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The Food City 500 is an annual 500-lap, annual NASCAR Sprint Cup points race held at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Irwin Tools Night Race, and is considered one of NASCAR's best races.〔(NASCAR's Best Races )〕 It was the first venue of the 2007 NASCAR schedule to host the fifth-generation NASCAR premiership race car, a race won by Kyle Busch. In 2008, Bristol Motor Speedway President & General Manager Jeff Byrd requested that NASCAR move the spring race to a later Spring date, to avoid the problems with rain, snow and sleet that hit the area in late winter and early spring. This was not carried out until 2015.〔(Jayski's Silly Season Site – Bristol Motor Speedway News )〕 In 2015, the race moved from mid-March to April. In 2011, title sponsor Food City announced it would honor former Speedway President and General Manager Jeff Byrd, who died in October 2010, by renaming the 2011 Spring race the Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City.〔(Bristol Sprint Cup race renamed to honor Jeff Byrd )〕 In 2015, the race was renamed the Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer to support ''NASCAR on Fox'' broadcaster Steve Byrnes in his battle with cancer, in association with the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Matt Kenseth is the defending race winner as of 2015. ==Past winners== *1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis. *1985: The race was scheduled to run on March 31 but was moved to April 6 due to rain. *1996: Race shortened due to rain. *2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, & 2015: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Food City 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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