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The Food City is a Nextel Cup stock car race of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) held at Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tennessee). As far as the venue is concerned, Bristol Motor Speedway is a NASCAR short track that was built in 1960. The first NASCAR race took place there in July of 1961. The geographical coordinates of the track are 36.516172° N 82.256945° W. The Food City is the corporate sponsor of the Food City 500. The distance the cars have to run is 267 miles (429 km), with the number of laps- 500. The previous names of the Food City 500 are Southeastern 500, Southeastern 400, Valleydale Southeastern, Valleydale Southeastern 500, Valleydale 500 and Valleydale Meats 500.

Referring to the first race that took place in 1961, one should name the personality of Joe Weatherly who managed to win the Food City 500 on the 22nd of October and got NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award the same year. NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is the one given to the favorite NASCAR driver from the fans point of view. The National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) presents the award, and since the year 2005 it has been sponsored by Chex. The ceremony is held in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And it is December when the winner is announced. Actually, Joe Weatherly (May 29, 1922 - January 19, 1964) was a driver who not just was Food City 500 star but who won NASCAR championship two times.

Since 1961 the Food City 500 has been held annually.

Speaking about the recent history of the car race, it is important to mention the names of Alan Kulwicki, Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick. Kurt Busch became the winner of the Food City 500 on the 26th of March and the prize he got was $175,858. Kurt Busch is a NASCAR driver who drives the #2 Miller Lite Dodge in Nextel Cup Series and in Busch Series piloting the #39 Penske Truck Rental Dodge. He is the one who contrived to become one of 16 drivers with a win in three of top divisions of NASCAR (Nextel Cup, Busch, Craftsman Truck Series).

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