NASCAR Atlanta Sunday, February 16, 2025
Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
4 Different winners in 6 races on reconfigured Atlanta track –
William Byron 2, Joey Logano 2, Chase Elliott 1 & Daniel Suárez 1
2/25/24 16 Involved in crash – Largest Atlanta crash
Record lead changes: 48 2/25/24
Joey Logano only repeat winner last 5 Atlanta races (2 Wins in last 4 races) – 3 Others 1-win each
Consecutive Atlanta wins 14 times – Joey Logano won last Atlanta race
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 5 Atlanta races
10 To go leader failed to win 4 of last 6 Atlanta races
7 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass
23 Champions won at Atlanta – 25 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Atlanta
Hendrick Motorsports won 3 of 6 races on reconfigured Atlanta track
Hendrick Motorsports won 17 Atlanta races with 8 different drivers
Bill Elliott & Chase Elliott only Georgia drivers to win Atlanta
Austin Cindric won Stage 2 in 3 of last 4 Atlanta races
Driver starting first won 2 of last 5 Atlanta races – Driver starting first winless previous 22 Atlanta races
6 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta
Toyota won 3 Atlanta races – Winless last 15 Atlanta races
Toyota: First NCS win – 3/9/08 Atlanta Kyle Busch
Atlanta speeding penalties –
2015: 5 / 2016: 1 / 2017: 13 / 2018: 1 / 2019: 4 / 2020: 8 / 3/21: 6 /
7/21: 2 / 3/22: 6 / 7/22: 2 / 3/23: 2 / 7/23: 2 / 2/24: 14 / 9/24: 10
Atlanta 2/24
Daniel Suárez
Atlanta Feb. winner – Lap 2 involved in crash, finished 19th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, only 9 of final 13 laps led
Winner pit stops: Daniel Suárez – 8 Stops 2, 4, 7, 28, 55, 135 (G), 165, 202
Stage 1 winner: Michael McDowell 8th
Stage 2 winner: Austin Cindric 4th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 2nd & 3rd, Kyle Larson 4th & 2nd
Most points scored: 52 Ryan Blaney 2nd
Passed for final lead change: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Winner final laps led: Daniel Suárez 1
Lead changes: 48 (Record)
Cautions: 10
Failed to finish: 8
34 of 37 involved in incidents
Longest green run: 92 Laps (Lap 69-160)
Longest green run time: 46 Minutes & 55 Seconds
Best free pass finisher: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Daniel Suárez 1st
Best starting rear of field finisher: Chase Elliott 15th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 15th
Best Gibbs: Ty Gibbs 10th
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 16th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Laps Led – Ford 178, Chevrolet 55, Toyota 27
Atlanta 9/24
Joey Logano
Atlanta 9/24 winner – Started 7th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 12th in Stage 2, led only 9 of final 10 laps
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano – 4 Stops Lap 63, 116, 163, 178
Stage 1 winner: Ryan Blaney 3rd
Stage 2 winner: Austin Cindric 10th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 1st & 2nd, Austin Cindric 2nd & 1st, Alex Bowman 3rd & 3rd
Most points scored: Ryan Blaney 53
Passed for final lead change: Daniel Suárez 2nd
Winner final laps led: Joey Logano 2
Lead changes: 24
Cautions: 8
Failed to finish: 6
Best free pass finisher: Shane van Gisbergen 32nd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Daniel Hemric 11th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Ty Gibbs 17th
Longest green flag run: 56 Laps (1-56)
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 5th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 4th
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 18th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st
Atlanta NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Atlanta wins:
Richard Childress Racing 7; Joe Gibbs Racing: 6; JR Motorsports: 4; Kaulig Racing: 1
Austin Hill: 4 Atlanta wins – 2nd all-time (Kevin Harvick 5)
Austin Hill: 4 Wins last 5 Atlanta races
1 Atlanta winner from Georgia – Austin Hill (7/22, 3/23, 2/24 & 9/24)
Closest Atlanta finish: .085 Seconds – Austin Hill over Daniel Hemric (3/18/23)
3 Different winners in 6 races on reconfigured Atlanta track –
Austin Hill 4, Ty Gibbs 1 & John Hunter Nemechek 1
Austin Hill only repeat winner last 11 Atlanta races (4 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
Fewest laps led by Atlanta winner: 1 – Jamie McMurray (2002) & Ty Gibbs (3/22)
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 7 Atlanta races
4 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Atlanta
including Jeff Gordon in 1992 (20-Years-old) & Jamie McMurray in 2002 (26-Years-old)
3 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass