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Denny Hamlin has set a track record at Bristol Motor Speedway with his pole-winning run Friday in knockout qualifying.

Hamlin set a track record Friday with a lap at 129.991 mph to earn the top starting spot.

Photography by Larry Lawrence DAYTONA BEACH, FL, MARCH 14 - No one has come close to the kind of record that Kyle Wyman has put together in Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson racing at Daytona International Speedway and the New Yorker added to that today as racing action got started at the Speedway.

At least four drivers had to pull out their backup cars before the halfway point of Friday's 90-minute first practice.

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Darrell Wallace Jr . has a fan and friend in 2012 NHRA Top Fuel dragster champ Antron Brown .

Ben Rhodes had to wait until nearly the end of line to make his qualifying lap, but that didn't matter.

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The four-time Sprint Cup series champion has won races at the track "Too Tough To Tame," in March, May, August and September and is ready for Darlington's latest schedule shift when the Southern 500 takes place April 12th.

The following is a list of NASCAR drivers with the most wins in the Food City 500, which is run annually at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

The fourth weekend of the 2014 NASCAR season brings Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee for the Food City 500 weekend, Friday through Sunday, March 14th through 16th.

Burton, a veteran who drives part-time for Michael Waltrip Racing, can fill in for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver, if needed, according to a Motor Racing Network report .

VEGAS RECAP: Jimmie Johnson scored his third straight top-10 result of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season when he crossed the finish line sixth last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

When it comes to Chevrolet NASCAR driver Danica Patrick , few fans or fellow drivers are on the fence.

The NASCAR Foundation will kick off the Fourth Annual Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award nomination process with a call for applicants whose generosity and compassion have positively impacted the lives of children in racing communities throughout the country.

But he is being chased furiously in the points by 2012 Cup champion Brad Keselowski, who inherited the victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last Sunday when Junior ran out of gas coming off Turn 2 on the final lap and had to coast to the finish line from there.

With Kurt Busch signed up to become the fourth driver to attempt to run both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, many IndyCar fans have wondered why their favorite drivers never take a crack at 'The Double.'

Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway will take their yearly rivalry on to the field for the third annual celebrity softball game, featuring drivers Kasey Kahne and Jamie McMurray.

But with the season transferring from super speedways and 1.5-mile tracks to the short-track atmosphere of Bristol, it could be time for other drivers to surge to the top.

Kurt Busch, the first driver in 10 years to attempt the Memorial Day double of running both major auto races on the same day, thinks he could win the Indianapolis 500 and still get to Charlotte in time for the Coca-Cola 600 that night.

Schedule: Friday, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, race, 1 p.m. .