NASCAR Atlanta Sunday, September 1, 2024

Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights

Atlanta 2/24

Daniel Suárez

Atlanta 2/24 winner – Lap 2 involved in crash, finished 19th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, only 9 of final 13 laps led

Daniel Suárez over Ryan Blaney by .003 Seconds

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

Most laps led: Todd Gilliland 58

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

16 Involved in lap 2 crash – Largest Atlanta crash

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

14 Pit road speeding penalties

Regular season finale winner also won first Playoff race 3 times – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Brad Keselowski 2014 & ‘18

2/25/24 Daniel Suárez over Ryan Blaney by .003 Seconds (Top 3 separated by .007 Seconds)

4 Different winners in 5 races on reconfigured Atlanta track –

William Byron 2, Chase Elliott 1, Joey Logano 1 & Daniel Suárez

Hendrick Motorsports won 3 of 5 races on reconfigured Atlanta track

Hendrick Motorsports won 17 Atlanta races with 8 different drivers

William Byron only repeat winner last 9 Atlanta races (2 Wins in last 5 races) – 7 Others 1-win each

Consecutive Atlanta wins 14 times – Daniel Suárez won last Atlanta race

Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 4 Atlanta races

7 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass

6 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta

Toyota won 3 Atlanta races – Winless last 14 Atlanta races

Toyota: First NCS win – 3/9/08 Atlanta Kyle Busch

10 Won first career pole at Atlanta

Driver starting first won 2 of last 4 Atlanta races – Driver starting first winless previous 22 Atlanta races

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

23 Champions won at Atlanta – 25 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Atlanta

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 5 races on reconfigured Atlanta track –

Austin Hill 3, Ty Gibbs 1 & John Hunter Nemechek 1

Austin Hill: 3 Wins last 4 Atlanta races

Austin Hill only repeat winner last 10 Atlanta races (3 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each

Atlanta wins:

Joe Gibbs Racing: 6; Richard Childress Racing: 6; JR Motorsports: 4; Kaulig Racing: 1; Stewart-Haas Racing: 1

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 6 Atlanta races

3 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass

1 Atlanta winner from Georgia – Austin Hill (7/22 & 3/23)

Closest Atlanta finish: .085 Seconds – Austin Hill over Daniel Hemric (3/18/23)

4 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Atlanta

including Jeff Gordon in 1992 (20-Years-old) & Jamie McMurray in 2002 (26-Years-old)