Fresh off his first victory of the season, Johnson was the most recent Cup winner before the Bristol race.  And darned if he didn’t go back to back this time.

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Best finish of the year so far for Bowyer, who fought through a pit-road penalty to come out of nowhere and finish second.

Last August, Harvick won at Bristol. This time around, he had a very fast Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and wound up fighting for the victory.

After a slow start to his season, Kenseth was hoping for a turnaround at Bristol, where he has four career victories.

Both of Logano’s Bristol victories have come in the August race, and so far this year, he is winless.

After coming into Bristol as the series points leader, Larson started on the pole when qualifying was rained out. He led the first 203 laps, but a pit-road speeding penalty hurt him.

The qualifying rainout meant Elliott drew the No. 2 starting spot in the race.

Bristol has never been one of Truex’s best tracks, but he’s improved a whole lot here. A pit-road speeding penalty cost him a chance at victory.

Bristol is far and away the best track on the circuit for Stenhouse, who twice has finished second here.

Like his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, Hamlin showed better speed at Bristol than he had at most of the 1.5-mile tracks so far this year.

Both of the Roush Fenway Racing Fords looked good at Bristol.

Although not as fast as his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyle Larson, McMurray had another solid outing.

Top-15 finish for Dillon as the Richard Childress Racing squad was solid all day.

The Phoenix winner couldn’t find Victory Lane for a second time this year, but he was more than respectable.

Another top-15 finish for the younger Dillon, who is running for rookie honors.

The Richard Childress Racing teammates all finished in the top 20.

After winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series race here on Saturday, Jones came into Monday’s race as one of the favorites, despite being a rookie, and contended before a late accident.

Despite nose damage, Suarez managed a top-20 finish.

Not sixth like last spring, but not bad at all.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver is a past winner at Bristol and he was consistent on Monday before late issues.

A solid finish for Whitt and the small TriStar Motorsports team who have had some good runs this season.

Almirola has kept his car around the top 20 all season, not a bad day for the No. 43 team.

Ragan recovered from a collision with Danica Patrick to grab a 23rd-place finish.

A strong finish for the rookie driver who has slowly figured out how to handle a Cup Series car.

An early wreck forced Busch to log laps and try to make some laps back.

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McDowell brings home another decent showing in his No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet.

After several weeks of poor finishes, Earnhardt kept his car clean and scored a decent finish.

Sorenson posts his best finish of the season in the No. 55 ride. 

Gaulding logged laps and posted a solid showing.

A great early run went south for Allmendinger when he couldn’t avoid a sliding Erik Jones.

Cope kept his car on the track all day.

Cassill had issues all day and finished 42 laps down.

A power steering issue cost Blaney a solid run.

Similar to the No. 21, Keselowski faced power steering issues and went behind the wall for 67 laps.

Another difficult day for Busch at Bristol as he had a great car but two cut tires cost him big time.

The struggles continued for Patrick as she collided with David Ragan, ending her day early.

Hill struggled all day and finished 266 laps down.

Not the day that Dale Jr. hoped for. Oil on his tire sent him into the wall on a restart, ending his day.

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Buescher went to a backup car and attempted to climb through the field before being caught up in Kurt Busch’s wreck.