2022 NASCAR: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 @ Atlanta (Race #5)

[dara]

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
Atlanta Motor Spedway
3:00pm/et, Sunday, March 20
Green flag: 3:17pm/et
TV: FOX
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM
Practice: Sat., Mar 19, 12:40-1:30pm/et, TV – FS1

STAGES 105/210/325 LAPS = 500.5 MILES

[dara]

Starting Order:

https://i.imgur.com/SU77bHC.png

[dara]

Track reconfigured, steeper. Picking Ryan Blaney.

[4me2c]

Think Maybee it is TIME for #19 to show what He's Got...!!?

[crazed 9.6]

Jimmie Johnson is in an Indy car and racing in Texas today :eek:

In 5th spot with 3 laps to go !

[crazed 9.6]

Jimmie fell to 6th spot... but frigging awesome for Jimmie in a Indy car race, and his first race in an Indy car !

yea, curling ended 'bout an hour ago :)

[crazed 9.6]

Ross Chastain is my guy in Atalanta today!!

[dara]

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Stage 1 will end under caution:
Byron Hamlin Suarez Stenhouse Jones KuBusch Bowman Larson Reddick Cindric

[dara]

Reddick gets loose, chaos occurs. Like a mini-Big One.

[dara]

Another wreck before the end of Stage 2, Larson gets bounced around after getting bumpdrafted by Hamlin.

Ryan Blaney wins Stage 2 under caution.

[dara]

Lots of cars out on accident, I do wonder about the new tires on this nextgen car. Lower profile probably means hotter tires, more liable to failure, I think.

[dara]

William Byron wins, followed by Christopher Bell and Ross Chastain. I love the new configuration, kind of like a mini-Daytona.

[dara]

Bell drove below the line, so he's moved to the back of the lap. Chastain is 2nd.

[dara]

Race Results, next week Road Course COTA

https://i.imgur.com/bQxB2G9.png

[4me2c]

Seems those NexGen Autos are producing NexGen Race Winners...?!?

and I agree about those Tires, seem to Thin...!!! or Not Solid enough...?!?

[dara]

My experience with low profile tires is that a small problem with the side wall means the tire is doomed to fail. You have to have the right inflation on those tires as well. They look better, but ride harder.