Michael Waltrip Racing's 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season has been nothing short of a breakout year. At the start of 2012. Michael Waltrip Racing had never had a driver qualify for the chase in its 5 year existence in the NSCS
One year ago today Carl Edwards had firm control of his Sprint Cup Series title hopes. He was the favorite heading into the Chase, having led the point standings for much of the year and performing at a level of consistency that hadn’t been matched.
Should Jeff Gordon fail to make the Chase after next weekend’s race at Richmond he might look back to one lap during the 2012 season. Not the many bad weeks he had to start the year, not the hard fought yet mediocre finishes, but one lap in Atlanta.
Denny Hamlin held off Jeff Gordon on Sunday and won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was Hamlin’s fourth win of the season, the most of any driver thus far and places himself in position to top the standings when the 12-driver Chase starts after next weekend's race at Richmond.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and his Roush Fenway Racing team have made their 2012 season all about never giving up. From their first win of the season in Las Vegas to the most recent Saturday night in Atlanta, the No. 6 Cargill team is one that just doesn’t quit.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) NRA American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Stenhouse passed Kevin Harvick with one lap and half to go to win his fourth race this season and his first race at Atlanta.
Michael Waltrip Racing has never placed one their cars in the Sprint Cup Series Chase for the Championship, they've never had a driver finish in the top 10 in points. But after Sunday night’s race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, the AdvoCare 500, MWR could check one of those off their list by having both of their full-time drivers locked into the 2012 playoffs.
David Gilliland will being driving his No.38 Ford Fusion at Atlanta this Labor Day during the Advocare 500 with special attention to a local business and the US Military, both having ties to local towns just outside of Raleigh, NC.
Atlanta is one of those tracks where I really respect the drivers for hanging it all out there and really being on the edge of disaster at all times. Its aging surface lacks grip giving drivers with a background in dirt racing a competitive advantage over the field. It reminds me of the days of watching the DIRT modified's circle 'D-Shaped Dirt Demon' at my hometown track, the 3/8th-mile in Brewerton, NY.
Rookie Ty Dillon made anything but a rookie move to pass veteran Atlanta Motor Speedway ace Kyle Busch for his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win Friday in the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200.
Tony Stewart is headed to zMAX Dragway for a race he’s enjoyed immensely in his brief NHRA career, as the racing legend looks to pick up another four-wide win at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
A new face will be behind the wheel of the No. 62 Gracie Foundation Chevrolet for Beard Motorsports for Sunday’s Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
NASCAR’s Cup and O’Reilly Series head to the heart of Alabama and Talladega Superspeedway for the first of two visits in 2026. The two series will be joined by the ARCA Menards Series for a weekend packed of high-stakes, superspeedway racing.
