Race Summary: Michael Annett started the NRA American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway from the 14th position and shortly after the drop of the green flag an accident in Turn 2 brought out the first caution of the day on Lap 4.
Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by 12 points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Sam Hornish ranks third, with Dillon fourth in the standings, trailing his RCR teammate by 37 points.
Looking to give Red Horse Racing owner Tom DeLoach his first intermediate track win on one of his personal favorite tracks, Parker Kligerman traveled to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday with high hopes. Driving up into the top-five twice during the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200, Kligerman showed he was capable of competing with class of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series field. Fast pit stops and perseverance through tight handling conditions helped Kligerman score his third top-five finish in as many races with Red Horse Racing, finishing fourth.
It was a wild weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Justin Lofton and the No. 6 J6INK team. With a wild new look on their Chevrolet, Lofton and the J6INK team worked hard through changing track conditions to dial-in their truck throughout the day and came home with a 14th-place finish in the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200. With eight races remaining, Lofton is still in the heat of the championship battle, just 31 points behind first.
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. (Winner, No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford) – Man that 33 was fast. But these guys made great changes. The guys on pit road did an awesome job. I had to get everything I could on that restart. We got a good restart and I sucked down on him as hard as I could to slow him down and he started getting loose off of two and the 22 gave us a push down the front straightaway that helped us get to the lead.
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford Mustang – “It started with making good adjustments. We were a little off there to run with the 33 and Mike kept tightening it up and tightening it up and ended up getting to where we were closer to the 33. We still probably weren’t exactly where we needed to be, but we were close enough to go get him on that restart."
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NRA American Warrior 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway by battling past the night’s dominant driver, Kevin Harvick, and a charging Brad Keselowski, who had fresh tires.
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WINS 4TH NASCAR NATIONWIDE RACE OF 2012 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his fourth NASCAR Nationwide race of the season and first at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger) Finished Second TALK ABOUT THAT LAST LAP. IT MIGHT TAKE YOU A WHILE TO DESCRIBE EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON. “You ain’t kidding, a lot going on. I tried to make a move on Ricky (Stenhouse Jr.) coming to the white and he blocked it so I figured I’d just give him a push and he took that push and just ran with it and got in front of Kevin (Harvick)."
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 93 of 200 laps and fended off teammate Justin Allgaier through a 17-lap shootout to notch his second O'Reilly victory of 2026 at the Lone Star state.
Brent Crews was the top-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus with a fourth-place result on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 191.340 mph in 28.222 seconds to claim his second consecutive Cup pole at the Lone Star state by 0.003 seconds over teammate Daniel Suarez.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver John Hunter Nemechek was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway.
