The NASCAR Cup drivers will line-up at Bristole this weekend for the Food City 400, the fifth race of the 2024 season. With Toyota ending Chevy domination so far with an convincing win, the racing community is expecting an impressive day with more competition on the track. Ahead of the race 2014 NASCAR Cup champion Kevin Harvick has given his picks for the race win.
Kevin Harvick, who retired at the end of the 2023 season, via his podcast named Denny Hamlin as the potential driver who could win the race on Sunday. The ex-Stewart Haas Racing driver has also pointed out that if Hamlin doesn’t win, his money is on the RFK Racing duo of Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher to take the checkered flag.
I’m just going to go with the old boring pick, I think I’m going to go with the guy that won there last time that I think had a shot to win it this week [at Phoenix] in Denny Hamlin. I think he’s got that dog in him still. So, I think if Denny Hamlin doesn’t win … I think one of the RFK cars will hopefully be up front. I think they both ran really well there last year, I think the 17 and the 6, Brad had some trouble and ended up in the backstretch wall, but I think both of those cars will run good as well. Harvick said via Happy Hour Podcast.
Harvick has chosen three driver who returned to racing in the top-5 after a tough first three races of the season. All three couldn’t produce much in the first two races in Superspeedways and at Vegas they showed signs of progress and last Sunday at Phoenix marked the completion of their return.
Kevin Harvick can bank on Chris Buescher as Bristol is he best track
Harvick betting on his ex-Ford teammate is a good move as, Buescher has always been a standout performer at the track and had won the second race of the year at the track last season. He loves to race at the track and cherishes the trophy he has won from here last year. He is hoping to relive the same moments this Sunday.
Bristol has been my favorite racetrack for a really long period of time. I’ve absolutely loved it there from the first I was able to go. I’ve always run really well there. I just had it quick pretty early on and even though I’ve got that sword at home right now and got a Bristol win, won a Bristol Night Race, which has been the one race on the top of my list that I care for just a little bit more than anywhere else. Buescher said.
The race will also mark the end to NASCAR’s dirt race venture. For the last three years the race-1 at Bristol has been on a temporarily made dirt track and it has never produced the best races possible. Hence NASCAR decided to return to the concrete track with the hopes of hosting impressive races.
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