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Nascar is on his way to Circuit of the Americas for the first cup of the season on a roadway Sunday.
The driver who led the most rounds won all three of the cup racing at Cota in the next Gen car.
Here’s a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading to Cota.
23xi Racing – Good news: Bubba Wallace was tied up with Joey Logano for second place in the series with 28 stage points by the first two points races. … Tyler Reddick is one of three drivers (Alex Bowman and Ross Chastain are the other two) that ends in the top -10 in all four Cota races. … Reddick scored 160 points last year, most of any manager, on road courses. … RILEY HERBST finished 17th in both races this year. Bad news: Wallace failed to finish three of his four races at Cota. … Wallace started three top 10 finishes in 32 roadway.
Corey Heim to run several cup racing for 23xi races and multiple XFINITY races for Sam Hunt races.
Pre -drive Motorport – Good News: Todd Gilliland finished in the Top 10 in two of the last four road tracks. … Zane Smith won two craftsmen truck racing in three. Bad news: Noah Gragson started the season 28th (Daytona 500) and 34th (Atlanta) due to accidents.
Haas Factory Team – Good News: Cole Custer’s best finish on a roadway is ninth, which he started twice in the 16 career cup. Bad news: Custer has not finished better than 23rd in two cups at Cota.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good News: Hendrick Motorsports has won five of the last six away races. … William Byron has won the pole for the last two races at Cota. … Byron won the Cota race last year. … Alex Bowman’s average finish at Cota is 4.25, his best on all tracks. … Kyle Larson has six wins in the road, which is fourth on the list of all time. … Chase Elliott has seven wins in the cup in the cup, to be third on the list of all time and to lead all active drivers. … Elliott has the best average finish on road courses (9.14) among active cup managers. Bad news: Elliott is the only current Hendrick driver who did not win a roadway in the next Gen’s car (since 2022).
Hyak Motorsports – Good News: Ricky Stenhouse jr. Finished fifth this past weekend in Atlanta. Bad news: Stenhouse finished 22nd or worse in three of his four cups at Cota.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good News: Christopher Bell’s Win of Atlanta was his first and the organization’s first since New Hampshire in June last year. … Bell has two top three finishes at Cota, including a runner-up result last year. … The appeal of fines to chase Briscoe and his Daytona team from Daytona is on March 5 … Ty Gibbs started four top five finals in his last seven Road Course. Bad news: Bell has two finishes of the 30th or worse at Cota. … Denny Hamlin has one top 10 final in the last 17 Road Course races. … Briscoe started one top -10 in his last seven road course.
Here is a look at the winners and losers of Sunday’s Nascar Cup series on Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Kaulig Racing – Good News: All three AJ Allmender’s Cup victories came on road courses. … Allmender started two top -10s in four Cota. … Allmender started five top -10s in his last seven cup lane. Bad news: Ty Dillon has never started better than 15th place in the 25 cup track.
Legacy Motor Club – Good News: John Hunter Nemechek is one of the two drivers ending in the top -10 in both races this season (Ryan Blaney is the other). … Nemechek is seventh in points. Bad news: Nemechek has never started better than the 21st place in seven career Cup. … Erik Jones has no top -10’s in his last 12 road course.
Richard Childress Racing – Good News: Kyle Busch finished in the top 10 in three of the four Cota races, including a runner-up in 2023. Bad news: Austin Dillon has never finished better than the 10th in a roadway in 39.
Rick True Racing – Good News: Cody Ware’s best finish at Cota is 25th in 2023. Bad news: True is one of only two drivers (Josh Berry is the other) who failed to complete both races this year.
RFK Racing – Good News: Chris Buescher has 13 top-10 finishes on road courses in the next gen era to lead all drivers. … Buescher finished eighth in each of the last two races at Cota. … Ryan Preece’s best end point in three starts at Cota is 15th. Bad news: Brad Keselowski is Winless in 48 Career Cup Road Course. … Keselowski enters 33rd in points over the weekend after finishes of 26th (Daytona 500) and 39th (Atlanta).
Spire Motorsports – Good News: Carson Hcevar ended a best career last weekend in Atlanta. … Michael McDowell is the only driver who is not involved in an accident in the first two races of the season. … McDowell lost six rounds for repairs at Atlanta, but got a six free pass from the record and finished 13th. … Justin Haley’s best endpoint on a roadway was second in 2023 in Chicago. Bad news: McDowell did not finish better than the 12th in the last three Cota races.
Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain were not satisfied with Carson Hocevar’s management in Sunday’s race.
Team Penske – Good News: Austin Cindric is first in the series with 30 phase points through the first two points meetings of the season. … Cindric has eight top -10s on road courses in the next Genera, most among the team Penske drivers. … Joey Logano led a series-high 126 rounds this past season. … Ryan Blaney is one of the two drivers who end up in the top -10 in both races this season (John Hunter Nemecheek is the other). Bad news: Blaney started one top -10 in four at Cota. … Joey Logano started one win in the 50 Career Cup and the win came to Watkins Glen in 2015.
The no. 1 driver on the February rankings has not yet won this season.
Trackhouse Racing – Good News: Ross Chastain, who won the 2022 race at Cota, has an average finish of 4.0 on this roadway, the best of all drivers. … Connor Zilisch, who is 18 years old, makes his cup debut. … Shane van Gisbergen won three away races in the XFINITY series last year and won his cup debut in 2023 during the Chicago Street race. Bad news: Daniel Suarez did not finish better than 24th in four Cota Begin.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good News: Josh Berry led 56 rounds in Atlanta, most rounds he led in a cup of cot in his career. Bad news: Berry finished 35th at Cota in his only cup last year.
