Dodge has nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway – including three of the last five races. Dodge scored three consecutive Sprint Cup Series wins from 2009-10. Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne swept the Cup Series races for Dodge in 2009 with Busch winning again at the spring event in 2010.
RCR in The ATL ... In 123 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has earned three pole awards and nine wins, including Kevin Harvick's emotional victory in the Cracker Barrel 500 on March 11, 2001.
Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway: “Racing at Atlanta is a lot of fun especially at night. The track is fast, it is rough which can be tough on your tires so we will have to keep a watchful eye on that. I like it because you run up high against the wall."
The No. 01 G&K Services Chevrolet team heads to the high-banked, fast track of Atlanta Motor Speedway looking to add to their recent momentum in Saturday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.
Carl Edwards on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway: “We could not be going to a better race track for our team right now, all the guys are pumped. We’ve had great success there. Atlanta is one of the more challenging tracks to drive. It’s fun, it’s fast, there are bumps and different grooves. The track has character and that’s what makes it so much fun to race."
The No. 15 5-hour ENERGY team will be featured in the ABC television special Catching Speed presented by John Deere that airs at 2 p.m. ET Sunday. The show features the Michael Waltrip Racing team as it prepares for The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway—one of NASCAR’s most prestigious races.
At It In Atlanta...James Buescher and the No. 31 team head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for a Friday-night race under the lights. The Texan has two previous starts at the Georgia quad-oval, completing 100% of the scheduled laps in both of those events on his way to earning one top-10 and an average finish of 12th.
Turner Motorsports' No. 30 team will be using chassis TMS-218 for Friday night's Jeff Foxworthy Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. TMS-218 is a powerhouse for the Drink B team, as Nelson Piquet Jr. used it to claim a Keystone Light pole award at Pocono Raceway as well as his first victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) at Michigan International Speedway.
This Week's Zaxby's Toyota Tundra ... John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 54 in Saturday's Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This is the same Zaxby's Tundra that Townley raced to a 24th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway last week.
Kahne at Atlanta Motor Speedway: By the numbers... In 10 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS), Kahne has proved impressive with one pole (2010), four top-five and seven top-10 finishes. He has 95 laps led with an average start of 11.2 and an average finish of 8.9.
Kaulig Racing's first technical director will replace Andrew Dickeson and work as Ty Dillon's interim crew chief at Martinsville and Homestead to cap off the 2026 Cup Series season.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team head to Martinsville Speedway, the Wood Brothers’ home track, carrying momentum from a strong second half of the NASCAR Cup Series season
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