2015 Bristol II: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview - PaddockTalk
2015 Bristol II: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview. This week marks the return of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to Bristol Motor Speedway, where last year Ford won all three events. Brad Keselowski won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race while Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano captured the NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, respectively. FORD ON TOPFord holds the points lead in two of NASCARs top three touring series going into this weeks action at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ford holds down second-place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings as Joey Logano trails leader Kevin Harvick by 48 points. THE FIRST TIMEFord won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was on March 31, 1963 when Fireball Roberts won the Southeastern 500. What made the win so noteworthy is that it marked the debut of Roberts with Ford as a teammate... The duo put on a dominant show that day as they combined to lead 329 of 500 laps with Roberts leading 165 and Lorenzen 164. Roberts passed his new teammate with eight laps to go and won by five seconds as the race saw only one caution for nine laps. Source: paddocktalk.com
