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)