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NASCAR weekend schedule at Bristol Motor Speedway

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500

BRISTOL, TN - APRIL 23: A general view of pit road as it rains prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 23, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

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Get ready for plenty of fender banging and close racing this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The Food City 300 Xfinity Series race is Friday, and the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race is Saturday.

This will be the 114th Cup race held at Bristol. Kevin Harvick won this race last summer, while Jimmie Johnson won there last August.

This will be the 71st race in Xfinity Series history at Bristol. Austin Dillon won this race last August. Erik Jones won the spring race.

Here’s the weekend schedule at Bristol Motor Speedway:

(All times Eastern)

Thursday

10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Xfinity garage open

1 – 1:55 p.m. – Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App)

3 – 3:55 p.m. – Final Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App)

Friday

7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. – Cup garage open

9:30 a.m. – Xfinity garage opens

10 – 11:25 a.m. – Cup practice (NBC Sports App)

12:30 – 1:55 p.m. – Final Cup practice (NBCSN)

3:40 p.m. – Xfinity qualifying (multi-vehicle, three rounds) (NBCSN)

5:15 p.m. – Xfinity driver/crew chief meeting

5:45 p.m. – Cup qualifying (multi-vehicle, three rounds) (NBCSN, Performance Racing Network)

7 p.m. – Xfinity driver introductions

7:30 p.m. – Food City 300 Xfinity race (300 laps, 159.9 miles) (NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Saturday

11 a.m. – Cup garage opens

5:30 p.m. – Cup driver/crew chief meeting

6:50 p.m. – Cup driver introductions

7:30 p.m. – NASCAR Cup Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race (500 laps, 266.5 miles) (NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

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