Ryan Blaney dominates in wild one at Atlanta’s EchoPark Speedway: Ryan Blaney led a dominating 171 of 263 laps to claim the trophy in overtime in Sunday-night-turned-Monday-morning’s Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta’s EchoPark Speedway. As impressive as the big number of laps led is the night-long extra effort Blaney turned in to mark his second win of the season and first since Phoenix in March. The 32-year old North Carolinian made the winning pass on the last lap in what had been a dramatic lap-by-lap night-long battle up front showcasing – and necessitating – some of the 2024 series champion’s best work.[Read More]
#12-Ryan Blaney won the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway. The win is his second win of the year, second at Atlanta and 19th career win.
#20-Christopher Bell finished 2nd followed by #77-Carson Hocevar, #54-Ty Gibbs, #43-Erik Jones, #97-Shane van Gisbergen, #3-Austin Dillon, #45-Tyler Reddick, #22-Joey Logano, and #17-Chris Buescher.
#23-Bubba Wallace initially finished second, but was penalized by NASCAR for going below the yellow line on the final lap.
Blaney dominated most of the race, starting from the pole, winning both stages and leading 171 laps. Following a late caution, Hocevar was the leader for the first overtime attempt and led at the white flag, but Blaney look the lead late on the final lap to win.
Due to rain and lightning, the race was red flagged for more than three hours with 108 laps complete, just 22 laps from halfway. The race ended just before 2:00am/et.
Stages 1 & 2 were both won by #12-Ryan Blaney.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #51-Cody Ware.
There were 30 lead changes among 10 drivers and 7 cautions for 49 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 124.995mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.
Race Fast Facts – Atlanta:
Ryan Blaney won the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, his 19th victory in 398 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 17 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Christopher Bell (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 13 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2026.
Carson Hocevar (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (28th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 24 points over Tyler Reddick.
Driver Points /Chase Standings after Atlanta:
Race 20 of 26 in the regular season:
1) #11-Denny Hamlin, 791, +353 [Clinched Chase spot]
2) #45-Tyler Reddick, 767, +329 [Clinched Chase spot]
3) #12-Ryan Blaney, 726, +288
4) #54-Ty Gibbs, 665, +227
5) #9-Chase Elliott, 610, +172
6) #5-Kyle Larson, 594, +156
7) #17-Chris Buescher, 568, +130
8) #77-Carson Hocevar, 563, +125
9) #20-Christopher Bell, 551, +113
10) #19-Chase Briscoe, 542, +104
11) #7-Daniel Suarez, 529, +91
12) #24-William Byron, 520, +82
13) #23-Bubba Wallace, 493, +55
14) #2-Austin Cindric, 470, +32
15) #97-Shane Van Gisbergen, 469, +31
16) #43-Erik Jones, 446, +8
Outside the top 16:
17) #22-Joey Logano, 438, -8
18) #60-Ryan Preece, 420, -26
19) #6-Brad Keselowski, 403, -43
20) #1-Ross Chastain, 401, -45
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Ryan Blaney. He wins over Wallace Bell Hocevar and Gibbs.
White flag for Hocevar over Blaney Wallace SVG and Bell.
Lap 262 – Green flag for the first overtime attempt.
Lap 257 – Under caution it’s Hocevar Blaney Wallace Reddick SVG Bell ADillon Gibbs Chastain Jones Hamlin.
Lap 255 – CAUTION for an accident on the backstretch. Larson, Herbst, Briscoe, Hill get the most damage.
Lap 252 – Blaney back to the lead with 9 to go.
Lap 251 – Ten to go: Hocevar Wallace Blaney Reddick Jones Bell SVG Gibbs ADillon Elliott the top 10.
Lap 248 – Wallace to second.
Lap 247 – Hocevar leads Blaney by .001 second at the line.
Lap 246 – Green flag with 14 laps remaining. Blaney Hocevar Bell Wallace Jones Reddick SVG Gibbs Hamlin Chastain the top 10.
Lap 243 – Pit road is open. Everyone stays out.
Lap 242 – CAUTION is out again. Larson spins on the frontstretch. Blaney still the leader.
Lap 241 – 20 to go: Blaney Hocevar Bell Jones Wallace Reddick Gibbs Larson Hamlin SVG. Blaney says he has a vibration.
Lap 239 – Blaney leads. Allmendinger officially done for the night.
Lap 238 – Green flag with 23 laps remaining. Wallace leads Blaney.
Lap 234 – Pit road is open. Leaders up front stay out with only 27 laps remaining. Many further back come in. Under caution it’s: Wallace Blaney Reddick Larson Hocevar Bell Hamlin Jones Bowman Gibbs.
Lap 232 – CAUTION for Allmendinger again. He lost a tire and got into the outside wall. Just before the caution Blaney got into the outside wall.
Lap 230 – Wallace to the lead over Blaney.
Lap 228 – With 33 laps remaining Blaney continues to lead over Wallace Larson Reddick and Bell.
Lap 218 – Now Blaney out front again. Wallace second. Then Elliott Bell and Reddick. Still a ton of movement throughout the field.
Lap 215 – Elliott back to the lead over Blaney.
Lap 211 – 50 laps to go: Blaney Wallace Larson Elliott Bell Jones Reddick Hamlin Byron Gibbs.
Lap 209 – Elliott to the lead.
Lap 205 – Now Blaney leads again.
Lap 204 – Bell back out front.
Lap 202 – Blaney back to the lead with 59 laps to go. Larson is second.
Lap 201- Green flag with 60 laps remaining.
Lap 196 – Pit road is open. This can be the last stop for everyone. Leaders come in and off pit road it is: Bell Larson Jones Blaney Buescher Elliott Hamlin Wallace Byron and Briscoe.
Lap 194 – CAUTION is out for Allmendinger spinning on the frontstretch. He is able to continue on.
Lap 191 – Seventy laps remaining. Gibbs still leads. Bell now second, followed by Jones Larson SVG Reddick Buescher Suarez Elliott and Blaney. Hamlin has fallen to 13th, Wallace up to 17th.
Lap 181 – Hamlin now up to second. Meanwhile Blaney is 14th and Wallace 20th. Hocevar stuck in 32nd.
Lap 176 – Joe Gibbs Racing now strong with Gibbs Bell and Hamlin the top 3.
Lap 172 – Gibbs and Cindric continue to battle for the lead. Gibbs leads by .001 second at the line.
Lap 168 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 93 laps remaining. Gibbs leads. Wallace restarts 29th, Hocevar 30th. 32 drivers still on the lead lap.
Lap 163 – Pit road is open. Off pit road: Gibbs Cindric Buescher Zilisch Bell Jones Hamlin SVG Larson ADillon. Blaney now 18th after having to take four tires.
Lap 161 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Blaney still leads Reddick Logano Cindric Suarez Gibbs Bell Jones Hamlin SVG. Wallace spun coming to the yellow flag and is now 30th. He is able to continue on. Keselowski is the free pass.
Lap 159 – Hocevar off the pace with a tire reportedly down.
Lap 156 – Five to go in stage 2. Blaney leads Logano Suarez Bell and Cindric.
Lap 151- With 10 laps left in stage 2, Blaney remains out front. Hocevar now second followed by Wallace Logano Suarez Cindric Reddcik Bell SVG and Jones.
Lap 141 – Blaney leads Logano Hocevar Wallace and Suarez with 20 laps remaining in stage 2.
Lap 131 – The race is halfway and will end this evening (or this morning as the case may be).
Lap 130 – Blaney back out front.
Lap 129 – Wallace takes the lead over Hocevar Blaney Logano and McDowell.
Lap 126 – McLeod is done for the night. He went to the garage before the red flag.
Lap 125 – Logano moves to second and Hocevar to third while Wallace falls to fourth.
Lap 124 – 12:01pm/et – Back to green flag racing. Blaney leads. 7 laps to halfway, and an official race. 37 laps left in stage 2.
Lap 119 – Pit road is open. Leaders come in. Off pit road: Blaney Logano Wallace Reddick Hocevar Cindric McDowell Bell Hamlin Jones. Blaney took fuel only.
Lap 115 – Pit road drying continues.
11:38pm/et – Back to yellow flag after 3 hours, 9 minutes, 18 seconds.
11:37pm/et – Engines have been re-fired. Cars will run on track under caution while pit road is dried, pit stops will then be conducted and the race will go back to green. NASCAR says they have a dry track and lights and intend to go the full distance.
11:32pm/et – Engines will be re-fired in 5 minutes.
11:30pm/et – Track drying is finishing up.
11:02pm/et – NASCAR now says drivers to the cars at 11:20pm/et.
11:00pm/et – Track drying is going faster than expected. The race could restart in 20-30 minutes.
10:45pm/et – Track drying continues on pace.
10:25pm/et – Track drying is still underway. No rain at the track.
9:56pm/et – After a brief break, dryers are back on track.
9:40pm/et – Rain has picked up but track trying continues.
9:15pm/et – Lightning hold has been lifted. Track trying is underway, but light rain continues.
9:00pm/et – NASCAR is staging track drying equipment.
8:42pm/et – Currently pouring at the track.
Lap 109 – RED flag is out at 8:28pm/et. Teams will cover the cars in anticipation of rain.
Lap 108 – CAUTION for lightning in the area. Blaney leads Wallace Reddick Bell Elliott Jones Larson Hocevar Logano and Gibbs.
Lap 101 – 100 laps completed in 59 minutes, 43 seconds. Blaney leads Wallace Bell Reddick and Elliott.
Lap 96 – Wallace to second behind Blaney.
Lap 94 – Blaney leads Hocevar at the line. Wallace still third.
Lap 90 – Hocevar Blaney Wallace Reddick and Larson the top 5 and positions continue to shuffle.
Lap 89 – Reddick now up to second.
Lap 84 – Hocevar is the leader over Blaney Larson Reddick and Bell.
Lap 81 – Fifty laps to halfway and an official race. Rain is reported about 20 minutes out.
Lap 80 – Blaney retakes the lead. Hocevar second, then Larson Reddick and Wallace.
Lap 78 – Hocevar makes some contact with the wall.
Lap 75 – Now Larson leads.
Lap 74 – Blaney takes the lead back. Larson follows him to second with Reddick back to third. Then Bell and Wallace.
Lap 72 – Reddick Blaney Hocevar Larson ADillon the top 5.
Lap 69 – Green flag for the start of the second stage.
Lap 64 – Pit road is open. Lead lap cars are in first. Off pit road: Reddick Larson Blaney ADillon Bell Hocevar Cindric Logano Briscoe Wallace.
Lap 61 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Blaney wins it over Reddick Larson Logano Cindric Hocevar ADillon Briscoe Elliott and Wallace. Free pass will be Preece.
Lap 56 – Five to go in stage 1. Blaney continues to lead with Reddick .17 second back. Larson is .6 second back of the lead. Preece loses a lap. Chastain as well.
Lap 53 – McLeod and Gragson are now two laps down.
Lap 51 – Now Blaney Reddick Larson Logano Cindric the top 5.
Lap 50 – Larson made a move on Blaney for the lead but was unsuccessful. Eleven laps left in stage 1.
Lap 48 – Now Larson moves to second. Blaney continues to lead. Logano to third and Reddick fourth.
Lap 47 – Larson jumps past Reddick and Cindric to take third.
Lap 45 – Reddick is trying to get around Cindric for third but so far unsuccessful. Larson is back up to fifth.
Lap 43 – Keselowski and Gilliland have lost a lap. 32 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 37 – Reddick has moved up to fourth, behind all the Penske cars.
Lap 31 – Stage 1 is halfway complete. Rain still out to the west. Blaney Logano Cindric Hocevar ADillon the top 5. McLeod Finchum Ware and Gragson are a lap down.
Lap 27 – Hocevar gets around Larson for fourth.
Lap 21 – The Penske cars of Blaney Logano and Cindric are still out front. Larson is .4 seconds out of the lead. Hocevar up to fifth.
Lap 11 – Blaney continues to lead over Logano Cindric Larson and Suarez.
Lap 3 – Keselowski made contact with the outside wall but continues.
Lap 2 – Blaney leads the first lap. The field is still mostly side by side.
• 7:21pm/et – Green flag.
• 7:08pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 7:00pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 6:56pm/et – Finchum is the only driver going to the rear tonight. He was already there.
• 6:00pm/et -TNT is on the air with pre-race coverage.
• 5:50pm/et – Everything is still on track for an on-time start to tonight’s race. There are popup showers in the area but nothing immediately near the track.
• 11:50am/et – As the weather watch continues, the Weather Channel forecast has improved. Their hourly forecast for the track calls for a 24% chance of rain from 7:00 – 9:00pm/et. That would be plenty of time to get to at least halfway.
• 10:30am/et – The forecast has deteriorated slightly since this morning. The National Weather Service now says there’s a greater than 50% chance of rain starting at 3:00pm/et and continuing through 10:00pm/et.
• Rain could be an issue tonight. The National Weather Service says: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm and before 9pm.
Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. As of Sunday morning, the hourly forecast says there’s a 70% chance of rain at 7:00pm, but that drops to just 50% by 9:00pm.
Race details:
Broadcast: TNT Sports, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 260 laps / 400.4 miles
Stages: 60 / 160 / 260
Average time of race: 3:20:00
Pit road speed: 45 mph (Under green, sections 1 and 2: 90 mph)
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 75 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.
Pre-race inspection in the NASCAR Cup Series is complete. No multiple failures.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #66-Chad Finchum (unapproved adjustments)
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 #12-Ryan Blaney chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #22-Joey Logano took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Atlanta Pit Stall page.
#12-Ryan Blaney won the Busch pole for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway with a speed of 179.912mph for his second pole of the year, second at Atlanta and 14th of his career.
#22-Joey Logano will start second followed by #5-Kyle Larson, #3-Austin Dillon, #7-Daniel Suarez, #48-Alex Bowman, #9-Chase Elliott, #2-Austin Cindric, #1-Ross Chastain, and#6-Brad Keselowski.
See the complete qualifying results and the Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup.
Atlanta – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Ryan Blaney won the Pole Award for the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart with a lap of 30.815 seconds, 179.912 mph.
This is his 14th pole in 398 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 13th top-10 start in 2026.
This is his second pole in 17 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2026 and his 15th in 26 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (third) posted his 13th top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 13th in 20 races this season.
Connor Zilisch (25th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
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, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open teams entered: #66-Chad Finchum, #78-BJ McLeod.
See the full entry list on the Quaker State 400 Entry List page.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart: 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 Sunday, July 12
Goodyear Fast Facts — Atlanta: The NASCAR Cup Series will run the same Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup in this weekend’s race at EchoPark Speedway as was used in the Atlanta venue’s spring race. This tire setup is unique to EchoPark Speedway and features a right-side tire that was introduced for February’s race on the 1.54-mile drafting oval.
Race rules and information:
