2018 Food City 500

2018 Food City 500
Race details
Race 8 of 36 in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
	2018 Food City 500 program cover, featuring "Young Guns" Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott, and William Byron, and "Veterans" Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, and Martin Truex Jr.
Date	April 15–16, 2018
Location	Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course	Permanent racing facility; 0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance	500 laps, 266.5 mi (429 km)
Average speed	77.465 miles per hour (124.668 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Busch;
Time	14.895
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Larson
Laps	200
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings	1.4 (Overnight)
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini
Turn Announcers	Rob Albright (Backstretch)

The 2018 Food City 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 15 and 16, 2018, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The second half of the race was postponed to April 16 due to rain. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete short track, it was the eighth race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

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