After finishing second five times in 11 NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch put together a dominating race and held off a late charge by Kyle Larson to win the Heads Up Georgia 250 and become just the second driver to win in all three national touring series at Atlanta. Continue reading
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Joe Gibbs Racing Pumped for Atlanta Motor Speedway
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Joe Gibbs Racing started the 2016 season exactly how they finished the 2015 campaign – with a win, and a bunch of strong performances.
Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500, Kyle Busch finished third, Carl Edwards placed fifth and Matt Kenseth came in 14th despite leading 40 laps. Martin Truex Jr., from JGR technical partner Furniture Row Racing, finished runner-up.
Don’t expect JGR to slowdown in Atlanta Motor Speedway. The organization excelled during the low downforce package races last year in Kentucky and Darlington, and gets to run a similar low downforce package this season beginning in the Peach State. Continue reading
Kurt Busch Leads Stewart-Haas Racing to Atlanta
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Kurt Busch will attempt to tie Jimmie Johnson for the active Atlanta Motor Speedway wins lead when he goes for his fourth victory at the 1.54-mile track in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
In addition to his three wins, Busch claims five top-fives and ten top-tens in 24 Atlanta starts. He owns the fifth-best average finish (14.7) and driver rating (94.3) among active drivers at Atlanta. Busch kicked off the season with a tenth-place showing in the Daytona 500. Continue reading
2016 Daytona 500 Breaks Record Social/Digital Consumption for NASCAR
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2016 Daytona 500 Sets Record Social/Digital Consumption Numbers for NASCAR
In addition to the drama that played out on the race track, the 2016 Daytona 500 produced record social/digital consumption numbers for NASCAR. This year’s edition of The Great American Race generated the most NASCAR-related social conversation on any single day since the beginning of the NASCAR Fan and Media Engagement Center (FMEC). It also set a record for most impressions generated in one day by NASCAR’s social channels, a 63% increase compared to last year’s Daytona 500.
NASCAR’s digital platform generated 2.1 million unique visitors and 13 million page views.
More Statistical Highlights include:
- Social conversation increased 44% compared to last year’s Daytona 500
- Multiple celebrities tweeted about the race, including Justin Bieber (76 million followers), Ashton Kutcher (17.4 million) and John Cena (7.7 million)
- NASCAR fans spent 2.8 million minutes watching Daytona 500 content on the recently launched NASCAR Drive – an all-time high for NASCAR.com
- The 2016 Daytona 500 was the No. 1 most tweeted-about TV program of the day, generating 66 percent more conversation than the No. 2 event (WWE Fastlane)
- The 2016 Daytona 500 finish is the most-looped Vine in the history of the @NASCAR Twitter account
Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview: Atlanta – Thursday, February 25, 2016
Our guest is former NASCAR driver, Jeremy Mayfield as we catch up with him, what he’s doing now and he helps us preview the track at Atlanta.
Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Brian Eberly with the Fan4Racing crew for NASCAR Weekend Preview of the upcoming races at Atlanta Motor Speedway!
Also calling from the track is Chris Knight with the latest news from Atlanta.
We’re previewing NASCAR Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series races at Atlanta and we’ll also chat about the latest news in the K&N Pro Series and ARCA Racing Series.
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Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Thursday, February 25, 2016.
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