The lights were bright, the engines were roaring, and the stakes couldn’t have been higher at Bristol Motor Speedway. Saturday night was no ordinary race.

T he NASCAR Cup Series wraps up the Round of 16 in the playoffs with the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Sept. 13 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The bottom four drivers in the playoff points standings will be eliminated following the Bristol race.

Qualifying in the first half of a 39-driver field, AJ Allmendinger stole the spotlight from theE NASCAR Cup Series Playoff contenders who followed him around Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon.

Christopher Bell seized the victory on a late restart at Bristol Motor Speedway, completing a first-round sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs for Joe Gibbs Racing