How to watch NASCAR at Atlanta Motor Speedway
All three national divisions of NASCAR head to Georgia for the first race weekend on the newly reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway in what is sure to be a show. Chase Briscoe became the 200th different winner in NASCAR Cup Series history with his Phoenix triumph over Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick. Will we see our third different first-time winner of the 2022 season this weekend?
The newly revamped Atlanta will be narrower than before and has had the banking increased from 24 to 28 degrees — higher than any other intermediate track on the NASCAR schedule. The track width has been deceased from 55 feet to 40 feet in the corners. The frontstretch is now 52 feet wide and the backstretch 42 feet.
Here’s how and where to watch all the on-track activity:
Friday, March 18
(All times EST.; Schedule is tentative and subject to change)
3:05 p.m. – NASCAR Truck Series practice – FOX SPORTS 1
4:05 p.m. – NASCAR Xfinity Series practice – FOX SPORTS 1
5:05 p.m. – NASCAR Cup Series practice – FOX SPORTS 1
Saturday, March 19
10:30 a.m. – NASCAR Truck Series qualifying – FOX SPORTS 1
11:30 a.m. – NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying – FOX SPORTS 1
12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Cup Series qualifying – FOX SPORTS 1
2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Truck Series race (135 laps / 207.9 miles)- FOX SPORTS 1
5 p.m. – NASCAR Xfinity Series (163 laps / 251.02 miles) – FOX SPORTS 1
Sunday, March 20
3 p.m. – NASCAR Cup Series (325 laps / 500.5 miles) – FOX
There are 37 cars on the NASCAR Cup Series entry list with one open team entered — Greg Biffle and the No. 44 NY Racing Team.
Although it may not mean much with the fully overhauled race track, Kurt Busch enters as the defending race winner. He also has more wins at Atlanta than any other active driver, winning four times (2002, 2009, 2010, 2021).
With four different winners in the first four races, here are the drivers currently locked into the playoffs via a race victory: Austin Cindric (Daytona), Kyle Larson (Fontana), Alex Bowman (Las Vegas), and Chase Briscoe (Phoenix).
Joey Logano leads the regular season points standings while his Penske teammate Ryan Blaney has led the most laps, even though VL has eluded them both so far.