2025 NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500: How to watch, full schedule and more

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Get ready to watch 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 this weekend. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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NASCAR fans: start your engines I mean TV! This weekend, the Cup Series Food City 500 race is taking place at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. On the short track which is just over half a mile, NASCAR racers will complete 500 laps — that's 266.5 miles. It's also known as the "The Last Great Colosseum." Going into the race weekend, William Byron is currently in the lead of the NASCAR Cup Series standings, with Denny Hamlin in second and Christopher Bell in third. The Food City 500 race will start at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Apr. 13, and you can watch it live on FS1.

If you're planning to watch the race events this weekend, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the NASCAR race taking place in Bristol. That includes the full schedule of events, the NASCAR Cup Series standings and where you can stream the races if you don't have cable.

Date: Sunday, April 13

Time: 3 p.m. ET

Location: Bristol Motor Speedway

TV channel: FS1

Streaming: Fox Sports app, Hulu + Live TV and more

NASCAR is making a pit stop at the Bristol Motor Speedway for the Cup Series Food City 500 this weekend on Sunday, April 13.

Fox Sports 1 (FS1) will broadcast the NASCAR Cup Series race this Sunday. You can also tune in via the Fox Sports App with a valid television provider subscription login. 

A full weekend schedule will take place for the Food City 500 race, including the Bush’s Beans Practice.

Friday, April 11

  • 3.35 p.m. ET: Bush’s Beans Practice for Weather Guard Truck Race

  • 4.40 p.m. ET: Bush’s Beans Qualifying for Weather Guard Truck Race

  • 7.30 p.m. ET: Start of the Weather Guard Truck Race

Saturday, April 12

  • 11.35 a.m. ET: Bush’s Beans Practice for SciAps 300 Race

  • 12.40 p.m. ET: Bush’s Beans Qualifying for SciAps 300 Race

  • 2.05 p.m. ET: Bush’s Beans Practice for Food City 500 Race

  • 3.10 p.m. ET: Bush’s Beans Qualifying for Food City 500 Race

  • 5 p.m. ET: Start of the SciAps 300 Xfinity Race

Sunday, April 13

  • 12.45 p.m. ET: Rodney Atkins Pre-Race Concert

  • 3 p.m. ET: ...

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