Chase Elliott breaks drought with electrifying victory at EchoPark Speedway: Timing his pass on the last lap to perfection, Georgia native Chase Elliott charged past Brad Keselowski and held off the driver of the No. 6 Ford to win Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Echo Park Speedway. The popular victory in the first event of the NASCAR Cup Series’ In-Season Challenge broke a 44-race drought for Elliott dating to last year’s win at Texas Motor Speedway. The win was the second at EchoPark for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and the 20th of his career.[Read More]
#9-Chase Elliott won the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway. The win is his first win of the year, second at Atlanta and 20th career win.
#6-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #48-Alex Bowman, #45-Tyler Reddick, #43-Erik Jones, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #38-Zane Smith, #10-Ty Dillon, #17-Chris Buescher, and #77-Carson Hocevar.
Elliott ran up front through much of he race and led 41 laps on the night but had to pass Keselowski on the final lap to get the win.
Pole sitter #22-Joey Logano was caught in the accident at the start of stage 2 and could not continue. He finished 36th.
The race was delayed by rain midway through stage 1, leading to a 15 minute red flag.
Just after the start of stage 2, an accident involved more than half the field and led to a 9 minute red flag for track cleanup.
The fastest lap bonus was earned by #42-John Hunter Nemechek
Stage 1 was won by #2-Austin Cindric. Stage 2 was won by #45-Tyler Reddick.
There were 46 lead changes among 13 drivers and 10 cautions for 68 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 111.792mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Atlanta:
Chase Elliott won the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, his 20th victory in 340 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 22 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2025.
Alex Bowman (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 15 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
William Byron leads the point standings by 37 points over Chase Elliott.
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Atlanta:
Race 18 of 26 in the regular season
1) #5-Kyle Larson, 3 wins, 589 [23 playoff points]
2) #11-Denny Hamlin, 3 wins, 551 [19 playoff points]
3) #20-Christopher Bell, 3 wins, 551 [16 playoff points]
4) #24-William Byron, 1 win, 631 [regular season points leader], [12 playoff points]
5) #9-Chase Elliott, 1 win, 594, [5 playoff points]
6) #12-Ryan Blaney, 1 win, 504 [8 playoff points]
7) #1-Ross Chastain, 1 win, 458 [5 playoff points]
8) #19-Chase Briscoe, 1 win, 452 [6 playoff point]
9) #22-Joey Logano, 1 win, 445 [7 playoff points]
10) #2-Austin Cindric, 1 win, 379 [8 playoff points]
11) #21-Josh Berry, 1 win, 363 [6 playoff points]
12) #88-Shane Van Gisbergen, 1 win, 268 [6 playoff points]
13) #45-Tyler Reddick, 533, [1 playoff point], +128 ahead of 17th
14) #16-Chris Buescher, 457, +52 ahead of 17th
15) #48-Alex Bowman, 444, +39 ahead of 17th
16) #23-Bubba Wallace, 428, [2 playoff points], +23 ahead of 17th
Outside the top 16:
17) #60-Ryan Preece, 405, [2 playoff points], -23 behind 16th
18) #43-Erik Jones, 379, -49 behind 16th
19) #16-A.J. Allmendinger, 369, -59 behind 16th
20) #77-Carson Hocevar, 366, -62 behind 16th
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Chase Elliott. He beats Keselowski to the flag. Then Bowman, Reddick, and Jones.
White flag for Keselowski. He leads Elliott, Bowman, Stenhouse, and Jones.
Lap 258 – Reddick to second behind Keselowski.
Lap 256 – Now Keselowski to the front with 5 to go.
Lap 255 – Stenhouse takes the lead with 6 to go. Keselowski to second.
Lap 254 – Smith to the lead by .009 second over Bowman at the lead.
Lap 253 – Bowman back out front.
Lap 251 – Ten to go. Smith, Bowman, Stenhouse, Keselowski, Reddick.
Lap 249 – Smith back to the lead. Bowman second.
Lap 246 – Fifteen to go. Keselowski, Bowman, Smith, Gibbs, Elliott, Reddick, Buescher, Hocevar, Stenhouse, TDillon, Jones.
Lap 245 – Bowman to the lead.
Lap 243 – Lots of movement up front. Keselowski leads, Bowman second, the Smith. Reddick has fallen to seventh,
Lap 240 – Keselowski back to the front as the front of the field primarily gets single file. Reddick second.
Lap 239 – Smith leads at the line. Keselowski back to second, Reddick up to third and Buescher back to fourth.
Lap 236 – 25 to go. Keselowski over Buescher, Smith, Bowman, and Elliott. The RFK teammates are going to try to stick together until the end and run interference for one another.
Lap 233 – Green with 28 laps remaining.
Lap 232 – On the restart it will be: Keselowski, Elliott, Buescher, Bowman, Smith,TDillon, Gibbs, Jones, Custer, Reddick.
Lap 231 – Pit road is open. The leaders stay out. Stenhouse, in 6th, is the first to pit. Several follow him. He comes off pit road first but it penalized for equipment interference and will need to drop to the rear for the restart.
Lap 227 – Keselowski back out front. Elliott second. Buescher third behind Keselowski. CAUTION out for the 10th time. Haley spins on the backstretch.
Lap 226 – Elliott leads at the line over Keselowski.
Lap 225 – Keselowski over Elliott, Haley, Buescher and Gibbs 36 to go.
Lap 217 – Now Keselowski, Buescher, Haley, Gibbs, Reddick, Elliott, Hocevar, Bowman, TDillon, Jones.
Lap 210 – Keselowski leads Elliott now.
Lap 208 – Green again. 53 to go. Elliott, Keselowski, Buescher, Preece, Gibbs.
Lap 204 – CAUTION out for Starr spinning on the frontstretch.
Lap 203 – Keselowski takes the lead.
Lap 202 – Elliott leads with the three RKF cars just behind him.
Lap 201 – Green flag back out with 60 to go. Elliott, Preece, Gibbs, Keselowski, Buescher, Reddick, Bowman, Larson, Smith, Ware the top 10.
Lap 199 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out.
Lap 196 – CAUTION out. Jones spins in turn 4. Elliott now the leader over Preece, Gibbs, Keselowski, and Buescher.
Lap 193 – Preece to the lead.
Lap 192 – Green with 69 to go. Haley leads.
Lap 189 – Pit road is open. Leaders come in, some others that just pitted are also in to top off on fuel. Reddick and Buescher are off pit road first, then Keselowski, Elliott and Bowman. Haley takes the lead by staying out and is followed by Gibbs, TDillon, Preece and Zilisch. Reddick drove through too many pit boxes and will have to go to the rear.
Lap 187 – Nemechek goes to the garage.
Lap 185 – Keselowski takes the lead. CAUTION out for Wallace spinning on the backstretch. Stenhouse gets the free pass.
Lap 182 – Green with 79 laps remaining. Bowman, Keselowski, Elliott, Haley, Buescher, Reddick, Jones, Gibbs, Wallace, Smith the top 10.
Lap 180 – Hamlin comes back out on track. He is 110 laps down but will pass 6 driver by making a couple laps.
Lap 179 – Pit road is open. A handful stay out, including Bowman. Most of the field pits and is probably going to try to make it the rest of the way on fuel. Off pit road: Haley, Buescher, Reddick, Jones, Gibbs, Wallace, Smith, Allmedinger, TDillon.
Lap 176 – CAUTION out. SVG spin on the frontstretch.
Lap 173 – Bowman back to the lead.
Lap 169 – Green for the start of the final stage. 92 laps remaining. Elliott, Buescher, Reddick, Bowman, TDillon, Nemechek, Keselowski, SVG, Jones and Haley the top 10. 21 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 165 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Elliott is off pit road first. Then Buescher, Reddick, Bowman, TDillon, Nemechek, Keselowski.
Lap 161- CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Reddick wins it over Elliott. Buescher, Bowman, Jones, TDillon, SVG, Smith, Nemechek, and Keselowski. Wallace is the free pass.
Lap 156 – Five laps remaining in stage 2: Elliott, Reddick, Buescher, Nemechek Jones.
Lap 153 – Reddick now leads.
Lap 148 – Elliott takes the lead. Buescher second, then Bowman, Reddick, and Jones.
Lap 142 – Bowman retakes the lead.
Lap 141 – Twenty laps remaining in stage 2. Buescher, Bowman, Reddick, Elliott, Jones, TDillon, Nemechek, Keselowsi, Smith, Gibbs the top 10. 21 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 132 – Buescher now the leader.
Lap 131 – 130 laps are complete and this is an official race. Rain should not be an issue the rest of the night however
Lap 128 – Bowman leads Buescher, Reddick, Smith and Haley. Bell is back on track, but 68 laps down. He could easily jump more than 10 spots by running to the end.
Lap 121 – Bowman just ahead of Reddick at the line.
Lap 118 – Green flag back out. 13 laps until halfway, still 43 laps to the end of stage 2.
Lap 115 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Off pit road: Reddick, Bowman, Haley, Smith, Buescher, Jones, TDillon, Elliott, Keselowski, Gibbs.
Lap 110 – CAUTION out for Herbst and Gilliland in turn 4. Hocevar is the free pass.
Lap 104 – Stenhouse got up into the wall and got into Nemechek but no caution.
Lap 101 – After 100 laps it’s Gibbs, Buescher, Reddick, Smith, Herbst, Elliott, Stenhouse, Jones, Bowman and SVG. 23 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 94 – Ty Gibbs back to the front. Not a lot of give and take right now in the front pack.
Lap 90- Now Buescher back to the front.
Lap 88 – Reddick takes the lead for the first time tonight. Herbst second, then Buescher, Elliott, and Gibbs.
Lap 79 – Gibbs now leads Herbst and SVG. Buescher back to fourth. Suarez and Chastain also out of the race.
Lap 77 – Back to green. Buescher leads Gibbs, Nemechek, Van Gisbergen, Herst, Elliott, Haley, Smith, Gilliland, and ADillon. Still 25 drivers on the lead lap. Logano, Berry, LaJoie, Byron officially out of the race.
Lap 75 – Pit road is open. Most leaders come down. Buescher stays out to take the lead.
Lap 72 – Still under caution, it’s Elliott, Buescher, Gibbs, Haley, Reddick, Smith, Van Gisbergen, Gilliland, Herbst and ADillon the top 10. Currently 25 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 70 – Engines have been re-fired after a red flag of jut over 9 minutes.
Lap 70 – CAUTION right back out. Another big accident in turn 3: Chastain, Preece, Logano, Byron, Suarez, Hocevar, Preece, Larson, Briscoe, LaJoie, Hamlin, Ware, Keselowski, Gragson, Haley, Cindric, TDillon, Wallace, Busch, Bowman, Berry. Race will be red flagged for track cleanup.
Lap 69 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. Elliott, Buescher, Haley, Gibbs, Nemechek, Reddick, Hamlin, Smith, Gilliland, Van Gisbergen the top 10. Wallace has lost a lap due to repairs, Bell is behind the wall for repairs, Blaney is done for the night and will finish last (barring no DNQ after the race).
Lap 65 – Pit road is open. The leaders come down. Elliott stays out and will take the lead.
Lap 61 – Stage 1 ends under caution: Cindric, Keselowski, Logano, Byron, Hocevar, Stenhouse, Berry, Wallace, Van Gisbergen, and Elliott.
Lap 57 – Cindric back in front. CAUTION out for a big wreck in turn 4. Involved: ADillon, Bell, Wallace, Blaney, Allmendinger, and more. It started when Bell got loose and spun out.
Lap 52 – Logano back to the lead.
Lap 50 – Cindric leads Logano at the line by .005 second.
Lap 49 – Green flag back out. Logano leads Cindric, Berry, Keselowski, Byron, Hocevar, Larson ADillon, McDowell and Stenhouse.
Lap 47 – The top seven driver stay out. Almost everyone else pits. Busch off first, then Preece, TDillon, Bell, and Wallace.
Lap 46 – Track is ready. Pit road will be opened next time by.
8:09pm/et – The red flag has been lifted after 14 minutes, 34 seconds.
8:08pm/et – Still a few sprinkles reported, but engines will be re-fired.
8:00pm/et – “Only a few drops” of rain around the track.
7:58pm/et – The track is ready in turns 3 & 4. NASCAR is going to focus on a couple spots on the backstretch. This should not be a lengthy delay unless more rain hits.
7:56pm/et – Rain has let up. NASCAR says the track is drying quickly behind the jet dryers.
Lap 44 – Cars are on pit road and stopped for a red flag. Driver will remain in the cars for now.
Lap 42 – Jet driers coming out on track to hit some spots while cars remain under caution for now.
Lap 41 – NASCAR reporting light rain all around the track now.
Lap 39 – The rain is light and primarily in turn 2. NASCAR will keep the cars on track for now.
Lap 37 – CAUTION out for rain. Logano leads Cindric, Berry, Keselowski, Byron, Larson, Hocevar, Preece, Blaney, and Bell.
Lap 31 – Larson has moved up to 6th with Byron behind him. They are the top running Chevrolets at this point.
Lap 26 – Logano leads Berry by .12 second. The top 11 drivers all separated by less than 1 second.
Lap 15 – Logano leads Berry, Cindric, Blaney, and Smith. David Starr is 26 second back and will lose a lap soon.
Lap 6 – Five laps complete and it’s Ford in the top 8 positions.
Lap 2 – Logano leads the first lap.
• 7:22pm/et – Green flag at Atlanta. First stage is 60 laps. An official race is after lap 130.
• 7:08pm/et – Engines are fired. Still rain in the area, but it’s hold off for now.
• 7:00pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 6:50pm/et – Rain is remaining west of the track and everything remains on schedule. Pre-race ceremonies will get underway at the top of the hour.
• 6:30pm/et – TNT is now live with pre-race coverage. Teams are uncovering the cars as race preparations continue.
• Lightning hold has been lifted just after 6:00pm/et. There is some rain in the area but nothing appear imminent.
• As of 5:35pm/et, there is a lightning hold at the track.
• No cars reported to be dropping to the rear as of this afternoon.
• There is a chance of rain tonight, but the likelihood decreases as the evening goes along. The National Weather Service says there is a 40% chance at rain at 5:00p/et but that drops to 20% by 7:00pm/et.
Paint Schemes
Race details:
Broadcast: TNT Sports, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 260 laps / 400.4 miles
Stages: 60 / 160 / 260
Average time of race: 3:14:15
Pit road speed: Sections 1 and 2: 90 mph / Other sections: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 65 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Invocation: 7:00:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 7:01:00 p.m.
Command: 7:08:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 7:19:00 p.m.
Cars to the rear: none reported
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #22-Joey Logano chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #21-Josh Berry took the 10th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Atlanta Pit Stall page.
Pre-race inspection is complete in the NASCAR Cup Series garage.
- No. 5 failed inspection twice
- Car chief Jesse Saunders has been ejected, and the team will lose pit selection for this weekend.
#22-Joey Logano won the Busch pole for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway with a speed of 178.960mph for his first pole of the year, third at Atlanta and 32nd of his career.
#21-Josh Berry will start second followed by #12-Ryan Blaney, #2-Austin Cindric, #60-Ryan Preece, #6-Brad Keselowski, #41-Cole Custer, #38-Zane Smith, #48-Alex Bowman, and #19-Chase Briscoe.
Due to lightning earlier in the day, qualifying was delayed by 30 minutes and cut to only one round. There was an additional lightning hold during qualifying but it was able to be completed.
See the complete qualifying results and the Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup.
EchoPark Speedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Joey Logano won the Pole Award for the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart with a lap of 30.979 seconds, 178.960 mph.
This is his 32nd pole in 597 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and 10th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his third pole in 24 races at EchoPark Speedway.
Josh Berry (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2025 and his third in five races at EchoPark Speedway.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in 18 races this season.
Riley Herbst (20th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Due to earlier lightning, Cup qualifying will begin at 5:30pm/et and consist of only one round.
Qualifying Order
There will be no practice at Atlanta.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway is posted, 40 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open teams entered are: #01-Corey LaJoie, #66-David Starr, #78-B.J. McLeod, and #87-Connor Zilisch.
See the full entry list on the Quaker State 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts: This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at Atlanta since the beginning of 2024 . . . this is the only track at which these teams are scheduled to run either of these two tire codes.
RACE & TRACK DATA
Season Race #: 18 of 36 (June 28, 2025)
Race Purse: $11,055,250
Race Length: 260 laps / 400.4 miles
Stage 1 Length: 60 Laps,
Stage 2 Length: 100 Laps (End on Lap 160)
Final Stage Length: 100 Laps (End on Lap 260)
Track Size: 1.54-miles
Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 28 degrees
Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 28 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch & Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 2,332 feet
Backstretch Length: 1,800 feet
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Quaker State 400: A look at some of the top statistical performers at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, going into the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart on Saturday
NASCAR National Series News & Notes – EchoPark Speedway
Atlanta Storylines and Insights:
- Just nine NASCAR Cup Series regular season races remain before the Playoffs.
- This weekend marks the 123rd running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway (1960-2025), and the seventh Atlanta race on the new surface and configuration.
- Atlanta held two races a year from 1960-2010 except for 1961 when three races were held. Atlanta held one race a year from 2011-2020, then starting in 2021 it once again hosted two races a year.
- Beginning in 2023, both Atlanta races were shortened to 400 miles.
- In four of the last six Atlanta races, the final stage had five or more cautions including the last three races.
- The driver who led the most laps won the first three races at Atlanta in the drafting track configuration, yet in the last four races has not finished better than 10th.
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Race rules and information:
