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NASCAR Heads to Atlanta

Shane van Gisbergen won on the streets of Chicago in his NASCAR Cup Series debut, becoming the first driver to win his debut since Johnny Rutherford in 1963.

 

It was by all accounts a smashing success in downtown Chicago despite all the uncontrollables that could have set NASCAR back in its debut in the street course style racing.

 

This weekend, the top circuit returns to oval racing at Atlanta Motorspeedway.

 

Chase Elliott won from the pole position during last year's summer race. Joey Logano won the spring race in March.

 

Practice and qualifying is Saturday afternoon at 4:30 pm. Race time is 6 pm Sunday evening.

 

Cole Custer was declared the winner of the XFinity street race in Chicago after a lightning strike and persistent rain flooded parts of the course. The last half of the race, which had been set to resume Sunday after it was suspended Saturday because of lightning, was canceled.

 

Custer's victory was his second this year and the 12th of his career. 

 

Austin Hill won after starting fifth last year and won the spring race in March.

 

Xfinity practice and qualifying is at 3 pm Saturday and race time is 7 pm tomorrow night.

 

The Craftsman Truck Series is back on the road course this week at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio.

 

Carson Hocevar took the lead with 40 laps remaining in Nashville and held on through a restart with three laps to go for his second victory of the season two weeks ago. 

 

Corey Heim leads the point standings despite having raced only 12 times in the 13 events run so far this year. He's 16 ahead of defending series champion Zane Smith and 31 ahead of Grant Enfinger. 

 

Heim has finished in the top 10 in 10 of his 12 starts. Smith, Enfinger, Christian Eckes and Hocevar each have won twice.

 

Parker Kligerman won after starting second during last year's summer race while Eckes was the winner of the spring race in Atlanta.

 

Practice and qualifying is 3 pm this afternoon and race time is 12:30 pm tomorrow afternoon. 

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