The Jeff Byrd 500, a.k.a. Food City 500, takes place in Bristol, Tennessee, on March 20, 2011.

Jimmie Johnson, the defending race winner, will look for a repeat victory here and a shot at moving higher in the Sprint Cup points standings. He is in 12th place after finishing 16th in the Kobalt 400 in Las Vegas on March 6, 2011.

What: Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City
Where: Bristol Tennessee
When: 1:00 pm ET, March 20, 2011
Green flag time: 1:13 pm ET
Television: FOX, 1:00 pm, with pre-race show at 12:00 noon
Radio: PRN, with coverage beginning 12:00 noon
Defending champion: Jimmie Johnson (2010 purse: $199,978)

Past champions include:

2010 – Jimmie Johnson
2009 – Kyle Busch
2008 – Jeff Burton
2007 – Kyle Busch
2006 – Kurt Busch
2005 – Kevin Harvick
2004 – Kurt Busch
2003 – Kurt Busch
2002 – Kurt Busch
2001 – Elliott Sadler
2000 – Rusty Wallace

The NASCAR Sprint Cup points leaders heading into Bristol are as follows.

1 – Tony Stewart
2 – Kurt Busch
3 – Carl Edwards
4 – Juan Pablo Montoya
5 – Ryan Newman
6 – Paul Menard
7 – Martin Truex, Jr.
8 – Denny Hamlin
9 – A.J. Allmendinger
10 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr.