Kevin Harvick won the Nascar Cup Series race at Atlanta Sunday – with a dominating performance for his second victory since the series returned from a pandemic shutdown. He led the final 55 laps and led a total of 151 laps – more than twice as many laps as any other driver.
The victory was Harvick’s 51st of his career – breaking a tie with Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson for 12th on the all-time wins list.
The Cup Series heads to Martinsville in Virginia Wednesday. Hear the race of WBUT beginning at 6pm.
Nascar president Steve Phelps addressed the state of racial injustice in the nation prior to the start of the race – saying Nascar and the nation must do better. Drivers stopped their cars during warm-up laps for Phelps comments.
Scott Dixon won IndyCar’s coronavirus-delayed season opener in Texas Saturday, taking the victory by 4.4 seconds over Simon Pagenaud. With the win, the five-time IndyCar champion notched his 47th career victory and tied A.J. Foyt’s record of 18 seasons with a win.
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