NASCAR Cup Series

For Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at the 1.5 mile (2.414-kilometer) high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway, only 37 drivers will race the scheduled 325-lap distance.

ALL ABOUT AERO: This weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway will mark the first race the new “aero” package hits the track. Chevrolet Manager – NASCAR Competition, Pat Suhy, is looking forward to what this new package will mean for all the Chevrolet Cup Series teams:

Often times following the Daytona 500, the series championship leaderboard includes names that may not stay there over the course of the season. But that’s not necessarily the case this year, as several familiar names had solid performances on Sunday.

After sporting the Motorcraft/Quick Lane colors throughout Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, the Wood Brothers’ No. 21 Ford Mustang will be going Menards/Moen neon yellow and blue for this weekend’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Chase Elliott on racing at Atlanta: “Always nice to go race in Atlanta. It’s a special place and there's definitely a lot of fans around home so I always enjoy going back. More than that, it's a fun racetrack to drive. I've enjoyed racing there from a driver standpoint, and glad they didn't repave it. With it being the second race of the year, we can all get back to downforce racing. Big transition and an important week to see how we all stack up. I’m looking forward to getting there.”

Stenhouse has six career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Atlanta with an average starting position of 10.3 and average finishing position of 18.5.

Michael McDowell on Atlanta “We have a lot of momentum heading to Atlanta after our top 5 finish last weekend at Daytona. I’m excited to see how the racing will be with the new downforce package."

Roush Fenway has 261 total starts at AMS in the three major NASCAR touring series, totaling 13 wins, 59 top-fives, 110 top-10s and 10 poles, while leading 3,153 laps and turning over 100,000 miles. The team has 180 starts in MENCS action with six wins and 71 top-10s with five poles.

This weekend when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) rolls into Atlanta Motor Speedway, Acorns will make its debut in the sport alongside NASCAR veteran Ryan Newman in the No. 6 Ford Mustang.

Starting 2019 Off Right… Toyota drivers captured the top-three finishing positions in the season-opening MENCS race at Daytona International Speedway with Camry driver Denny Hamlin winning his second Daytona 500. Busch placed second while Erik Jones finished third.