While no NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver was able to win the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO 3DT at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Tuesday afternoon.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: ON RACING JIMMIE JOHNSON FOR THE WIN: "Not too many people get to do that these days, and I didn't think I was going to be able to do it either."
STEVE ADDINGTON (crew chief, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THE CHASE? "It feels great. Our first year with Shell/Pennzoil and get in the Chase."
Denny Hamlin (eighth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Tuesday's rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Carl Edwards on racing at Richmond International Raceway: "We are coming off a big Fastenal win in Atlanta . I am excited for the race on Friday night."
Richmond International Raceway (RIR), by the numbers...Leffler has 17 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at RIR with two top-five and four top-10 finishes as well as one pole to his credit (spring, 2006).
Roush Fenway Racing and Fastenal have announced that Carl Edwards, Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. will all race special Fastenal “Honoring Our Heroes” Ford Mustangs at Richmond International Raceway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Sept. 9.
The 26-year-old Ferguson from Lincolnton, North Carolina, will make his second career Truck start with Kaulig Racing more than a month after making his Truck debut at Bristol.
Spire Motorsports has earned one win and three top five finishes. Rajah Caruth took the checkered flag in last year's Rackley Roofing 200 after leading 61 laps.
In 12 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Spire Motorsports has two top-five finishes with a best result of second earned twice by Zane Smith (2024) and Carson Hocevar (2025).
