Jimmie Johnson dominates late for Atlanta win

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga.—Coors Light Polesitter Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick dominated the early and middle stages of Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway—before Jimmie Johnson decided to crash the party. Johnson didn't take the lead in the second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season until Lap 198 of 325, but from then on, his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was the class of the field, leading six times for 92 laps in winning for the fourth time at Atlanta and for the 71st time in his career. For the second straight…

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Harvick wins third straight NASCAR XFINITY race in Atlanta

Feb. 28, 2015 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga.—If you had to pick one driver to knock Joey Logano off his pedestal at Atlanta Motor Speedway, you couldn't make a better choice than Kevin Harvick. Holding off Logano after a restart on Lap 140 of 163, Harvick won Saturday's Hisense 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race, ending a success streak that saw Logano beat Harvick for the win in the Daytona 500 and edge Harvick for the Coors Light Pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (1 p.m. ET on FOX) at AMS. The victory was…

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Matt Crafton annihilates the field in Atlanta truck win

Feb. 28, 2015 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga.—There's no letup in Matt Crafton. The two-time defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, Crafton charged to the front from his 15th-place starting position and ran away from the rest of the field in Saturday's Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. At the end of a 74-lap green flag run—the longest in NCWTS history at Atlanta—Crafton crossed the finish line 8.752 seconds ahead of runner-up Ty Dillon. Keystone Light Polesitter Ben Kennedy came home third, a distant 10.275 seconds behind the race winner. Daniel Suarez finished fourth, followed by…

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Five Lessons Learned From Speedweeks

5 Lessons Learned By Jared Turner JoLo Is Superstar Remember just a few years ago when Joey Logano was regularly criticized for his perceived inability to live up to his potential and get the most out of his equipment? Well, those days after surely over. Now in his third year with Team Penske, and coming off of his best season ever, Logano is one of NASCAR’s true superstars – and he made the case like never before with an impressive drive to victory in the Daytona 500. The win was Logano’s first at Daytona and first on a restrictor-plate track. To top…

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Discover Who Our Sleeper Pick for Atlanta is in ROAR!

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Busch’s Injury Could Have Been Avoided

By Jared Turner How is it possible for any track – especially Daytona International Speedway, “The World Center of Racing” – to lack soft wall technology in 21st century NASCAR? The answer is: It shouldn’t be possible. But, as Kyle Busch found out in the worst kind of way, that’s the stark reality of the situation. If there had been a SAFER barrier installed at the part of the track where Busch hit the wall late in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, he would not have suffered two fractures and been forced to miss the next day’s Daytona 500. Blame it on the…

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