Winners: Daniel Suárez (Cup); Austin Hill (Xfinity); Kyle Busch (Trucks)
NASCAR Cup
Daniel Suárez Slips by Blaney, Busch in Three-Wide Photo Finish for Atlanta Victory
It was a race of breathtaking four-wide action into corners not built to accommodate such derring-do.
And it was totally appropriate that Sunday‘s Ambetter Health 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway ended in a three-wide photo finish, with Trackhouse Racing‘s Daniel Suárez eking out a victory over Ryan Blaney by what looked to be an inch or two at the finish line.
NASCAR timing and scoring showed Suárez ahead of Blaney by 0.003 seconds at the stripe, with Kyle Busch in third, 0.007 seconds behind the race winner.
“It was so damn close, man,” said Suárez, still marveling that he was the winner. “It was so damn close. It was good racing. Ryan Blaney there, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric also was doing a great job giving pushes. In the back straightaway, he didn’t push me because he knew I was going to (screw) his teammate, but, man, what a job.
“We wrecked (on) Lap 2. The guys did an amazing job fixing this car. I can’t thank everyone enough, Trackhouse Racing, Freeway Insurance, Chevrolet, all the amazing fans here. Let’s go!”
Stayed up all night thinking about this finish. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/0V3LS8U1dp
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 26, 2024
Pole: Michael McDowell
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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Xfinity
Austin Hill Wins in Overtime
Jesse Love had the dominant car at Atlanta Saturday evening but it was his teammate Austin Hill who took the Xfinity Series win.
The race came down to an overtime restart after Ryan Sieg ran out of fuel on the apron of the track. The final stage had run under green flag conditions as the drivers wondered if they would have enough fuel to make it to the checkered flag.
Hill managed to save enough fuel earlier in the stage and he capitalized on the opportunity before him. He took the lead and led the final two laps. Hill won at Atlanta, his home track, for the third time in three seasons.
“We came to the restart, I’m like sloshing it around,” Hill said about his fuel to Fox Sports after the race. “We go through the gears and when I went to shift from — I think it was third to fourth — I actually stumbled.
“(Chandler Smith) hit me really hard and that like woke (the car) back up and I just had enough fuel to complete the lap.”
Let’s gooo!! Back-to-back wins to start the season! 🏁🏁 pic.twitter.com/HuiBGzF8oL
— Austin Hill (@_AustinHill) February 25, 2024
Pole: Jesse Love
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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on Saturday, March. 2, 2024 5:00 pm ET for the The LiUNA! at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Trucks
Kyle Busch Claims his 65th Career Truck Series Win at Atlanta
Driving the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet in his first start of 2024, Kyle Busch inherited the lead from Grant Enfinger on Lap 129 of 135 and held off Ty Majeski and Corey Heim over the final five laps to win his seventh race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the 65th of his career, extending his own series record.
Enfinger was out front for 21 consecutive laps before one of his tires began losing pressure, forcing him to the pits after Busch, Majeski, Heim, Taylor Gray and Nick Sanchez, last week’s winner at Daytona, sped past.
Busch crossed the finish line 0.187 seconds ahead of Majeski, who edged Heim for the runner-up position by 0.009 seconds. Gray and Sanchez came home fourth and fifth, respectively.
“I actually got a run on the 9 truck (Enfinger) down the backstretch,” Busch said of the pass for the win. “He must have been going flat down the backstretch and slowing down because it gave me – it sucked me up right to him. Then he got loose in the corner. I got loose in the corner. We all checked up trying not to crash.
“Thankfully, we didn’t. I thought that was a big moment. But then we got the lead right there, and after that, it was about trying to protect it. Majeski was a bit of a wing man today. Appreciate him – and the history we’ve had together growing up racing late models with him a lot in Wisconsin and around those parts.
“That was a lot of fun. Great to get Chevrolet to Victory Lane.”
NEWS: Inspection is complete at @ATLMotorSpdwy.@KyleBusch's 65th victory is official.
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) February 24, 2024
The No. 38 has been disqualified for violating rule 14.4.10.1.G - Windshield fasteners must remain tight and stationary for the entire event. pic.twitter.com/4W1JVVaeGp
Pole: Daniel Dye
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Next Race: The Truck Series will return on Friday, March 1, 2024 - 8:00 PM ET for the Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
ARCA
Off Weekend
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| General Tire Pole Award at Daytona was what Willie and Dinah Mullins needed at exactly the right time (#ARCA) |
There was no ARCA activity this weekend.
The first @reeses Sweet Move of the Race of the season goes to @mullins_racing for this immaculate save at @DAYTONA. 😎 pic.twitter.com/MS5EitCvuq
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) February 18, 2024
Next Race: The ARCA Series and ARCA Series West will return on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET. for the General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
Superstar Racing Experience
2024 Races Cancelled
Just in case you missed it:
The made-for-TV summer motorsports series, the Superstar Racing Experience, or SRX, abruptly “postponed” its fourth season last month. The summer series, founded by racer Tony Stewart and former NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham, announced that the series would not run the races it had planned in July and August, due to “market factors that have proven too much to overcome.” {Bummer}
Official Statement from SRX. pic.twitter.com/yyb2Ovh6RN
— Superstar Racing Experience (@SRXracing) January 11, 2024
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