NASCAR at Bristol 2016 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction

All afternoon long, Carl Edwards saw his Joe Gibbs Racing compatriots smack their cars off walls. Tires were blowing to the point where it felt like his own right fronts were ticking time bombs. Somehow, Edwards kept things together and backflipped his way into Victory Lane in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The No. 19 car led 276 of a possible 500 laps after starting on the pole. It's Edwards' 26th win of his career and his first of 2016.    NASCAR provided the requisite backflip: Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second, his third time already this season coming one spot short of a win. Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott and Trevor Bayne rounded out the top five. One of the most notable finishes of the day was from the rela...

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