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Bowman, who drives the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and has done some dirt racing in his career, had the fastest average single-lap speed at 89.307 mph, which he set early in the 50-minute session. “It’s a lot of fun for sure,” Bowman said. “I’m pretty happy with our Ally Camaro. Everybody at Hendrick Motorsports has worked really hard guessing, I guess, on the dirt side ...Keep reading View the full article

Wednesday night was the start of this season’s 10-race sim racing series among NASCAR drivers and the first event was held on the virtual dirt track created at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Despite the inclusion of several drivers with extensive and successful dirt racing backgrounds, the feature event was won again by one of the best drivers in the virtual world, William Byron. This ...Keep reading View the full article

The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion has been at the center of controversy many times throughout his impressive career. Gragson is no stranger to confrontation. His latest incident at Atlanta Motor Speedway started with contact on pit road and ended with a fist fight after the checkered flag. The 22-year-old seems very comfortable in the spotlight and seems to feed off the controversy ...Keep reading View the full article

After winning the second qualifying heat race of the night, William Byron went on to dominate the field for his fourth Pro Invitational victory at the digital Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track. View the full article

Busch came away from Atlanta with a fifth-place finish, just his second top-five of the 2021 season. Busch still had to tackle several issues in Sunday’s race, but what gave him hope his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team has made improvement was his ability to race back to the front each time he got shuffled back in the field. “We were fast right at the start of the race. We drove our way up ...Keep reading View the full article

In 1989, Goodyear began transitioning from bias play to radial tires in NASCAR competition. None of the current Cup Series drivers have run a bias ply tire in a Cup series race previously. Because of the dirt track configuration for this weekend’s race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, teams will be running two new Goodyear tire codes this weekend. While the tires feature the same ...Keep reading View the full article

Suarez, who drives Trackhouse’s No. 99 Chevrolet in the organization’s first year in the NASCAR Cup Series, was well-positioned late in Sunday’s race for team’s first top-10 or even top-five of the season. But during a final round of green-flag pit stops late in the race, Suarez was penalized for speeding on pit road and had to serve a pass-through penalty under green. He ended up ...Keep reading View the full article

Entering Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bowman was the only Hendrick Motorsports driver outside the top-10 in the series standings. He had shown the speed of his three teammates but got caught up in a wreck in the season-opening Daytona 500 and was running well late in the Las Vegas race but was forced to pit under green for a flat tire. While Bowman’s No. 48 ...Keep reading View the full article

However, he was unable to capture the checkered flag. In the closing laps, he fought both traffic and worn tires as Ryan Blaney closed in. With less than 10 laps remaining, Blaney got alongside Larson and was able to move into the race lead. His Penske teammates, who were among the lapped traffic. moved out of the way once he took control of the race. The victory was the fifth of his career ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson took both stage victories and led a race-high 269 of 325 laps but a 56-lap run on the same set of tyres took them beyond their limits, opening the door to the rapidly chasing Blaney. With eight laps remaining and as Larson and Blaney both approached the lapped car of Joey Logano, Blaney dove to the inside in Turns 3 and 4 and then pulled up and in front of Larson for the ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson took both stage victories and led a race-high 269 of 325 laps but a 56-lap run on tires at Atlanta Motor Speedway is pushing their limits and as the laps wound down, Blaney’s No. 12 Ford appeared to gain ground quickly. With eight laps remaining and as Larson and Blaney both approached the lapped car of Joey Logano, Blaney dove to the inside in Turns 3 and 4 and then pulled up and in ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights of the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Cup Series View the full article

Kyle Larson led 268 laps and won two stages in Atlanta on Sunday in the QuikTrip 500. However, he finished in second place behind Ryan Blaney in the end. After the race, Larson talked about his performance. View the full article

After dominating the race for 268 laps, Kyle Larson was robbed of the victory in Atlanta after Ryan Blaney gained the lead with less than ten laps to go. View the full article

Chase Elliott's motor expired off of turn 4 ending his day early at Atlanta Motor Speedway View the full article

Just moments after a restart to start Stage 2, Kurt Busch gets spun around and sent into the wall by Denny Hamlin causing massive damage to the front end of his car. View the full article

The post-race scuffle followed an incident on pit road during the race when Gragson backed into Hemric's car. After the checkered flag, Hemric approached Gragson and the two briefly brawled. "I don't know why he's mad," said Gragson, who is no stranger to confrontation. "I mean, I was behind him coming onto pit because we corded our right front tire and he was in our pit box. I ...Keep reading View the full article

Allgaier had to hold off veteran Martin Truex Jr. – who had dominated most of the race – over the final 11 laps but held on to win Saturday’s EchoPark 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It had been a tough start to the season for Allgaier, who had wrecked out of a pair of races and only collected his first top-10 finish last weekend at Phoenix. The win all-but locks Allgaier into this ...Keep reading View the full article

After an issue on pit road earlier in the race, Daniel Hemric walks up to Noah Gragson and starts a fight on pit road at Atlanta Motor Speedway View the full article

Busch dominated Saturday’s Fr8 Auctions 200, leading 102 of the 130 laps and cruised to victory over Austin Hill by more than 4 seconds to win the Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The only thing Busch didn’t do was collect the stage wins – his teammate John Hunter Nemechek passed on the final lap of the first two stages to collect the wins and playoff points. The ...Keep reading View the full article