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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.

The 26-year-old Byron from Charlotte, North Carolina, led the final four of 200 laps and prevailed during a four-lap shootout to become the 43rd competitor to win the Great American Race.

The 22-year-old Sanchez from Miami, Florida, led a race-high 26 of 101 over-scheduled laps and dodged a final-lap multi-truck wreck amid an overtime shootout to become the seventh different competitor to achieve a first Truck Series career win at Daytona.