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Tyler Reddick<\/a> continues to lead the championship standings, 82 points ahead of Ryan Blaney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After taking a weekend off for Easter, the NASCAR Cup Series is back for Round 8 at Bristol Motor Speedway. They will be joined by the Craftsman Truck Series and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.<\/p>\n

In this story, you can find all the information you need to watch this weekend’s action in Bristol, from the weekend schedule to where to watch, and even the full entry list.<\/p>\n

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What is the NASCAR at Bristol weekend schedule?
\nFriday, April 10<\/p>\n

3:30pm EST — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice — FOX SPORTS 2<\/p>\n

4:30pm EST — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualifying — FOX SPORTS 2<\/p>\n

7:30pm EST — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race (250 laps) — FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 11<\/p>\n

2:00pm EST — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice — CW APP<\/p>\n

3:05pm EST — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying — CW APP<\/p>\n

4:30pm — NASCAR Cup Series practice — PRIME VIDEO<\/p>\n

5:40pm — NASCAR Cup Series qualifying — PRIME VIDEO<\/p>\n

7:30pm EST — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race (300 laps) — THE CW<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 12<\/p>\n

2:00pm EST — NASCAR RaceDay pre-race show — FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

3:11 pm EST — NASCAR Cup race green flag at Bristol (500 laps) — FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

\"Christopher <\/p>\n

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sean Gardner \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

How can I watch the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol?<\/p>\n

Date: Sunday, April 12
\nTV start time: 2:00pm EST
\nGreen flag: 3:11 pm EST\u00a0
\nLaps:\u00a0500 laps\u00a0
\nStages: 125 \/ 125 \/ 250
\nTV channel:\u00a0FOX SPORTS 1 | TSN (Canada) | Other international viewing options<\/a>
\nLive stream:\u00a0In-car cameras on HBO MAX
\nRadio:\u00a0PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n

Who is competing in the Food City 500 at Bristol?<\/p>\n

There are 37 chartered entries and one open entry at Darlington, featuring the No. 66 car with Chad Finchum. Alex Bowman is back after missing four races and will be behind the No. 48 Hendrick Chevrolet once again.<\/p>\n

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What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n

Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n

– The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler Reddick continues to lead the championship standings, 82 points ahead of Ryan Blaney.\u00a0 After taking a weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[33064,29779,49,48,225600,634,3628,82,49442,348],"class_list":["post-593401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-bristol","tag-bristol-motor-speedway","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-how-to-watch-nascar-bristol-triple-header-weekend-schedule","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup","tag-sports","tag-start-time","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}