Greg Biffle drove his No. 16 Roush Performance Ford to a 13th-place finish Sunday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Biffle started the race 14th, but a tight handling condition and long green flag runs cost the team valuable track position.
Jimmie Johnson earned the 40th overall victory and third consecutive win for Chevrolet at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) after capturing the victory in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. The driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet SS earned yet another career milestone by recording his 76th career win, tying him with Dale Earnhardt, Sr. for seventh on the all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win list. Johnson now leads all active drivers with five wins on the track that boasts the second oldest surface on the circuit.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Team appeared headed to a possible top 15 finish in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and ended up in 25th when he got bumped from behind and spun during the green-white-checker finish.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, finished in the 22nd position on Sunday in the second event of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season at Atlanta Motor Speedway after suffering from a tight handling for much of the afternoon.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Autotrader Ford Fusion – “We seemed to have real good short-run speed, but not very good long-run speed and we didn’t get a lot of short runs. The ones we did, we were able to drive to the front and that was a lot of fun. It was beautiful weather and a beautiful day for racing.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - THE GUTSY CALL BY CREW CHIEF, CHAD KNAUS, WAS THE GAME WINNER ‘Yeah, definitely a gutsy call. It was just a great team effort. The No. 4 (Kevin Harvick) car was awfully tough and it was going to take some strategy to get by him. When he told me to whip it as hard as I could there, I just felt like I was going to take too much life out of the tires. But, it worked. And I got rolling around the top and got to where I got this Lowe’s Chevy in Victory Lane. I’m so happy for Hendrick Motorsports and for everybody at Chevrolet.”
Toyota driver Cameron Hayley (second) was the top-finishing Tundra driver in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Recap: Brad Keselowski kept his No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang at the front of the field for most of Saturday’s Heads Up Georgia 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading twice for a total of 28 laps.
CAMERON HAYLEY, No. 13 Cabinets by Hayley Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing - Finishing Position: 2nd - Did you have anything for the winner at the end? “I think I did and I’m beating myself up a little bit. "
The first half-mile track of the season is on the horizon for the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series as the pair will venture to Virginia to take on Martinsville Speedway this weekend.
Martinsville Speedway provides a familiar backdrop for Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX Imaging team this weekend, as the Wood Brothers return to their home track looking to find their footing in Sunday’s Cook Out 400.
The 2026 Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Series championship marched on this week in what was their first Roto-Rooter Midweek Series debut that was featured on Tuesday night.
Noah Gragson and the No. 4 team are short-track racing this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Martinsville, Virginia for 400 laps at the Martinsville Speedway.
