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Tanner Gray fastest in NASCAR Trucks practice at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tanner Gray ran the fastest lap in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice Friday at Michigan International Speedway. TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 30: Tanner Gray, driver of the #15 Sport Clips Toyota, waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on September […]

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BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tanner Gray ran the fastest lap in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice Friday at Michigan International Speedway.

TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 30: Tanner Gray, driver of the #15 Sport Clips Toyota, waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on September 30, 2023 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

Gray paced the 2-mile, D-shaped oval in 38.726 seconds, averaging 185.922 MPH. The TRICON Garage also ranked second to Nashville winner Rajah Caruth on the best 10-consecutive-lap-average charts.

Caruth averaged 182.578 MPH from his second lap to his 11th lap in practice. Gray averaged 181.811 MPH from his first lap to his 10th lap.

Qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan is scheduled for 8 a.m. ET with the race at Noon.

MORE: NASCAR TV schedule this weekend: Michigan 2025

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Live NASCAR Cup race updates: Big wreck takes out major contenders at EchoPark Atlanta

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 […]

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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.

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Live leaderboard, updates, results for Atlanta

‘It was 100% real’: Jeff Gordon on his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Sr. NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon takes us inside his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Sr. Sports Seriously 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 […]

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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.

Priority No. 1 for the full field of drivers on the high-speed, high intensity oval: take the checkered flag in the Quaker State 400 and celebrate in victory lane. But for the 32 drivers that are participating in the in-season tournament, there is a second priority: outduel your head-to-head opponent and advance to the second round.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe earned the top two seeds in the In-Season Challenge and will face the No. 32 and No. 31 seeds, respectively, but there are 14 other intriguing matchups to follow during the race as drivers endeavor to finish better than their opponent and compete again next week on the streets of Chicago in the tournament’s Sweet 16.

In the meantime, there are stages to win, regular-season and playoffs points to amass and a burnout to be had for the winning driver.

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Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs led the field to green for the restart of Stage 2. More than 10 cars are either out of the race or in the garage.

Joey Logano joined Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney with an early exit from the Quaker State 400 after his crew was unable to repair the big damage from the multicar crash to open Stage 2. NASCAR points leader William Byron was also in the garage along with last week’s leader Chase Briscoe and Trackhouse racing teammates Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez.

Moments after the green flag waved to start Stage 2, the Big One unfolded at EchoPark Speedway after Denny Hamlin made contact with John Hunter Nemechek, causing a massive crash that engulfed a large chunk of the field. Both cars had begun the second segement in the Top 10, so multiple rows racing behind them were collected.

Hamlin, the No. 1 seed in the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge, was towed to the garage as was Stage 1 winner Austin Cindric after both suffered major damage. Pole winner Joey Logano also sustained major damage. An estimated 23 cars were involved in the crash, which will have big implications for the first round of the Challenge.

NASCAR displayed the red flag on Lap 70 of 260 to tow cars off the track and clean up the oval.

Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher led the field to green on a restart on Lap 69 of 260 to begin Stage 2 of the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway. The second and third segments are each scheduled for 100 laps.

Christopher Bell got loose with three laps remaining in the 60-lap opening stage between Turn 3 and Turn 4 to trigger a multicar crash and bring out the caution flag. Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Bubba Wallace, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch and AJ Allmendinger were among the drivers who sustained some damage. Blaney exited his car, ending his race, after a hard hit into the outside wall. It was Blaney’s sixth DNF this season.

The stage finished under caution with Austin Cindric winning the opening segment. He was followed by Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, William Byron, and Carson Hocevar in the top five. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Josh Berry, Shane Van Gisbergen, Chase Elliott and Wallace rounded out the Top 10.

Joey Logano and Austin Cindric led the field to green following a roughly 15-minute delay for weather. The majority of cars came down pit road prior to the restart for fuel, tires and/or adjustments, including Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin. But the leaders stayed out. There are 12 laps remaining in the first stage.

As the race remains under a weather delay at EchoPark Speedway, NASCAR officials displayed the red flag on Lap 43 and brought the cars down pit road. The rain remains light.

A light sprinkle has hit EchoPark Speedway bringing out the caution flag. Joey Logano has led every lap of the race so far. Drivers are expected to hit pit road for adjustments during the caution period.

Pole winner Joey Logano has led all 35 laps in the opening stage of the Quaker State 400. The first stage is 60 laps. Austin Cindric, Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, William Byraon and Kyle Larson round out the top six.

The green flag has waved for the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Joey Logano in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford is on the front row alongside Josh Berry in the Wood Brothers No. 21 Ford.

How to watch NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta: TV, stream

Race: Quaker State 400
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: EchoPark Speedway (Hampton, Georgia)
TV: TNT, alternate telecast on truTV
Live stream: Sling TV

Stream the Quaker State 400 on Sling

The green flag to start the Quaker State 400 is scheduled for 7:19 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 28, at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia.

Joey Logano won the pole for the Quaker State 400 in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford as Ford drivers took the top eight spots in qualifying. Josh Berry will start alongside Logano on the front row in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford. Logano’s Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric, qualified third and fourth, respectively, and will start on the second row.

QUAKER STATE 400 LINEUP: Full starting lineup for tonight’s race at Atlanta

The Weather Channel is calling for a 65% chance of isolated thunderstorms around the Hampton, Georgia area, with the track placed on a lightning hold around 5:30 p.m. ET and lifted just after 6 p.m. ET. If rain hits the track, it should clear out of the area later this evening, with the forecast changing to showers around 9 p.m. ET and mostly cloudy skies at 10 p.m. ET. Temperatures will drop from the low 80s to the mid-to-low 70s.

Here are the pairings for the first-round race at Echo Park Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway) on Saturday, June 28. The winner of each head-to-head matchup advances to the next round.

Top half of draw

No. 1 Denny Hamlin vs. No. 32 Ty Dillon
No. 16 Kyle Busch vs. No. 17 Brad Keselowski
No. 8 Alex Bowman vs. No. 25 Joey Logano
No. 9 Bubba Wallace vs. No. 24 Daniel Suarez
No. 12 John Hunter Nemechek vs. No. 21 Josh Berry
No. 5 Chase Elliott vs. No. 28 Austin Dillon
No. 13 Ross Chastain vs. No. 20 Erik Jones
No. 4 Christopher Bell vs. No. 29 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Bottom half of draw

No. 2 Chase Briscoe vs. No. 31 Noah Gragson
No. 15 Ryan Preece vs. No. 18 William Byron
No. 7 Ryan Blaney vs. No. 26 Carson Hocevar
No. 10 Kyle Larson vs. No. 23 Tyler Reddick
No. 11 Michael McDowell vs. No. 22 AJ Allmendinger
No. 6 Ty Gibbs vs. No. 27 Justin Haley
No. 14 Zane Smith vs. No. 19 Austin Cindric
No. 3 Chris Buescher vs. No. 30 Todd Gilliland

The NASCAR In-Season Challenge puts the 32 drivers in a bracket, which begins with 16 first-round matchups.

The No. 1 seed faces the No. 32 seed in the first round, the No. 2 seed takes on the No. 31 seed, No. 3 matches up with the. No. 30 seed, etc. The losers of the head-to-head matchups will be eliminated, and the 16 winners will advance to the second round, where the winner of the No. 1 vs. No. 32 matchup will face the winner of the No. 16 vs. No. 17 matchup, the winner of the No. 2 vs. No. 31 matchup takes on the winner of the No. 15 vs. No. 18 matchup, etc.

Like March Madness, the tournament will move from a Round of 32 to a Sweet 16 to an Elite Eight to a Final Four and finally a championship race.

First round: 32 drivers in 16 head-to-head matchups; 16 drivers eliminated at end of race.
Second round: 16 drivers in eight head-to-head matchups; eight drivers eliminated at end of race.
Third round: Eight drivers in four head-to-head matchups; four drivers eliminated at end of race.
Fourth round: Four drivers in two head-to-head matchups; two drivers eliminated at end of race.
Fifth round: Two drivers in a head-to-head matchup; winner wins the in-season challenge.

TOURNAMENT: Full visual NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket

The Quaker State 400 is 260 laps around the 1.54-mile oval for a total of 400.4 miles. The race will feature three segments (laps per stage) — Stage 1: 60 laps; Stage 2: 100 laps; Stage 3: 100 laps.

The Quaker State 400 is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 28, at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia.

All times Eastern

Round 1 — 32 drivers

Echo Park Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway)
Saturday, June 28 | 7 p.m. | TNT, truTV altcast

Round 2 — 16 drivers

Chicago street race
Sunday, July 6 | 2 p.m. | TNT, truTV altcast

Round 3 — 8 drivers

Sonoma Raceway
Sunday, July 13 | 3:30 p.m. | TNT, truTV altcast

Round 4 — 4 drivers

Dover Motor Speedway
Sunday, July 20 | 2 p.m. | TNT, truTV altcast

Round 5 championship — 2 drivers

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Sunday, July 27 | 2 p.m. | TNT, truTV altcast

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Lime Rock Starting Lineup: June 2025 (NASCAR Truck Series)

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. Atlanta/Lime […]

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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.

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.

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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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Corey Heim Blasts to Pole Position at Lime Rock Park

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 […]

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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.

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Martin Truex Jr.’s North Carolina House Lists for $7.5 Million

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 […]

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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.

Martin Truex Jr. House North Carolina — A vaulted living room overlooking the lake is centered on a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace.

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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.

RELATED: NFL Star Christian McCaffrey Tosses Swank North Carolina Mansion on the Market for $12.5 Million

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.

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Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway

Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Be sure to refresh this post throughout Saturday night’s event as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 400-mile race around the […]

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Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta.

Be sure to refresh this post throughout Saturday night’s event as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 400-mile race around the 1.54-mile drafting track, including lead changes, crash replays, the winner of the race, finishing results, and In-Season Tournament updates.

Lap 48: Back to Green!

Jory Logano, and Austin Cindric, who did not pit under this caution, lead the field to green. They are side-by-side up front, and Cindric looks to have a slight advantage going into Turns 3 and 4, and Cindric leads Lap 49. This is the first lead change of the race.

Lap 46: Close Calls on Pit Road

The fuel can and fueling area on Noah Gragson’s No. 4 Ford caught fire as he was peeling out of his pit stall during his pit stop under this caution. Fortunately, the fire went out as he drove off pit road.

Christopher Bell also exited his pit stall wide, which forced Bubba Wallace to drive through the grass with his right side tires.

Lap 44: Bell Needs Push From Tow Truck

Christopher Bell was the lone driver who couldn’t get his car to fire on pit road, but after a push from the tow truck, Bell was able to catch up to the field and take his position back.

8:09 PM ET: Engines Re-fired

Track drying efforts are nearly completed, and the drivers have been instructed to re-fire their engines.

Red Flag Thoughts

While Joey Logano has led every lap of this race, we’ve seen some good racing in the pack, and drivers throughout the field have complained about ill-handling cars with the aging track surface at EchoPark Speedway. Handling will be at a premium tonight.

Chase Briscoe has had a rough start to the race and has dropped to 39th from the 10th starting spot. Briscoe has told his team it’s like his right rear tire hasn’t even been touching the track. A lot of bad balance issues are going on with the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota right now.

Lap 42: Cars Being Called to Pit Road

We’re about to head to a red flag for rain as the drops continue to fall in Turns 1 and 2 and down the backstretch of the EchoPark Speedway. The NASCAR Tower is calling for drivers to park in the outside lane of pit road. Drivers are being told to stay in their cars as this is expected to be a brief delay.

Cars have been brought to pit road on Lap 43 due to weather.

Drivers are currently remaining in their cars during this red-flag stoppage. pic.twitter.com/fDWabmByii

— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 28, 2025

Lap 36: Caution No. 1

We’re under caution for the first time in the Quaker State 400 on Lap 36. This caution is unfortunately for perecipitation. Right now, it looks like light sprinkles to light rain, but there are reports that drops are intensifying in Turns 1 and 2.

Lap 33: Keselowski Up to P2, and Pressuring Logano

Brad Keselowski has moved into the second position, and he is threatening to become the first leader of this race not named Joey Logano.

Lap 29: Byron Fights Back, Blasts Past Hocevar

William Byron was not happy with Carson Hocevar. he rebounded from being placed in the middle, and worked to the outside of the track, where he zoomed around Hocevar for the seventh position.

Lap 24: Six Chevrolets Lined Up Behind Six Fords Up Front

The Chevrolet camp has gotten their resources together and they have six cars lined up behind the top-six Fords. The Chevys, now led by William Byron are starting to make their move, but Hocevar cuts to the inside of Byron and goes three wide with Byron and Cindric. Yikes, that was sketchy, but they get through it. Hocevar has killed the Chevrolet momentum, and Byron is stuck in the middle.

Lap 22: Hocvear on the Move

Carson Hocevar has found a way through the pack as he has moved his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet from the 30th starting spot to seventh. Hocevar is now the highest-running non-Ford driver. Joey Logano continues to lead this race.

Lap 16: Hendrick Quartet Starting to Press Things

All four Hendrick Motorsports cars have gotten hooked up with Alex Bowman (8th) leading them. They are starting to try to pry some of the Ford contingent apart from each other. Logano still leads Berry, Blaney, Cindric, with Zane Smith, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Preece in front of the four Hendrick cars.

Lap 6: Blaney Clears Keselowski; All Penske Up Front

Ryan Blaney was able to clear Brad Keselowski, who had been hanging on his outside, and now it’s all Team Penske up front. The top-four have broken into a single file line in front of the pack and are still led by Logano. It looks like Team Penske is doing its best impersonation of Stewart-Haas Racing at Talladega a few years ago.

Lap 4: Fords Dominating the Top-10

After a strong qualifying effort, the blue ovals hold the top eight spots in the running order on Lap 4. Joey Logano still leads. Kyle Larson is the first non-Ford in the running order in ninth.

Lap 1: Logano Gets a Good Surge

Joey Logano got a great push from Ryan Blaney to start the race, and he cleared Josh Berry in Turn 1. Coming off of Turn 1 on the opening lap, Logano goes to the outside lane in front of Berrt. All four Penske-affiliated cars are all now lined up bumper to tail on the bottom lane.

Brad Keselowski is leading the outside lane on the outside of Blaney.

7:22 PM ET Green Flag!

The green flag is waving on the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, GA. The front two rows leading the field are occupied by all of the Team Penske-affiliated cars. Joey Logano and Josh Berry lead the field into Turn 1.

Logano is in the inside line with Ryan Blaney behind him while Berry is up top with Austin Cindric behind him.

7:08 PM ET: Engines Are Fired

The engines have been fired, and we are ready to start pace laps for the Quaker State 400.

It’s go time, baby!

Get to TNT, @truTV or @StreamOnMax for all the action from @EchoParkSpdwy! pic.twitter.com/tSbRCYetsy

— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 28, 2025

7:02 PM ET: Inovcation, National Anthem, and Flyover

The invocation, National Anthem, and flyover ahead of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway have been completed. The drivers are now sliding behind the wheel of their race cars, and we are approaching the command to fire engines.

A special Saturday night is on tap! pic.twitter.com/6aQaHEiT8G

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Drivers Introduced Along With Their Opponent in the NASCAR In-Season Tournament

Ahead of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway, the 32 drivers taking part in the NASCAR In-Season Tournament were introduced on the frontstretch stage alongside their opponent in Round 1 of the tournament in a “fight weigh-in” style set up.

No drivers got more into the shtick than Michael McDowell and AJ Allmendinger, who had a tussle on the stage prior to stepping up on the scales.

Here was the “dust-up” in driver intros between McDowell and Allmendinger. pic.twitter.com/SvT56e0NOS

— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) June 28, 2025

NASCAR Reveals Quaker State 400 Pre-Race Festivities Schedule

NASCAR has confirmed that as of now no cars will drop to the rear before the green flag of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400.

The sanctioning body has also revealed the complete pre-race festivities schedulen and the approximate green flag time:

6:01 PM ET: Lightning Hold Has Expired

The 30-minute clock has expired on the lightning hold at EchoPark Speedway. No additional lightning strikes have occurred in the vicinity of the 1.54-mile speedway in Hampton, GA, there has been no rain fall as of yet.

The situation at the track is very overcast skies, and the radar shows plenty of weather in and around the area. But as it stands, there is still no delay to Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway.

Weather Rolling In; Track in Lightning Hold

Weather is building around EchoPark Speedway, and while no rain has hit the track just yet, lightning in the area has forced NASCAR and the track to evacuate the grandstands and pit road at the 1.54-mile speedway.

There is still over an hour before the scheduled start time of Saturday night’s race, but there is a significant weather system building to the Northwest of the track, which has grown a lot in the last 30 minutes.

As of now, there is no delay to the start of the Quaker State 400. If the conditions change, we’ll update you.

Bell Anxious Heading into Atlanta Race With Another New Spotter

Christopher Bell came out of the gates firing in 2025 as he scored three consecutive wins early in the season, and went on to win the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Strangely, Bell’s longtime spotter Stevie Reeves quit the No. 20 team following the All-Star Race, which put Bell and his team in a bind.

Matt Philpott, a longtime crew member in the sport and relatively new spotter, stepped in to fill the void for Bell and the No. 20 team in the Coca-Cola 600. However, when HYAK Motorsports released veteran spotter Tab Boyd following a controversial social media post during the Mexico City race weekend, Joe Gibbs Racing saw an opportunity to add an experienced spotter for Bell’s team.

However, with the latest spotter change, Bell will now need to build rapport at one of the most stressful tracks there are for driver/spotter combinations — EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Needless to say, Bell is going into Saturday night’s race expecting a struggle in the early portion of the race.

“Uh, yeah, it’s going to be tough,” Bell stated. “I’ve listened to Tab on our replay system, but aside from that, that’s all we’ve got. It’s going to be tough, for sure, getting acclimated at probably one of the most spotter-intense race tracks on the calendar, but Tab has a bunch of experience. So, we’ll play it by ear. And definitely the first Stage or two is going to be a learning curve.”

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The Quaker State 400 Pre-Race Info

The Quaker State 400 will be televised on TNT, the first of five NASCAR Cup Series races to be covered by the cable television channel this season. The TNT Sports race broadcast will begin at 7:00 PM ET, and the five-race TNT schedule can also be streamed on the Max streaming service.

The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the radio broadcast of Saturday’s race. For subscribers of the Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams live in-car camera footage from every car in the field, will be available for today’s race.

The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Saturday’s race, is a total of $11,055,250.

The race distance is 260 laps around the 1.54-mile drafting track, which equates to a 400.4-mile race distance.

The Quaker State 400 will be broken up into three Stages. Stage 1 will end at the conclusion of Lap 60. Stage 2 will end at the conclusion of Lap 160. And the race is scheduled to finish at the end of Lap 260, barring an Overtime finish.

The winner of Stages 1 and 2 will be awarded one Playoff Point, and the overall race winner will be awarded five Playoff Points. The Playoff Points will be added to the reseeded point totals if the drivers make it into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and will be carried through each round of the Playoffs.

Joey Logano is the defending winner of this event, and Christopher Bell won the event at EchoPark Speedway earlier this season.

Joey Logano Takes Quaker State 400 Pole in First Tiebreaker Settled by a Tiebreaker Since 2007

Joey Logano, the defending winner of the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway (formerly known as Atlanta Motor Speedway) will start the race from the pole position after he turned a lap time 30.979 seconds (178.960 mph) in Friday’s qualifying session.

It took a tiebreaker for Logano to pick up his first pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season as Josh Berry, the driver of the Team Penske-affiliated No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse turned the exact same lap time.

All four of the Team Penske-affiliated cars will start from the top-four spots in Saturday night’s race as Ryan Blaney secured the third starting spot and Austin Cindric will roll from the grid in fourth.

“Super proud of Team Penske, Roush-Yates, and Ford, obviously. To keep our Mustangs up there, really shows the ability to repeat from car to car,” Logano said. “It’s really hard to do. When you see we tied with the 21, and the other cars were all within a couple of hundredths of second. When you think of all of the parts and pieces in a race car and how you can put them together, to make them all end up the same like that is pretty impressive.”

Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
2	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
3	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
4	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
5	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford
6	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
7	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Ford
8	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
9	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
10	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota

Click here for the full official Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup.

Denny Hamlin Enters Atlanta as NASCAR In-Season Tournament No. 1 Seed

Despite missing the race at Mexico City (the second race of the three-race seeding period), Denny Hamlin will enter Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway as the No. 1 seed in the In-Season Tournament, which was based off of the Denny Hamlin bracket tournament that he created on his Actions Detrimental Podcast a season ago.

Seeding was determined by best race finish in the three-race period, and by way of his win at Michigan, Hamlin joined Chase Briscoe, who won at Pocono, as the only tournament-eligible drivers that won over the three race seeding period.

By way of a runner-up finish at Pocono, Hamlin won the tie-breaker over Briscoe to take the No. 1 seed.

32 drivers will be paired off in groups of two (determined by the three-race tournament seeding period (Michigan, Mexico City, Pocono). The tournament will be a five-round head-to-head elimination style bracket tournament, where the top seed remaining will face off agains the lowest seed remaining each week.

The driver, who outlasts the 31 others in the bracket, will be awarded a $1 million bonus at the conclusion of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Here are all of the head-to-head matchups in Saturday night’s race, which will serve as the opening round of NASCAR’s inaugural In-Season Challenge.