Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, battled both Mother Nature and the ever changing track conditions to earn a hard fought 19th-place finish Sunday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Martin Truex Jr. notched his second consecutive top-10 finish, placing sixth in Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The result followed an eighth-place finish in last week's season-opening Daytona 500.
Johnson didn't take the lead in the second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season until Lap 198 of 325, but from then on, his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was the class of the field, leading six times for 92 laps in winning for the fourth time at Atlanta and for the 71st time in his career.
"We had a great race car,” said Johnson, who scored his 71st career Sprint Cup series victory. “Unfortunately the way qualifying went Friday, we didn't have a good pit stall pick and it took us a long time to get in front of the No. 19 (Carl Edwards).
Kevin Harvick blew an engine in practice and went to the back of the field for the start of Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Matt Kenseth (fifth) was the highest-finishing Toyota in Sunday's rain delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at the 1.54-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – Winner - WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT YOUR TEAM? “It says a lot of good things. I’m just so excited that the guys could understand."
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “We had a decent Shell/Pennzoil Ford and my guys on pit road were amazing. Every time I came on pit road they had some fast stops. I’m glad to see they brought their A-game. We raced hard and raced up toward the front all day.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – Winner - WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT YOUR TEAM? “It says a lot of good things. I’m just so excited that the guys could understand."
Matt Crafton overtook Daniel Suarez on the 59th lap of the Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 and never looked back. Crafton, last year's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, cruised the final 71 laps to claim his sixth career victory.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB team chef Duyen Ha will step into the national spotlight this month as a contestant on Top Chef: Carolinas (Season 23), premiering March 9 on Bravo.
The GOVX 200 (200 laps | 200 miles) is the fourth of thirty-three (33) NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races on the 2026 schedule. The field will take the green flag on Saturday night, March 7, shortly after 5:30 p.m.
The desert backdrop and distinctive dogleg of Phoenix Raceway sets the stage for another pivotal weekend of NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series competition as Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport prepares for Saturday’s GovX 200.
Ocala’s Josh Hart made the fastest run in Gainesville Dragway history on Friday to open the 2026 NHRA season, taking the Top Fuel provisional No. 1 position at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
