NASCAR Atlanta Sunday, February 18, 2024
Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Top 10 both Atlanta races last season: 3
Ryan Blaney 7th & 9th, Kyle Busch 10th & 5th, Brad Keselowski 2nd & 6th
Ryan Blaney: 3 Straight Atlanta top 10 finishes – 1 Top 5 finish
3 Different winners in 4 races on reconfigured Atlanta track – William Byron 2, Chase Elliott 1 & Joey Logano 1
Hendrick Motorsports won 3 of 4 races on reconfigured Atlanta track
1 previous Atlanta race on Feb. 25 – Kevin Harvick’s first of 8 wins in 2018
Harvick’s first Atlanta win since first career victory in 2001, ended 26-race Atlanta winless streak,
2nd NASCAR Cup Series race of the season, 75º temperature
Earliest Atlanta race: Feb. 24, 2019 – Brad Keselowski winner
Joey Logano
Atlanta 3/23 winner – Pole, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 135 of first 159 laps led, 5 of final 101 laps led, took lead final lap
Only win last season
Atlanta 3/23 laps Led: Ford 221 (8 Drivers), Chevrolet 20 & Toyota 19
William Byron
Atlanta 7/23 winner – Lap 63 safety violation, lap 80 spin, 4th caution free pass, only final 19 laps led
William Byron only repeat winner last 8 Atlanta races (2 Wins in last 4 races) – 6 Others 1-win each
Hendrick Motorsports won 17 Atlanta races with 8 different drivers
March 2023: 45º Coldest Atlanta since 11/16/97 (44º) – Bobby Labonte winner
23 Champions won at Atlanta – 23 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Atlanta
Kyle Larson failed to finish 3 of last 4 Atlanta races including both races last season – All due to crashes
423 Atlanta laps led is most by a driver without an Atlanta win
Driver starting first won 2 of last 3 Atlanta races – Driver starting first winless previous 22 Atlanta races
10 To go leader failed to win 3 of last 4 Atlanta races
6 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass
6 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta
Toyota won 3 Atlanta races – Winless last 13 Atlanta races
Toyota: First NCS win – 3/9/08 Atlanta Kyle Busch
Ford: 6 Wins last 10 Atlanta races
Bill Elliott & Chase Elliott only Georgia drivers to win Atlanta
March 2022 first race on reconfigured & repaved track
Banking: 28º – Previous banking: 24º
Frontstretch width: 52 Feet – Previous width: 55 Feet
Backstretch width: 42 Feet – Previous width: 55 Feet
Turn width: 40 Feet – Previous width: 55 Feet
Turn radius: 741 Feet – Daytona Int’l Speedway: 987 Feet
Atlanta Motor Speedway transformation
163 Days (5 Months)
Started after July 11, 2021 NASCAR Cup Series race & completed in December
Banking now 28° (Previously 24°)
17,000 Tons of asphalt (Previous Paving 1997)
Atlanta NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
3 Different winners in 4 races on reconfigured Atlanta track –
Austin Hill 2, Ty Gibbs 1 & John Hunter Nemechek 1
Atlanta wins:
Joe Gibbs Racing: 6; Richard Childress Racing: 5; JR Motorsports: 4; Kaulig Racing: 1; Stewart-Haas Racing: 1
Closest Atlanta finish: .085 Seconds – Austin Hill over Daniel Hemric (3/18/23)
Austin Hill only repeat winner last 9 Atlanta races (2 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
Fewest laps led by Atlanta winner: 1 – Jamie McMurray (2002) & Ty Gibbs (3/22)
100th different NASCAR Xfinity Series winner – Jamie McMurray (2002 Atlanta)
4 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Atlanta
including Jeff Gordon in 1992 (20-Years-old) & Jamie McMurray in 2002 (26-Years-old)
1 Atlanta winner from Georgia – Austin Hill (7/22 & 3/23)
3 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass