Nick Sanchez charged to the front after a restart with seven laps left in Friday night’s Focused Health 250 and held off fellow Sunoco rookie Carson Kvapil to secure his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.

Sanchez, who rallied from a spin through the frontstretch grass at EchoPark Speedway on lap 68, lost the top spot to Jesse Love on the final restart on lap 157 of 163, but regained it on the following circuit.

Sanchez spent the next five laps doing everything in his power to keep Kvapil behind him. The win earned the 24-year-old from Miami, Fla., a berth in the Xfinity Series Playoffs.

“It’s a weight lifted off my shoulders, that’s for sure,” Sanchez said after climbing from his car on the frontstretch. “Now we can go chase checkered flags.”

Kvapil was lined up in front of third-place finisher Sam Mayer, fourth-place Connor Zilisch and fifth-place Taylor Gray as he chased Sanchez over the closing laps, trying to find a way around the race winner.

“To be that close really does sting,” said Kvapil, who started from the rear of the field after unapproved adjustments to his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. “I couldn’t really generate a run there. I didn’t feel like we had enough cars nose-to-tail and organized.

“We were all kind of just too far away from each other. I tried backing up on the last lap… I probably could have made a move earlier. I just felt like, if we got side-by-side, we’d get swallowed up by somebody.”

For his part, Sanchez was fortunate his No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet sustained minimal damage on the slide through the grass, which caused the fourth of nine cautions.

“I’m still a little embarrassed about that,” Sanchez said. “It was certainly a rookie mistake, but we rebounded.”

It was after midnight when Sanchez took the checkered flag, thanks to some threatening weather near the 1.54-mile track. Lightning forced NASCAR to halt the race after 36 laps.

After a delay of one hour, 18 minutes, 55 seconds, the race resumed. Sheldon Creed, who led the first 37 laps from the pole, tried to flip the stage by pitting under caution after the resumption, but the strategy backfired.

Creed was one of 10 drivers involved in a massive wreck on the backstretch moments after a restart on Lap 41. Contact from Sanchez turned Jesse Love across traffic near the front of the field.

Love’s Chevrolet collided with Ryan Sieg’s Ford, turning it into the outside wall. A broken axle eliminated Sieg’s No. 39 RSS Racing Ford. Other victims included series leader Justin Allgaier, who exited the race in 31st place, Sammy Smith, Katherine Legge, Patrick Staropoli, Jeb Burton and Christian Eckes.

Creed, credited with 32nd place, suffered his fifth DNF in the last nine races and sixth of the season.

“It was probably the best car I’ve had all year,” Creed said ruefully after leaving the infield care center. “Just really fast, could control lanes and felt really good up front. So we were just trying to keep ourselves up front by short-pitting there, and it didn’t work out.”

Notes: Sanchez led 32 laps to Aric Almirola’s 48 and Creed’s 37… The nine cautions put the race under yellow for 58 laps… Mayer was the only non-rookie to finish in the top five… Love, Almirola, Daniel Dye, Kyle Sieg and Jeremy Clements finished sixth through 10th, respectively… Austin Hill, trying for his fourth straight win at EchoPark Speedway, lost six laps early with fuel pickup issues and finished 26th.

RESULTS

HAMPTON, Ga. — A big wreck has taken out major contenders for the win in stage two of the NASCAR Cup Series’ Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway Atlanta.

The big one collected involved seven of the top-10 drivers in the first stage, including stage one winner Austin Cindric. Follow here for live race updates on the NASCAR Cup Series’ Quaker State 400.

STAGE TWO

LAP 123: Alex Bowman is now battling Chris Buescher for the lead. TNT reports Bowman has had pain on the side of his body from his back down his leg after his crash at Michigan earlier this month.

LAP 120: Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick are trading the lead back and forth.

LAP 115: Ty Gibbs lost a lot of ground on pit road. Tyler Reddick emerged with the lead.

CAUTION, LAP 111: Riley Herbst has crashed and collected Todd Gilliland. Everyone can make it to the end of stage on fuel from here. Carson Hocevar is now back on the lead lap after almost unlapping himself.

TOP-10: Gibbs, Buescher, Reddick, Elliott, Bowman, Zane Smith, Ty Dillon, Haley, John Hunter Nemechek, Keselowski.

LAP 104: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets into Erik Jones in the middle of turns three and four and hits the wall. Stenhouse has a bent toe link now.

LAP 93: Ty Gibbs goes back to the lead. He and Chris Buescher are trading the lead with Tyler Reddick in tow.

Connor Zilisch runs 10th in just his third career start.

LAP 91: Only two winners this season are running on the lead lap — Shane van Gisbergen and Kyle Larson. The chance of this race producing a new winner this season is 92% with 25 lead-lap cars.

LAP 86: Riley Herbst goes to the lead over Ty Gibbs. Tyler Reddick takes it two laps later.

LAP 82: Ty Gibbs goes to the lead ahead of Chris Buescher. Chase Elliott is up to the top-5. Tyler Reddick is up to third after a pit road penalty.

TOP-10, LAP 76 RESTART: Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs, Riley Herbst, Shane van Gisbergen, Chase Elliott, Justin Haley, Zane Smith, Todd Gilliland, Connor Zilisch, Austin Dillon.

The big one has struck! Seeing Austin Cindric, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Daniel Suarez, Corey LaJoie, Ross Chastain, Ryan Preece, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin, John Hunter Nemechek, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Carson Hocevar, Cody Ware, Connor Zilisch, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson, Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, Riley Herbst, Erik Jones, BJ McLeod involved in the wreck on lap 70.

Chastain, Logano, Byron, Hamlin, Cindric, Suarez, Briscoe, Berry and LaJoie are in the garage getting repairs. Wallace, McDowell and Hocevar are off of the lead lap after getting damage.

LAP 68: Chase Elliott, Chris Buescher, Justin Haley, Ty Gibbs, John Hunter Nemechek, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Zane Smith and Todd Gilliland stayed out and now comprise the top-nine spots. Shane van Gisbergen, who came off pit road first, is 10th. Stage one winner Austin Cindric is outside of the top-15.

The second stage is 100 laps and will end on lap 160. Ryan Blaney won’t contest the stage win after crashing at the end of the first stage.

“I couldn’t see much. I tried to get to the apron and by the time I got there, I was blocked. Story of my year, get caught up in someone’s garbage. Whenever we get something going, we have something like that happen. That’s the way it goes sometimes,” Blaney said after his sixth DNF of the 2025 season.

STAGE ONE WINNER: Austin Cindric

STAGE ONE TOP-10 (LAP 60): Austin Cindric, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, William Byron, Carson Hocevar, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Josh Berry, Bubba Wallace, Shane van Gisbergen, Chase Elliott. Cindric took the lead on lap 49 and led three times for eight laps at the end of the stage to claim the 10 bonus points and a playoff point.

LAP 57: Brad Keselowski goes for the lead and takes it briefly but Austin Cindric gets out in front as Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney and Austin Dillon crash in turn four. A.J. Allmendinger, Kyle Larson and Connor Zilisch also got in the crash. Blaney is likely done for the day after a hard hit.

LAP 49: Austin Cindric takes the lead from Joey Logano to take the lead away from him for the first time all day. Logano led the first 48 laps. Cindric leads for three, Logano takes it back as they jostle for the lead.

Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson stayed out from first and seventh. Austin Dillon, Michael McDowell and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. also stayed out and round out the top-10. They ran 13th, 31st and 32nd before this.

The red flag is lifted and the field is back under caution. Here are the biggest movers so far:

• Carson Hocevar +24 to 6th
• Christopher Bell +19 to 9th
• William Byron +13 to 5th
• Shane van Gisbergen +12 to 23rd
• Chase Briscoe -29 to 39th
• Cole Custer -27 to 34th
• Justin Haley -13 to 35th
• Zane Smith -10 to 18th

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Full running order under red flag, lap 43 of 60 in the first stage.

1. Joey Logano
2. Austin Cindric +2 positions since the start
3. Josh Berry -1 position since the start
4. Brad Keselowski +2
5. William Byron +13
6. Carson Hocevar +24
7. Kyle Larson +4
8. Ryan Preece -3
9. Christopher Bell +19
10. Ryan Blaney -7
11. Chase Elliott +4
12. Alex Bowman -3
13. Austin Dillon -1
14. Ty Gibbs +2
15. John Hunter Nemechek +3
16. A.J. Allmendinger +5
17. Ty Dillon -3
18. Zane Smith -10
19. Todd Gilliland -2
20. Chris Buescher -7
21. Bubba Wallace +3
22. Daniel Suarez +9
23. Shane van Gisbergen +12
24. Ross Chastain +10
25. Kyle Busch +4
26. Tyler Reddick -3
27. Erik Jones -1
28. Riley Herbst -8
29. Noah Gragson -2
30. Corey LaJoie -5
31. Michael McDowell +1
32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +5
33. Denny Hamlin
34. Cole Custer -27
35. Justin Haley -13
36. BJ McLeod +2
37. Connor Zilisch -1
38. Cody Ware +1
39. Chase Briscoe -29
40. David Starr (-2 laps)

LAP 37: Caution flies for rain. Joey Logano leads Austin Cindric, Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Kyle Larson, Carson Hocevar, Ryan Preece, Christopher Bell and Ryan Blaney.

NASCAR officials: “Light rain all the way around the track but no change to the surface.”

Chase Briscoe fell back to 39th with a tight-handling car. He says, “The spike is worse on the bottom but the rest of the corner is variable. As soon as I get to throttle, the load feels like a broken toe link.” Briscoe reports he hit the wall on the first lap and is struggling with the bumps.

LAP 32: Joey Logano has led every lap but Josh Berry and Brad Keselowski are all over Logano. One lap, it’s Berry going to the inside of Logano. One lap, it’s Keselowski. Another lap, it’s one of them going to the outside. It’s a close battle for the lead.

LAP 25: No one has moved through the field more than Carson Hocevar. Hocevar started 30th and has moved up to sixth.

Brad Keselowski caught up to the top-four driver and is trying to break them up. He is somewhat successful and looks for second.

Tyler Reddick reports he is, “really tight,” along with other drivers.

Ryan Blaney clears Brad Keselowski from the inside lane. the charge from Keselowski on back is dying out. Cole Custer challenges Ryan Preece for position and Preece takes it. Everyone is spaced out some but still racing closely. Handling is a clear factor.

TOP-10, LAP 10: Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Austin Cindric, Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Preece, Zane Smith, Alex Bowman, Cole Custer, Chris Buescher.

Justin Haley dropped back to 36th from 22nd. TNT revealed radio transmission that Haley drank an energy drink before getting in the car.

LAP 1: Joey Logano leads with Josh Berry and Austin Cindric in tow. Ryan Blaney runs behind his teammates but Brad Keselowski is challenging with help from teammate and driver Ryan Preece.

The engines are fired and drivers are ready to roll for the NASCAR Cup Series’ Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway Atlanta. The first stage is 60 laps in length.

On average, there is at least one caution in stage one. Three of the seven stage one winners on this configuration of Atlanta have gone on to win the race. There is an average of around 9-10 cautions in Cup races at Atlanta.

RACE START

Joey Logano and Josh Berry tied for the pole but Logano won the tiebreaker to lead eight Ford drivers to the green flag. Alex Bowman and Chase Briscoe start ninth and tenth as the only non-Ford drivers in the top-10.

Joey Logano has won seven NASCAR Cup Series races from the pole — most recently in March 2023 at this track. Logano has won a pole in 14 of his 17 seasons.

NASCAR provided TRE with the following information the 2025 Quaker State 400 at EchoPark:

• Broadcast: TNT Sports, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
• Distance: 260 laps / 400.4 miles
• Stages: 60 / 160 / 260
• Average time of race: 3:14:15
• Pit road speed: Sections 1 and 2: 90 mph / Other sections: 45 mph
• Caution car speed: 55 mph
• Fuel Window: 65 laps

Here is when everything will start:

• Invocation: 7:00:20 p.m.
• National Anthem: 7:01:00 p.m.
• Command: 7:08:00 p.m.
• Green Flag: 7:19:00 p.m.

The track was under a 30-minute lightning hold as of 5:36 p.m. ET. However, this isn’t expected to bleed into the scheduled start of the race.

An exciting night of racing is on tap in Hampton, Georgia, as EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway) hosts a prime-time NASCAR Cup Series race that will also serve as the first round of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.

NASCAR Truck Series starting positions for Lime Rock Park

For the first time, the NASCAR Truck Series is racing in Lakeville, CT. The field is rolling to the road course of Lime Rock Park for a round of qualifying ahead of today’s race.

View Lime Rock starting lineup for the NASCAR Truck Series below.

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ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race
Truck: Prac | Qual | Race
Xfinity: Qual | Race
Cup: Qual | Race

Atlanta / Lime Rock TV Schedule

Corey Heim will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 53.115 seconds with an average speed of 100.175mph.

Lime Rock Park
Starting Lineup
June 28, 2025
NASCAR Truck Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Corey Heim
53.115

2. Jordan Taylor
53.281

3. Layne Riggs
53.319

4. Ty Majeski
53.677

5. Brent Crews
57.082

6. Kaden Honeycutt
53.879

7. Rajah Caruth
53.727

8. Connor Mosack
54.369

9. Chandler Smith
174.850

10. Brad Perez
53.769

11. Daniel Hemric
54.188

12. Gio Ruggiero
53.873

13. Thomas Annunziata
53.893

14. Grant Enfinger
100.514

15. Tyler Ankrum
53.979

16. Cam Waters
54.515

17. Jake Garcia
54.256

18. Josh Bilicki
54.375

19. Ben Rhodes
54.456

20. Ben Maier
54.525

21. Matt Mills
54.563

22. Stewart Friesen
54.597

23. Matt Crafton
54.618

24. Tanner Gray
54.658

25. Dawson Sutton
54.808

26. Alex Labbe
54.914

27. Timmy Hill
55.105

28. Toni Breidinger
55.140

29. William Lambros
55.497

30. Frankie Muniz
55.646

31. Dale Quarterley
55.834

32. Spencer Boyd
56.520

33. Wesley Slimp
56.548

34. Jake Wood
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It doesn’t matter if it’s a brand-new racetrack; Corey Heim and TRICON Garage continue to be the driver and team to beat every single week in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Heim will be leading the field to green for Saturday’s LiUNA! 150, the inaugural NASCAR Truck Series event at Lime Rock Park, after laying down the quickest lap that the Connecticut-based road course has seen all weekend long.

The Marietta, Georgia-native catapulted his No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro to the top of the speed charts in the final moments of Saturday morning’s qualifying session, dethroning Jordan Taylor, a four-time champion of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

With an incredibly quick lap time of 53.115 seconds, Heim was the first (and so far the only) driver to exceed the 100mph barrier on the 1.478-mile road course this weekend, clocking in with an average speed of 100.175mph.

As the final minutes of the session clicked off, the fight for the pole came down to Heim and road course ace Jordan Taylor, who made a slight mistake on his second qualifying lap, costing the Spire Motorsports driver the pole in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut.

“I think if [Jordan Taylor] had a mistake-free lap, we were probably going to be in second there. My first lap out was actually really good, I think it was just a matter of the tires coming up to temp the second time,” Heim said. “I was actually really sloppy on the lap, I ended up putting down that got us the pole. I thought my first lap was better, but like I said, the tire grip wasn’t there on the first run.”

In securing another pole position, the 10th of his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career, Heim becomes just the 13th driver to reach double-digit poles in the series, and the 10th to secure double-digit poles AND wins.

STARTING LINEUP: 2025 NCTS LiUNA! 150 at Lime Rock Park

“I mean, I’ll take it,” Heim added. “I missed a couple of gears, missed a couple of shifts that last lap, but it just shows the speed of our Tundra today.”

Jordan Taylor, making his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, will start from the outside of the front row for Saturday’s 100-lap contest.

Layne Riggs, winner of the most recent event for the series at Pocono Raceway, will start third, with Ty Majeski, and 17-year-old Brent Crews rounding out the top-five starters for the event.

Kaden Honeycutt, Rajah Caruth, Connor Mosack, Chandler Smith, and Andres Perez De Lara rounded out the top-10 in qualifying. De Lara, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, was the quickest of the drivers in Group A.

Other notable drivers include Daniel Hemric (11th), Gio Ruggiero (12th), Grant Enfinger (14th) despite an issue in his group, Tyler Ankrum (15th), Jake Garcia (17th), Ben Rhodes (19th), and Stewart Friesen (22nd).

Jack Wood, driver of the No. 91 for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, was the only driver who failed to turn a lap around Lime Rock Park in Saturday’s group qualifying session, and thus, will start 34th.

Start your engines and whip out your checkbooks! A North Carolina property owned by NASCAR veteran Martin Truex Jr. has officially rumbled onto the market. Nestled on the outskirts of Charlotte in Mooresville—known as “Race City USA” for its large concentration of racing teams and drivers—the sprawling waterfront spread is listed for $7.5 million with Liza Caminiti of Ivester Jackson Christie’s International Real Estate.

The recently retired NASCAR driver bought the property in April 2006 for nearly $1.5 million and subsequently custom-built a European-style manor that was completed in 2010. Sited in the Northwood neighborhood amid a gated parcel spanning nearly five acres on the shore of Lake Norman, the stucco and stone structure has a combined total of five bedrooms and nine baths in roughly 14,300 square feet.

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In addition to a main home featuring a little more than 8,700 square feet on three levels, a carriage house sports a guest apartment up top and a climate-controlled four-car garage with a workshop down below. Primed for auto enthusiasts, the four-car garage could potentially hold eight vehicles with added lifts, while another garage offers up two more spaces.

A turreted entryway opens to reveal a vaulted living room anchored by a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and large expanses of glass offering picturesque lake views. Other main-level highlights include a gourmet kitchen with a fireside family room on one side and a breakfast nook on the other, as well as a posh primary suite hosting a balcony, a coffee bar, a two-story closet, and a spa-inspired bath with a built-in spa tub and huge walk-in steam shower.

Three additional en suite bedrooms and an office with a ladder-accessible loft can be found upstairs, while the lower level is decked out with a full bar, a game lounge, a mirrored gym, and a crimson-hued movie theater that has a star-lit ceiling and an accompanying snack bar.

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Outdoors, the woodsy grounds are spotlighted by a grotto-style infinity pool with a spa and waterfalls, a covered patio with a grilling station, a fire pit, and a garden-laced pathway leading down to a private dock with a boat lift. An added bonus: The buyer has an opportunity to purchase an adjacent 4.6-acre plot of land that’s also owned by Truex.

A professional NASCAR driver for more than two decades, the soon-to-be 45-year-old Truex retired from full-time competition after the 2024 season as the 2017 Cup Series champ and a two-time Xfinity Series winner. The future NASCAR Hall of Famer, who is selling because he’s already moved out of state, hails from a racing family that includes his father, Martin Truex Sr., a former NASCAR Busch North Series racer who died earlier this year at age 66. His younger brother, Ryan Truex, is a three-time Xfinity Series winner.

Click here for more photos of the Lake Norman residence.