Weekend schedule | TV schedule | Weather tracker | NASCAR 101 Location: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN. Track length: 0.533 miles Race purse: $9,222,417 Race distance: 500 laps | 266.5 miles Stages: 125 | 250 |

Four drivers will be eliminated from NASCAR Cup playoff contention after Saturday night’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chase Briscoe and Ty Gibbs hold the final two transfer spots. The four drivers below the cutline entering the race are Denny Hamlin (-6 points to the cutline),

There are some big surprises both at the top and bottom of the NASCAR playoff standings entering Saturday night's elimination race at Bristol.

The first elimination race of NASCAR’s playoffs has a three-time Daytona 500 winner and a pair of former Cup Series champions in danger of being bumped from title contention at Bristol Motor Speedway

Friday, practice, 4 p.m.; qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (USA Network) Track: Bristol Motor Speedway. Race distance: 500 laps, 266.5 miles. Last year: Denny Hamlin started second in the No.

What, predictably, turned into the most chaotic first round in the 11-year history of the NASCAR elimination playoff format will end on Saturday after the Bristol Night Race. Going into Atlanta, Watkins Glen and Bristol,