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The 2016 Xfinity Series champion from Monterrey, Mexico, led nine of 260 laps and edged Blaney by 0.003 seconds and Kyle Busch by 0.007 seconds to snap a one-year winless drought and return to Victory Lane at Atlanta.

The 29-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led the final two of 168 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in a late fuel-saving, overtime shootout for his second consecutive Xfinity victory of the 2024 season.

The two-time Cup Series champion led 33 of 135-scheduled laps, including the final seven, to achieve his 65th Truck Series career victory at Atlanta.

The fuel-saving during the Daytona 500 added a layer of strategy. Don't make NASCAR shed what little element of strategy left.

Michael McDowell topped the speed charts during NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on Saturday with a lap time of 30.999 seconds (178.844 mph) to claim his first career pole.

Jesse Love captured the NASCAR Xfinity Series pole Friday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a lap of 173.935 mph in the No. 38 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. It was his second consecutive pole of the year.

Daniel Dye will lead the field to green in the Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 208 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway after winning his first career pole Friday afternoon. He topped the charts with a lap time of 31.817 seconds at 174.246 mph in the No. 43 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Silverado.

NASCAR travels to Atlanta Motor Speedway as all three series compete this weekend in the second race of the season. Joey Logano is the defending race winner of the Cup Series Ambetter Health 400.

The Big One struck in the closing laps of the Daytona 500 and took out several of the strongest cars in the process.

The 29-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led nine of 120-scheduled laps and rallied from three different circumstances to three-peat the Xfinity Series' season-opening event at Daytona.