#Atlanta Motor Speedway

NASCAR will make it's second-ever stop to Austin and Circuit of the Americas with the NASCAR EchoPark Automotive Cup Grand Prix featuring events from Friday, March 25 through Sunday, March 27. Events at COTA will include racing in all three of its major series, non-race entertainment and multiple driver appearances. Last Sunday, William Byron took…

Kyle Larson registered 10 victories en route to the NASCAR Cup Series championship last season but has struggled this year, recording just one win in 18 starts. However, the 29-year-old has posted the second-most top-five finishes with eight and has performed well of late, as he was fourth at Nashville and third at Road America in his last two…

July 8 (UPI) -- Wimbledon 2022 finales, the Scottish Open golf tournament and a batch of NASCAR and Formula 1 auto races pack this weekend's sports schedule. Dozens of MLS and MLB regular-season games will also air from Friday through Sunday. Combat sports fans also can tune in for several boxing bouts and UFC fights. But the grass tennis courts of…

In many Western cultures, black cats were traditionally seen as bad luck omens. It is said that crossing paths with one could bring a person bad luck. However, it seemed that Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick did not get the memo. At the Atlanta Motor Speedway, he was racing in the #4 car, when something unexpected happened. During a green…

The Action Network specializes in providing sports betting insights/analytics and is a content partner with NASCAR. analysis here. With one race already under its belt at this circuit, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the "new" Atlanta Motor Speedway for Sunday's Quaker State 400 (3 p.m. ET, USA Network). What was once a very abrasive,…

The Action Network specializes in providing sports betting insights/analytics and is a content partner with NASCAR. Saturday's practice for the NASCAR Cup Series brought about a sequence of comments from drivers regarding what kind of racing we can expect at the newly configured Atlanta Motor Speedway. Bubba Wallace said it was half superspeedway,…

The expectation heading into Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (3 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is that thanks to the reconfiguration and repave of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the race will run similarly to those at Daytona and Talladega. With increased banking and a narrowed layout, plus the addition of tapered spacers to the engines,…

Last Wednesday, Kaulig Racing Fan Day solidified two more seats in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series driver lineup, as Kaulig Racing confirmed that Justin Haley is set to remain behind the wheel of the #31 Chevrolet and current Xfinity Series driver A.J. Allmendinger is set to go from part-time to full-time driver of the #16 Chevrolet. The lineup for next…

It took until the eighth NASCAR Cup Series race before a repeat winner was crowned last year. The 2022 season has begun with similar parity, as four drivers have won the first four races, with Austin Cindric, reigning series champion Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman and Chase Briscoe capturing checkered flags. Each member of the quartet will be in action…

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - William Byron had a freight train in his rearview mirror. A sitting duck, it seemed. Fortunately for him, all those challengers started jostling against each other rather than working together to take down the leader. While Byron cruised to the checkered flag for the third victory of his NASCAR Cup career, one last…

Joe Gibbs Racing has made a big move for the 2023 season. The organization has extended its contract with Rheem, one of Christopher Bell's longtime partners. JGR announced the news on September 29. The championship-winning Cup Series organization confirmed Rheem's return, as well as the company's role as Bell's primary partner on the No. 20 Toyota…

Two sports betting amendments are expected to be passed through the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism on Monday. Last year, the Georgia Senate passed two gaming bills, which allowed for sports gambling. However, both bills carried over to this legislative session after running into party politics and ultimately stalling. Rep. Ron…

A couple of sportsbooks are feeling frisky, inviting action on Kyle Larson before Sunday's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, the first race of the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. At opening odds of better than 3-1, these betting shops are offering nicer prices on the No. 5 than most of the market. Barstool…

Christopher Bell's win in the 2016 Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park was a "dream come true" that made things "less stressful" for his Kyle Busch Motorsports crew. Six years later, Bell is back at the 1.25-mile oval just east of St. Louis in Madison, Ill., for the track's - now named the World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway -…