2018 Food City 500  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 concrete short track, it was the eighth race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.774 seconds and a speed of . Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.895 and a speed of . Kyle Larson was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 14.874 seconds and a speed of . David Ragan was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.051 seconds and a speed of . Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 1:13 p.m. The first caution flew on lap 5 for a multi-car wreck involving Chase Elliott, William Byron, Martin Truex, Jr., Daniel Suárez, A.J. Allmendinger, Ross Chastain, Michael McDowell, David Ragan, and Chad Finchum. The race restarted on lap 10, It went back under caution again for the second time on lap 17 for a two-car wreck in turn 2, involving A.J. Allmendinger and Jamie McMurray, The race restarted on lap 23 and the third caution flew for rain, and later intensified and the race was red flagged, After 25 minutes and 25 seconds, the race went back under caution. Racing resumed on lap 60 and the fourth caution flew two laps later for a two-car wreck on lap 62 involving Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Erik Jones, Harrison Rhodes won the free pass under caution. The race restarted on lap 68. Caution flew the fifth time for another multi-car wreck on lap 119 involving Ryan Blaney, Jamie McMurray, Chris Buescher, David Ragan, Harrison Rhodes, and Trevor Bayne, This brought out the red flag for the second time of the race to facilitate cleanup in turn 3, After 6 minutes and 29 minutes, The red flag was lifted and the race went back under caution.