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Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series History at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ... In 60 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolets have earned 10 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes with eight different drivers - Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Austin Dillon, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and Mike Skinner.

As a snapshot of the tour's diversity, the Bill France 4 Crown provides a link to ARCA's roots by featuring a diverse combination of tracks in any given season. This year's four-race package spreads out from late April through early September, beginning with the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway April 27. The half-mile Madison Int'l Speedway short track follows June 15 before ARCA heads to the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway triangle July 27. The Bill France 4 Crown will conclude at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile dirt Labor Day Monday, Sept. 3.

NASCAR’s Ultimate Track, Talladega Superspeedway, has created the Ultimate Tailgating Experience with The Compound. The new, family friendly, gated tailgate area will be located just outside the biggest and baddest track adjacent to the start/finish line behind Legend's Village. These exclusive spots will give race fans plenty of prime real estate for loads of fun at an affordable price during this Spring’s anticipated April 27-29 triple-header weekend.

With all the adversity that faced them throughout the weekend, Martin Truex Jr. and the Furniture Row Racing team dug deep to post a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s rain-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Moen Ford Fusion team had a solid run on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in their first race together on a track where handling is a key component of success.

Kevin Harvick held three fingers out his window on his way to Victory Lane after Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The salute to Dale Earnhardt Sr. replicated the one he made 17 years ago after his first win as a NASCAR Cup Series driver.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Finishing Position: 4th - How did you view the strategy that Mike Wheeler was doing in the final runs? “It panned out good for us, but obviously the caution fell there and we were still up front. "

Austin Dillon and the Dow Racing Team Earn Top-15 Finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway "We didn't have the best car today, but we did a good job on execution. We played around with pit strategy and then took the wave-around for the final restart. Unfortunately, we didn't get the caution we were hoping for so that we could finish the race on fresh tires. All night, the Dow Racing pit crew had fast stops. They did a great job and I'm proud of them. We plan to give it our all at Last Vegas Motor Speedway next weekend."

VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – YOU DID THE 3 SALUTE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? “I’m just so proud of everybody on our team. That was the first win in my career and to be able to do that and pay tribute to Dale was pretty cool. I’ve been waiting a long time to do that. We’ve had so many days where we could do that here, but I just want to thank everybody from Stewart-Haas Racing, Jimmy John’s, Busch, Ford, Mobil 1, Outback, Hunt Brothers, Morton Buildings, Textron Off Road, Liftmaster, everybody who puts this car on the race track and for five years it’s been so fast at this particular race track and a lot of other ones. I love racing here and it’s good to be back in Victory Lane finally. It took a while.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 FIRST DATA CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 9th “A decent day for us and the First Data Camaro ZL1. It was a good points day and we hopefully can learn from this for upcoming races. We had a good stop the last time down pit road, but our car was just too tight on the last run to pick up spots. Racing into the night was obviously not really in the plan yesterday, but our guys did a good job keeping up with the track.”