Ryan Reed has two starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) with finishes of 18th in 2014 and 16th in 2015. The last time the NXS visited AMS, Reed was making his final green-flag pit stop when the caution was displayed, trapping the team a lap down late in the race.
NASCAR’s annual visit to suburban Atlanta is on tap this weekend as all three major touring series compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ford has registered 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at the 1.5-mile facility and will try for its first triumph since 2008 on Sunday afternoon. Here’s a look at Ford’s history in Hampton, GA.
With all three of NASCAR’s national touring series set to descend on Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 weekend just days from now, drivers looking ahead to the races have described AMS in many different ways. Fast, abrasive, slick, aged, fun, wild and even mean are just a handful of the adjectives that have been uttered by drivers about historic 1.54-mile race track. In a yearbook of race tracks, AMS might sweep the superlatives page for most character, most dramatic and certainly, most popular.
Garrett Smithley, driver of the No. 0 JD Motorsports Chevrolet in NASCAR XFINITY Series competition, has added NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events to his 2016 schedule. Smithley will run double-duty this week in the JD Motorsports NXS entry as well as the No. 63 MB Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado NCWTS truck starting this weekend at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway. Both teams will carry primary sponsorship from Instalco.
Atlanta: “Atlanta is fun,” Allmendinger said. “I’ve always enjoyed it and it’s one of my most favorite mile-and-a-half tracks. I love that it is slick. I love that it is worn-out pavement. To me, it’s just a fun place to race our No. 47 Kroger/SCOTT Products Chevrolet SS. With the low downforce package, I think you are going to be just sliding around a lot more. It will be kind of based off of what tire Goodyear brings. If it’s a soft tire that’s got a lot of speed initially, it’s really going to wear off. If it’s a little bit harder, maybe it doesn’t fall off as much.”
Martin Truex Jr. was edged by Denny Hamlin at the checkered flag in the closest Daytona 500 finish in history. Hamlin’s margin of victory over Truex was 0.010 seconds, less than one foot. The runner-up finish was also a career best in 12 Daytona 500 starts for Truex.
Driver Regan Smith delivered an 8th place finish in the Golden Corral No. 7 Chevrolet at today's Daytona 500. That means Kids Eat Free tomorrow, February 22nd, at Golden Corral restaurants across the country.
Camry driver Denny Hamlin won his first career Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday and earned the first victory in the Daytona 500 for Toyota.
With a late surge, Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS, finished in fourth place to lead five Team Chevy drivers in the top 10 in the 58th running of the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) on Sunday.
The African American Automotive Association (AAAA) is incredibly proud to announce the latest historic group of trailblazers to be inducted into the AAAA Hall of Fame.
Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Wurth Ford Mustang Dark Horse team turned in their fifth-consecutive top-10 finish - and 12th on the season to tie for the Cup Series lead - in Sunday's inaugural Anduril 250 on Naval Base Coronado.
