Before the green flag at Atlanta Motor Speedway last Sunday, NASCAR President Steve Phelps acknowledged that the sport and the country “must do better” with race relations.The 40 drivers in the field sat in their quiet race cars as each team stood in unity on the pit wall. And before...

Ratings for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta last weekend aren't a direct comparison to last year, as last year saw the Daytona 500 fall on the final weekend of February.Sunday's Folds of Honor Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway drew a 3.27 rating and averaged...

In the end, Denny Hamlin wound up where he thought he would after 500 miles at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But he and crew chief Mike Wheeler went off script in hopes of improving the No.11 team's finish.In the third and final stage of the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Wheeler...

How Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway played out:WINNER: This time Kevin Harvick held onto the lead, Mother Nature held off the rain and Harvick went on to take the checkered flag, his first victory at the track since his very first NASCAR Cup Series season...

Ryan Newman was fastest in final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Atlanta with a lap of 184.868mph.ResultsIt was an uneventful 1 hour, 20-minute session in preparation for tomorrow afternoon's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. NASCAR has moved the race start time up one hour to 1 p.m. ET...

NASCAR officials have moved up the start time for Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway because of the threat of inclement weather.The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was originally set for a green flag at 2:16 p.m. ET (FOX). That start time — and all...

Kyle Busch will start from the pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the first time in his career Sunday afternoon.Busch rocketed to the top of the leaderboard late in the final round of qualifying Friday evening with a lap of 184.652mph. It is Busch's first pole of the season and...

Martin Truex Jr.'s car chief, Blake Harris, has been ejected for the rest of the weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.The No.78 Toyota failed inspection at the optical scanning station three times, and with NASCAR's at-track deterrence model for this season, it results in a crew member being ejected. Truex will...

Squinting in the bright Florida morning sun, Len Wood watched on as his team guys shuffled along in moving the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion through the tech line for the Daytona 500, and mused about how his team's present compared with its past."You know, David Pearson was washed up...

NASCAR handed down its first encumbered finish penalties Wednesday afternoon.AJ Allmendinger's No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series has been penalized for having 17 of 20 lug nuts secured following the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Allmendinger's 26th-place finish is...