Welcome back, NASCAR. The Cup Series arrived at Atlanta Motor Speedway following the 2024 Daytona 500 and didn’t disappoint. In fact, it was so chaotic that only a handful of drivers weren’t involved in an accident. By the night’s end, [autotag]Daniel Suarez[/autotag] won in breathtaking fashion over Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish.
It was one of the craziest finishes in recent memory that saw Suarez beat Blaney by 0.003 seconds and Busch by 0.007 seconds. The driver of the No. 99 car was winless and missed the playoffs in 2023 but clinched a postseason spot, barring more than 16 winners. After having strong cars all day, it was a gut-wrenching end for Blaney and Busch.
3-WIDE AT THE LINE! WHAT A FINISH. Repost to congratulate Daniel Suárez on his Atlanta Motor Speedway WIN! pic.twitter.com/RdewRqJiwg
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NASCAR may not want superspeedway racing every week, but it sure put on a show at Atlanta. Suarez benefits from such scheduling and now starts the 2024 season on the right note. Next week, the Cup Series travels to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where no pack racing will occur.
Ambetter Health 400 finishing order:
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 34 Michael McDowell
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 21 Harrison Burton
- No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
- No. 7 Corey LaJoie
- No. 15 Kaz Grala
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 41 Ryan Preece
- No. 24 William Byron
- No. 31 Daniel Hemric
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 51 Justin Haley
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 78 B.J. McLeod
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 38 Todd Gilliland
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 4 Josh Berry
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 14 Chase Briscoe
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 71 Zane Smith
- No. 10 Noah Gragson
- No. 16 Josh Williams