Chase Elliott wins at home, posts his third victory of the season: Chase Elliott is a former NASCAR Cup Series champion and currently the 2022 title leader. But finally scoring a dramatic victory Sunday afternoon at his home track – Atlanta Motor Speedway – in front of a vocal and adoring home crowd ranks right up there as far as he’s concerned. Elliott’s No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet led a race best 96 of the 260 laps and held off a charging field to win Sunday’s Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart, ultimately securing the trophy when the caution flag came out in the closing portion of the frenzied final lap.[Read More](7-10-2022)

#9-Chase Elliott won the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 1st at Atlanta Motor Speedway and  16th career win.
#1-Chastain finished 2nd followed by #2-Cindric, #43-Jones, #12-Blaney, #99-Suarez, #31-Haley, #10-Almirola, #41-Custer, and #21-Burton.
Elliott started on the pole after qualifying was rained out yesterday.  He won stage 1 and 2 and led 96 laps on the day.
There was a late caution in the race.  The green flag came out with just 3 laps remaining and Elliott in 3rd.  He made the pass on the leader, #7-LaJoie coming to the white flag.  He then forced LaJoie up the track while making a block.  LaJoie got loose and spun out.  The race ended under caution.
There were 27 lead changes among 12 drivers and 13 cautions for 64 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 118.754mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.

Race Fast Facts – Atlanta Motor Speedway:
Chase Elliott won the 53rd Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, his 16th victory in 240 Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in nine races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Ross Chastain (second) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
Austin Cindric # (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Austin Cindric (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 47 points over Ryan Blaney.
(NASCAR)

Cup Series Playoff Standings after Atlanta Motor Speedway:
Race 19 of 26 in the regular season. 7 races remaining until the Playoffs.
1) #9-Chase Elliott [3 wins], 684
2) #1-Ross Chastain [2 wins], 634
3) #22-Joey Logano [2 wins], 562
4) #24-William Byron [2 wins], 505
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 409
6) #5-Kyle Larson [1 win], 579
7) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 570
8) #48-Alex Bowman [1 win], 508
9) #2-Austin Cindric [1 win], 465
10) #8-Tyler Reddick [1 win], 458
11) #45-Kurt Busch [1 win], 449
12) #14-Chase Briscoe [1 win], 443
13) #99-Daniel Suarez [1 win], 451
14) #12-Ryan Blaney, 637
15) #19-Martin Truex Jr., 566
16) #20-Christopher Bell, 523
Below the Playoff cutoff:
17) #4-Kevin Harvick, 504
18) #10-Aric Almirola, 481
19) #43-Erik Jones, 447
20) #3-Austin Dillon, 407
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Paint Schemes

Cars to the rear: none

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #9-Chase Elliott chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #1-Ross Chastain took the 6th stall.
See all pit choices on the Atlanta Motor Speedway Pit Stall page.

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at Atlanta got rained out, awarding the pole to #9-Chase Elliott via the metric.
#1-Ross Chastain will start second, with #5-Kyle Laron, #8-Tyler Reddick and #2-Austin Cindric rounding out the top five.
#12-Ryan Blaney will lineup sixth, as #99-Daniel Suarez, #48-Alex Bowman, #19-Martin Truex Jr. and #4-Kevin Harvick make up the top 10.
36 teams were entered so everyone made the race.
See the complete qualifying results and the Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Order

Crew Rosters

The entry list for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #15-Smithley, #16-Gragson, #77-Bilicki, #78-McLeod.
Since 36 cars are entered, no one will miss the race.
See the full entry list on the Quaker State 400 Entry List page.

Goodyear Fast Facts — Atlanta Motor Speedway