Just one week after a thrilling Daytona 500, NASCAR couldn't help itself in Atlanta, ending with a controversy courtesy of Carson Hocevar. Hocevar himself did n

The NASCAR Cup Series season continues on the early run of pack-racing tracks with Sunday's Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Atlanta's new configuration has created closer racing with drafting and downforce ruling the road.

Ryan Blaney, the recent Cup champion who came within 0.003 seconds of Daniel Suárez, won the pole position to lead the field to green. Ford drivers own nine of the first 10 starting positions in Sunday’s race — including all four members of the Team Penske/Wood Brothers Racing alliance on the front two rows.