NASCAR Cup PR

Team Penske announced today that Autotrader has reached a multi-year extension of its agreement with the team, beginning with the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season and into the future.

This weekend’s NASCAR racing activities include three races in two days at Atlanta Motor Speedway as the Xfinity and Truck Series compete in their first doubleheader of the season prior to Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event.

Spire Motorsports announced today that Stewart Friesen will drive the team’s No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE in his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

I guess they’ve kind of been to every track now and it’s been a good start to the season for us. Obviously, we’ve had some ups and downs.

Newman makes his 29th Cup start at Atlanta on Sunday, where he has an average finish of 17.8 with nine top-10s and two finishes inside the top five.

Buescher makes his sixth Cup start at Atlanta on Sunday, where he has an average finish of 21.6. His best finish of ninth came just two starts ago when he collected his first top-10 after starting 30th.

Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 10 Pit Boss Grills Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series, is coming off his best finish of the 2021 season after running 11th at Phoenix Raceway.

For this upcoming weekend, Anthony Alfredo will have a new nickname thanks to the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts. Alfredo, known as “Fast Pasta”, will be sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission during Sunday’s 500-miler at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Atlanta Outlook: The NASCAR Cup Series heads back east to Atlanta Motor Speedway for Sunday’s 500-mile event on the 1.5-mile asphalt Georgia oval.

Ford will be going for its fifth straight NASCAR Cup Series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend while Austin Cindric looks to continue a streak that has seen him win twice and finish in the top 5 of all five NASCAR XFINITY Series races.