NASCAR RECAP: Atlanta
Joey Logano started from the pole in Atlanta, and paced a Penske two-car top-10 finish
Kevin Harvick Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta Advance and Team Report
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2015) – Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), won his first Sprint Cup Series race in only his third career Sprint Cup Series start on March 11, 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This weekend, Harvick returns to the site of his maiden victory for Sunday’s Folds of Honor 500 as the defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
Erik Jones Will Pilot No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota In NASCAR XFINITY Series in Atlanta
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (February 24, 2015) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announces today that David Ragan will fill in for Kyle Busch behind the wheel of the No. 18 M&Ms Crispy Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series beginning with this weekend’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Harvick discusses ‘squirrely’ conditions
Kevin Harvick sits down with The F-Post to recount his version of the events from the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing Names Regan Smith Interim Driver for No. 41 Team at Atlanta
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Feb. 23, 2015) – Stewart-Haas Racing has named Regan Smith interim driver of its No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekend Feb. 26-March 1 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Smith will begin driving the No. 41 car during the open test session on Thursday. The race on Sunday will be Smith’s seventh Sprint Cup start at Atlanta. His most recent Sprint Cup start at the 1.54-mile oval was on Sept. 2, 2012 when he finished 14th.
JOEY LOGANO Interview
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “Who won the Daytona 500? (Laughter).” HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500? “About as cool as I thought it would feel. I think as a kid any young racer dreams of winning the Daytona 500. It’s the biggest race we have all year and you’re down here for two weeks and there’s just so much build-up coming up to this race and with the qualifying and the Duels you get out there, it’s the first time you’re racing in a couple months, so there’s a lot of anxiety and a lot of nerves before the race. To be able to pull that car into Victory Lane and see my team there and see my family and my friends. Everyone was here, so it couldn’t be any better. It’s an amazing feeling. I can’t really put it into words. It’s something you can’t describe. I keep re-living over and over again what it was like down the back straightaway when I came off of turn two and I was looking in the mirror. I saw them crashing and I’m like, ‘OK, keep my foot in it here,’ and you hope there’s a caution but I think even not they weren’t close enough to really be able to make a run. You have a split-second after the caution came out and you think about it and you’re like, ‘Did we win?’ And then it’s straight chaos after that. It’s an amazing feeling. I’m fortunate to get to race for Roger and Shell and Pennzoil and Todd Gordon over here. He’s a fricking man. I’m just the lucky guy that drives this thing.”