile-short concrete oval track on Sunday, April 13, as the action at the season’s ninth points-paying weekend continues at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

In Saturday’s (April 12) NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman won pole to lead the field to the green flag for the start of the 2025 Food City 500, scheduled to begin on Sunday at 3 pm ET.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, the defending winner of last year’s Food City 500, will start fourth this weekend.

The weather forecast for Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway predicts mostly cloudy skies before slightly clearing in the afternoon with a high temperature of 65 degrees and a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Food City 500.

Is there a NASCAR race today?

Race: Food City 500

Track: Bristol Motor Speedway

NASCAR 2025 Sunday schedule at Bristol Motor Speedway

Below is the complete schedule for Sunday’s on-track action of the Cup Series’ ninth race of the season:

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Garage open

11 am ET – 9 pm ET: Cup Series

Track activity

3 pm ET: Food City 500 (500 laps & 266.5 miles)

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series action in Bristol, Tennessee, will be broadcast on FS1. The radio coverage will be available on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

2025 Food City 500: Starting Order

Below is the starting order for the 2025 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway:

1. #48 – Alex Bowman
2. #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
3. #5 – Kyle Larson
4. #11 – Denny Hamlin
5. #12- Ryan Blaney
6. #54 – Ty Gibbs
7. #20 – Christopher Bell
8. #16 – A. J. Allmendinger
9. #77 – Carson Hocevar
10. #7 – Justin Haley
11. #21 – Josh Berry
12. #10 – Ty Dillon
13. #71 – Michael McDowell
14. #19 – Chase Briscoe
15. #8 – Kyle Busch
16. #6 – Brad Keselowski
17. #3 – Austin Dillon
18. #38 – Zane Smith
19. #33 – Jesse Love (i)
20. #9 – Chase Elliott
21. #2 – Austin Cindric
22. #23 – Bubba Wallace
23. #99 – Daniel Suárez
24. #17 – Chris Buescher
25. #35 – Riley Herbst (R)
26. #24 – William Byron
27. #45 – Tyler Reddick
28. #43 – Erik Jones
29. #60 – Ryan Preece
30. #34 – Todd Gilliland
31. #4 – Noah Gragson
32. #42 – John Hunter Nemechek
33. #41 – Cole Custer
34. #51 – Cody Ware
35. #1 – Ross Chastain
36. #88 – Shane van Gisbergen (R)
37. #01 – Corey LaJoie
38. #22 – Joey Logano
39. #66 – Josh Bilicki (i)

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