This Weekend in NASCAR – eBristol – Food City Showdown

While NASCAR’s on-track activity has been postponed through the weekend of May 3rd to align with CDC guidance, drivers and fans are turning to the virtual world to see some of the best racing competition around.

Sunday’s Food City Showdown at Bristol Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET on FOX, FS1, FOX Sports App) will once again feature FOX NASCAR broadcasters Jeff Gordon, Mike Joy and Larry McReynolds calling the action.

Sunday’s Food City Showdown has a different look this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. The format will consist of a two-lap qualifying effort to determine the lineup for the heat races.

Drivers who qualify in an odd position (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.) will be placed in Heat 1.
Drivers who qualifying in an even position (2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.) will be placed in Heat 2.

There will be two heat races, 50 laps each, with no elimination. Every driver will advance to the main 150-lap event. The heat races set the grid for the main event and the winner of the first heat race will start on the pole. Cautions will be enabled during the heat races and drivers will receive two “resets” for their heat races, unused “resets” do not carry over to the main race.

Additionally:

Finishing order from Heat 1 will determine odd positions for the Main Event (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.)
The Busch Pole will be awarded to the winner of Heat 1
Finishing order from Heat #2 will determine even grid positions for the Main Event (2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.)
No drivers will be eliminated in these races; all 32 competitors will advance.

Sunday’s Food City Showdown will consist of 150 laps with double-file restarts and lapped cars will go to the rear. There will be three attempts at a green-white-checkered finish, if necessary.

Drivers will be allowed two resets this week at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway. If a car is damaged, drivers must drive back to their pit stall and come to a complete stop. This will automatically apply the fast repair and give the driver a new car.

A wide range of drivers with various experience both at Bristol Motor Speedway and in iRacing will be contending in this Sunday’s Food City Showdown in the third race of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series (1 p.m. ET on FOX – where available and subject to change, FS1 and the FOX Sports app).

Below is a list of anticipated participants (listed numerically), their statistics, and career highlights, for the third race of the series. Please note, the participant list is subject to change.

Entry list (subject to change):