NASCAR Cup Series results at Atlanta Motor Speedway


HAMPTON, Ga. — The second superspeedway race of the Cup Series season is complete and a second Chevrolet driver has locked up a playoff spot.

Daniel Suarez won Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his first Cup win on an oval track and his first win since Sonoma in 2022. He parked the No. 99 Chevrolet in victory lane and put himself in the playoffs.

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Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, Bubba Wallace, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ross Chastain, Michael McDowell, Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top 10.

Sunday’s race had 48 lead changes. This set a new Cup record at Atlanta Motor Speedway, surpassing 46 in the March 2022 race. There were 14 different leaders, marking the fifth consecutive race at Atlanta where there were more than a dozen leaders.

Twenty-two cars finished on the lead lap after a race featuring 10 cautions – eight for on-track incidents. There were eight DNFs and six cars that finished multiple laps behind the leaders.

The first and largest wreck occurred on Lap 2 as the outside line bunched up behind Todd Gilliland. This sparked a chain reaction that collected 16 cars. Suarez’s No. 99 was involved, but he was able to continue in the race.

The Cup season continues Sunday, March 3, with the first intermediate track of the season. The teams will take on Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 3:30 p.m. ET.


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