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One of the NASCAR Cup Series calendar’s staples is Atlanta Motor Speedway and camping in Atlanta is a good time, just like at any other NASCAR Cup Series track. Here is everything to expect from NASCAR’s official camping notebook.
What’s Happening? Charlotte Motor Speedway is one of the premier destinations for camping in NASCAR. Whether it’s a race weekend or…
Fans who camp in Atlanta can expect some of the typical camping amenities and a few more obscure ones.
Hook-ups are available at some campgrounds but not others. Campground sizes range from 20×40 to 20×50, with grass, gravel, and pavement surfaces depending on where fans are camping
Those with hook-ups have access to power, water, and sewer. Those who don’t have access can use the bathrooms and showers at the race track.
Atlanta also permits pets on campgrounds. A dog park is available for fans who want to have a good time with their furry friends. Across from the dog park are cornhole and bocce ball courts to kill some time between on-track activities.
Fans can also purchase ice from the track. Security is available at certain campgrounds as well.
When camping in Atlanta, fans can expect less of an overnight party atmosphere than other tracks. Every campground has “Quiet time” from 12 AM to 7 AM, except the Family Campgrounds, which have them between 10 PM and 7 AM.
Fans also need an admission ticket to enter the campgrounds. Fans camping outside the track can arrive on Thursday of race weekend, while those camping in the infield can arrive on Friday. Both campgrounds close on Monday, so fans can stay for a little while after the race weekend.
Source: NASCAR Camping
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Winning in NASCAR is no small feat. Nearly 3,000 drivers have competed in the premier American motorsports series, but only 206 have reached Victory Lane. Of those, just 140 have won multiple races. In this post, we’ll break down every driver who has claimed a win at the top level of stock car racing. In addition, we’re also listing every single champion, crown jewel, and exhibition race winner.
| Rank | Driver Name | Wins | Win Rate | Seasons W/Win | Crown Jewels | All-Star Wins | Clash Wins | Titles | Championship Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Petty | 200 | 16.6% | 23 | 10💎 | 7 🏆 | 1964, 67, 71, 72, 74, 75, 79 | ||
| 2 | David Pearson | 105 | 18.2% | 18 | 7💎 | 3 🏆 | 1966, 68, 69 | ||
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | 93 | 11.5% | 20 | 17💎 | 3⭐ | 2⚔️ | 4 🏆 | 1995, 97, 98, 2001 |
| 4 | Bobby Allison | 85 | 11.8% | 20 | 10💎 | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 1983 | |
| 5 | Darrell Waltrip | 84 | 10.4% | 17 | 7💎 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | 3 🏆 | 1981, 82, 85 |
| T6 | Cale Yarborough | 83 | 14.8% | 18 | 9💎 | 3 🏆 | 1976, 77, 78 | ||
| T6 | JIMMIE JOHNSON | 83 | ≈11.8% | 16 | 12💎 | 4⭐ | 2⚔️ | 7 🏆 | 2006, 07, 08, 09, 10, 13, 16 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt | 76 | 11.2% | 20 | 8💎 | 3⭐ | 6⚔️ | 7 🏆 | 1980, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 94 |
| 9 | KYLE BUSCH | 63 | ≈8.7% | 19 | 4💎 | 1⭐ | 2⚔️ | 2 🏆 | 2015, 19 |
| T10 | Kevin Harvick | 60 | 7.2% | 18 | 8💎 | 2⭐ | 3⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 2014 |
| T10 | DENNY HAMLIN | 60 | ≈8.0% | 19 | 7💎 | 4⚔️ | |||
| 12 | Rusty Wallace | 55 | 7.7% | 17 | 1💎 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 1989 |
| 13 | Lee Petty | 54 | 12.6% | 13 | 1💎 | 3 🏆 | 1954, 58, 59 | ||
| T14 | Junior Johnson | 50 | 15.9% | 9 | 1💎 | ||||
| T14 | Ned Jarrett | 50 | 14.2% | 7 | 1💎 | 2 🏆 | 1961, 65 | ||
| 16 | Tony Stewart | 49 | 7.9% | 16 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | 3⚔️ | 3 🏆 | 2002, 05, 11 |
| 17 | Herb Thomas | 48 | 20.9% | 7 | 3💎 | 2 🏆 | 1951, 53 | ||
| 18 | Buck Baker | 46 | 7.2% | 12 | 3💎 | 2 🏆 | 1956, 57 | ||
| 19 | Bill Elliott | 44 | 5.3% | 13 | 6💎 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 1988 |
| 20 | Mark Martin | 40 | 4.5% | 15 | 3💎 | 2⭐ | 1⚔️ | ||
| T21 | Matt Kenseth | 39 | 5.6% | 14 | 4💎 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 2003 |
| T21 | Tim Flock | 39 | 20.8% | 6 | 2 🏆 | 1952, 55 | |||
| T23 | Bobby Isaac | 37 | 12.0% | 6 | 1 🏆 | 1970 | |||
| T23 | JOEY LOGANO | 37 | ≈6.1% | 15 | 1💎 | 2⭐ | 2⚔️ | 3 🏆 | 2018, 22, 24 |
| 25 | BRAD KESELOWSKI | 36 | ≈6.3% | 13 | 3💎 | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 2012 | |
| T26 | Kurt Busch | 34 | 4.3% | 19 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 2004 |
| T26 | Martin Truex Jr | 34 | 4.9% | 10 | 3💎 | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 2017 | |
| 28 | Fireball Roberts | 33 | 16.0% | 10 | 3💎 | ||||
| T29 | Dale Jarrett | 32 | 4.7% | 13 | 6💎 | 3⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 1999 | |
| T29 | KYLE LARSON | 32 | ≈8.0% | 8 | 3💎 | 3⭐ | 2 🏆 | 2021, 2025 | |
| T31 | Carl Edwards | 28 | 6.2% | 9 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | |||
| T31 | Rex White | 28 | 12.0% | 5 | 1 🏆 | 1960 | |||
| T33 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | 26 | 4.1% | 11 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | 2⚔️ | ||
| T33 | Fred Lorenzen | 26 | 16.4% | 7 | 3💎 | ||||
| T35 | Jim Paschal | 25 | 5.9% | 11 | 2💎 | ||||
| T35 | Joe Weatherly | 25 | 10.8% | 5 | 2 🏆 | 1962, 63 | |||
| 37 | Ricky Rudd | 23 | 2.5% | 18 | 1💎 | ||||
| 38 | Terry Labonte | 22 | 2.4% | 15 | 2💎 | 2⭐ | 1⚔️ | 2 🏆 | 1984, 96 |
| T39 | Benny Parsons | 21 | 3.9% | 10 | 2💎 | 1 🏆 | 1973 | ||
| T39 | Bobby Labonte | 21 | 2.8% | 9 | 3💎 | 1 🏆 | 2000 | ||
| T39 | Jack Smith | 21 | 7.9% | 7 | |||||
| T39 | Jeff Burton | 21 | 3.0% | 8 | 3💎 | ||||
| T39 | CHASE ELLIOTT | 21 | ≈5.7% | 7 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | 1 🏆 | 2020 | |
| 43 | Speedy Thompson | 20 | 10.1% | 6 | 1💎 | ||||
| T44 | Buddy Baker | 19 | 2.7% | 11 | 5💎 | 1⚔️ | |||
| T44 | Davey Allison | 19 | 9.9% | 7 | 2💎 | 2⭐ | |||
| T44 | Fonty Flock | 19 | 12.3% | 6 | 1💎 | ||||
| T44 | Greg Biffle | 19 | 3.6% | 9 | 2💎 | ||||
| T49 | Geoffrey Bodine | 18 | 3.1% | 10 | 1💎 | 1⭐ | 1⚔️ | ||
| T49 | Harry Gant | 18 | 3.8% | 8 | 2💎 | ||||
| T49 | Kasey Kahne | 18 | 3.4% | 9 | 4💎 | 1⭐ | |||
| T49 | Neil Bonnett | 18 | 4.9% | 9 | 3💎 | 2⚔️ | |||
| T49 | Ryan Newman | 18 | 2.4% | 10 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | |||
| T54 | Curtis Turner | 17 | 9.2% | 9 | 1💎 | ||||
| T54 | Marvin Panch | 17 | 7.8% | 7 | 2💎 | ||||
| T56 | RYAN BLANEY | 17 | ≈3.7% | 8 | 1💎 | 1⭐ | 1 🏆 | 2023 | |
| T56 | WILLIAM BYRON | 16 | ≈5.6% | 6 | 2💎 | ||||
| T57 | Ernie Irvan | 15 | 4.7% | 7 | 1 | ||||
| T58 | Dick Hutcherson | 14 | 13.5% | 3 | |||||
| T58 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 14 | 7.0% | 6 | 3💎 | ||||
| T60 | Dick Rathmann | 13 | 10.0% | 3 | |||||
| T60 | Tim Richmond | 13 | 7.0% | 5 | 1💎 | ||||
| T60 | CHRISTOPHER BELL | 13 | ≈6.4% | 5 | 1💎 | 1⭐ | |||
| T64 | Clint Bowyer | 10 | 1.8% | 6 | |||||
| T64 | Donnie Allison | 10 | 4.1% | 7 | 1💎 | ||||
| T64 | Sterling Marlin | 10 | 1.3% | 5 | 2💎 | ||||
| T64 | TYLER REDDICK | 10 | ≈4.7% | 4 | 1💎 | ||||
| T67 | Bob Welborn | 9 | 4.9% | 3 | |||||
| T67 | Cotton Owens | 9 | 5.6% | 6 | |||||
| T67 | Paul Goldsmith | 9 | 7.0% | 4 | |||||
| T70 | ALEX BOWMAN | 8 | ≈2.4% | 5 | |||||
| T70 | Kyle Petty | 8 | 0.9% | 7 | 1💎 | ||||
| T73 | A.J. Foyt | 7 | 5.4% | 5 | 1💎 | ||||
| T73 | Darel Dieringer | 7 | 3.8% | 5 | 1💎 | ||||
| T73 | Jamie McMurray | 7 | 1.2% | 5 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | |||
| T73 | Jim Reed | 7 | 6.6% | 2 | 1💎 | ||||
| T73 | Marshall Teague | 7 | 30.4% | 2 | |||||
| T78 | AUSTIN DILLON | 6 | ≈1.2 | 6 | 2💎 | ||||
| T78 | CHRIS BUESCHER | 6 | ≈1.7% | 4 | |||||
| T78 | ROSS CHASTAIN | 6 | ≈2.1% | 4 | 1💎 | ||||
| T78 | SHANE VAN GISBERGEN | 6 | ≈14.0% | 2 | |||||
| T79 | Alan Kulwicki | 5 | 2.4% | 4 | 1 🏆 | 1992 | |||
| T79 | CHASE BRISCOE | 5 | ≈1.8% | 3 | 2💎 | ||||
| T79 | Dan Gurney | 5 | 0.5% | 5 | |||||
| T79 | Dave Marcis | 5 | 0.5% | 3 | |||||
| T79 | Jeremy Mayfield | 5 | 1.1% | 4 | |||||
| T79 | Ralph Moody | 5 | 10.6% | 2 | |||||
| T79 | Tiny Lund | 5 | 1.6% | 4 | 1💎 | ||||
| T79 | Ward Burton | 5 | 1.3% | 4 | 2💎 | ||||
| T88 | Billy Wade | 4 | 5.7% | 1 | |||||
| T88 | Bob Flock | 4 | 11.1% | 3 | |||||
| T88 | Bobby Hamilton | 4 | 1.0% | 4 | |||||
| T88 | Charlie Glotzbach | 4 | 3.2% | 3 | |||||
| T88 | Eddie Gray | 4 | 18.1% | 3 | |||||
| T88 | Eddie Pagan | 4 | 6.4% | 2 | |||||
| T88 | Glen Wood | 4 | 6.4% | 2 | |||||
| T88 | Hershel McGriff | 4 | 4.5% | 1 | |||||
| T88 | Joe Nemechek | 4 | 0.5% | 4 | |||||
| T88 | Ken Schrader | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 2⚔️ | ||||
| T88 | Lloyd Dane | 4 | 7.6% | 3 | |||||
| T88 | Michael Waltrip | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 2💎 | 1⭐ | |||
| T88 | Morgan Shepherd | 4 | 0.7% | 4 | |||||
| T88 | Nelson Stacy | 4 | 8.8% | 2 | 2💎 | ||||
| T88 | Pete Hamilton | 4 | 6.2% | 2 | 1💎 | ||||
| T88 | Parnelli Jones | 4 | 11.7% | 4 | |||||
| T88 | RICKY STENHOUSE JR | 4 | ≈0.9% | 3 | 1💎 | ||||
| T105 | AJ ALLMENDINGER | 3 | ≈0.6% | 3 | |||||
| T105 | Aric Almirola | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | |||||
| T105 | AUSTIN CINDRIC | 3 | ≈1.6% | 3 | 1💎 | ||||
| T105 | Bill Blair | 3 | 2.4% | 3 | |||||
| T105 | Brian Vickers | 3 | 0.9% | 3 | |||||
| T105 | BUBBA WALLACE | 3 | ≈0.7% | 3 | 1💎 | ||||
| T105 | Dick Linder | 3 | 10.7% | 1 | |||||
| T105 | Elliott Sadler | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | |||||
| T105 | ERIK JONES | 3 | ≈1.0% | 3 | 2💎 | 1⚔️ | |||
| T105 | Frank Mundy | 3 | 5.7% | 1 | |||||
| T105 | Gwyn Staley | 3 | 4.3% | 1 | |||||
| T105 | Robby Gordon | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Al Keller | 2 | 6.8% | 1 | |||||
| T115 | Billy Myers | 2 | 2.3% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Bobby Johns | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | DANIEL SUAREZ | 2 | ≈0.6% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Danny Letner | 2 | 7.4% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | David Ragan | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | David Reutimann | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | 1💎 | ||||
| T115 | Derrike Cope | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T115 | Elmo Langley | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | |||||
| T115 | Emanuel Zervakis | 2 | 2.4% | 1 | |||||
| T115 | Gober Sosebee | 2 | 2.8% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | James Hylton | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Jimmy Pardue | 2 | 0.9% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Jimmy Spencer | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | |||||
| T115 | Joe Lee Johnson | 2 | 3.6% | 2 | 1💎 | ||||
| T115 | John Andretti | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Johnny Beauchamp | 2 | 8.6% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Marcos Ambrose | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Marvin Porter | 2 | 5.8% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | MICHAEL MCDOWELL | 2 | ≈0.3% | 2 | 1💎 | ||||
| T115 | Ray Elder | 2 | 6.4% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Red Byron | 2 | 13.3% | 1 | 1 🏆 | 1949 | |||
| T115 | Ricky Craven | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Steve Park | 2 | 1.0% | 2 | |||||
| T115 | Tim Pistone | 2 | 1.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Art Watts | 1 | 5.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Bill Amick | 1 | 2.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Bill Norton | 1 | 25.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Bill Rexford | 1 | 2.7% | 1 | 1 🏆 | 1950 | |||
| T144 | Brett Bodine | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Bob Burdick | 1 | 6.6% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Bobby Hillin | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Buddy Shuman | 1 | 3.4% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Casey Mears | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Chuck Stevenson | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | COLE CUSTER | 1 | ≈0.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Danny Graves | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Danny Weinberg | 1 | 5.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Dick Brooks | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Dick Passwater | 1 | 5.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Donald Thomas | 1 | 1.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Earl Balmer | 1 | 3.1% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Earl Ross | 1 | 3.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Frankie Schneider | 1 | 3.7% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Greg Sacks | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Harold Kite | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Harrison Burton | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Jack White | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Jerry Nadeau | 1 | 0.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Jim Cook | 1 | 2.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Jim Hurtubise | 1 | 2.7% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Jim Roper | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Jimmy Florian | 1 | 3.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | John Kieper | 1 | 6.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | John Rostek | 1 | 16.6% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | John Soares | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Johnny Allen | 1 | 0.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Johnny Benson | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Johnny Mantz | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Johnny Rutherford | 1 | 2.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | JOSH BERRY | 1 | ≈1.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | JUSTIN HALEY | 1 | ≈0.6% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Lake Speed | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Larry Frank | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Lennie Pond | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Leon Sales | 1 | 12.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Lloyd Moore | 1 | 2.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Lou Figaro | 1 | 5.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Mario Andretti | 1 | 7.1% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Mark Donohue | 1 | 16.6% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Marvin Burke | 1 | 100% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Neil Cole | 1 | 5.2% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Norm Nelson | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Paul Lewis | 1 | 0.8% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Paul Menard | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Phil Parsons | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Regan Smith | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Richard Brickhouse | 1 | 2.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Ron Bouchard | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Royce Haggerty | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Sam McQuagg | 1 | 1.6% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Shorty Rollins | 1 | 2.3% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Tommy Thompson | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | |||||
| T144 | Trevor Bayne | 1 | 0.5% | 1 | 1💎 | ||||
| T144 | Wendell Scott | 1 | 0.2% | 1 |
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Big runs, big wrecks, and a battered car in Victory Lane. Atlanta turned into a survival test late, and somehow, Tyler Reddick came out of it with another trophy after taking serious damage in the closing laps. Watch to see what Eric thought and how he graded this race on the Groovy Gauge powered by Lectric eBikes.
EchoPark Speedway, or Atlanta Motor Speedway, is often touted as the most exciting track on the NASCAR circuit. What was first seen as a Frankenstein experiment, Marcus Smith’s idea to turn AMS into a baby Daytona worked out in the end. We’ve gotten great race after great race and tonight was no different as fans saw Tyler Reddick power by Carson Hocevar to go two in a row to start the season.
But not everyone had a season to remember. Many drivers and teams had a season that they’d sooner forget. These are the biggest losers of the 2026 EchoPark Speedway racing weekend.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race officials rightly got blasted online by fans after they made the extremely questionable decision to put the Truck race on Saturday on the weather clock. That would have been an understandable move if circumstances were different. But they caught flak because 1.) EchoPark Speedway has lights, 2.) the weather had moved out for the weekend, and 3.)…umm…they were only 10 laps shy from the scheduled distance anyway.
Now, we know who the defenders are. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race was slated to follow, but NASCAR has pushed races off in the past. And really, how much time would the CW have lost? Ten minutes? Twenty? If that? That, in my book, makes the NCTS officials some of the biggest losers on the weekend. They owe us fans ten more measly laps for racing!
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Of any driver currently in the Chevy ranks, none has had the support thrown behind them like Corey Day. Day, a protege of proven NASCAR champion Kyle Larson, apparently has turned some heads on the dirt scene. Makes sense, since Larson himself said that he’d rather win the Chili Bowl than the Daytona 500. But unlike other drivers, such as Connor Zilisch, who have excelled in other racing disciplines outside of NASCAR, Day’s career so far has been lukewarm at best. And his race yesterday was the epitome of a rookie race, ladened with senseless mistakes.
The incident that hurt the most was the one where he wrecked his fellow HMS/JRM teammates, Carson Kvapil and Justin Allgaier. He simply just took them out while racing for the race lead. Though he was, somehow, able to rebound to finish the race in the 4th position, yesterday was a sloppy performance that even Corey himself acknowledges that he’d rather put behind him.
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Chastain did it again! And now, the feelings are mixed. Remember when Ross Chastain used to just send drivers willy-nilly, and it really got on fans’ nerves? Well, thankfully, he’s calmed down in recent years and has become a more respectable veteran of the sport. That is not to say that he still doesn’t have his…moments. Saturday night at the O’Reilly Auto Parts race, Ross Chastain, going for the win, entered turn 1 and sent leader Austin Hill.
Hill was the overwhelming favorite to win this race, and fans have grown sick of him. So, really, this was a welcome return to form for Chastain, a version of him that used to be loathed by fans. Thus, while fans might have won out by Chastain doing what he does best and slaying Austin Hill, the RCR team, and really, anyone who has Chastain in their rearview mirror in the closing laps, are the real losers this weekend.
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There were a couple of drivers who ended 2025 on a sour note and were looking to turn things around and start 2026 strong. One of those has to be Josh Berry and his entire Wood Brothers team. After floundering around with Harrison Burton for a few seasons, the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford got the shot in the arm that they needed with a new crew chief and Josh Berry as their new driver. They led a bunch of laps at Atlanta in 2025, only for a wreck with 10 laps to go to take them out of contention. Not to worry, though: they followed it up with a win at Las Vegas.
But since that win, the team suffered a steep decline heading into the summer months. By the time the postseason rolled around, they had the single worst Playoff performance in history with three straight last-place finishes. Though he had a promising start to the season with a 9th-place run in the Daytona 500, it was the same old same old tonight. Berry showed some speed in the first stage but ultimately crashed after Christopher Bell forced the issue in the beginning of Stage 2. It’s a familiar routine for the Wood Brothers. Yet another last-place finish. That makes them one of the biggest losers of the weekend. If only they could have capitalized.
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This one’s a tired subject, so I won’t dwell on it too long. Kyle Busch’s late career decline at Richard Childress Racing should be studied. Though he showed speed early on, it was yet again a single-car spin that ended his day prematurely. Granted, he didn’t spin completely on his own. He was tagged from behind by Noah Gragson. But, that was after he checked up twice and recklessly pulled up in front of him in a hole that was barely there. Yet another disappointing outing for Rowdy Nation.
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