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NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Starts at 7 p.m. ET Sunday at EchoPark Speedway
The 260-lap race at the 1.54-mile oval in Hampton, Georgia, will air on TNT and truTV with a pre-race show at 6 p.m. ET. Ryan Blaney starts from the pole ahead of Joey Logano.
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The NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, Usa Today reported. The event covers 260 laps around the 1.54-mile oval for a total of 400.4 miles, split into Stage 1 of 60 laps, Stage 2 of 100 laps and Stage 3 of 100 laps.
TNT and truTV will carry the broadcast, with a pre-race show beginning at 6 p.m. ET. Adam Alexander, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will provide live commentary, while Jamie McMurray and Jeff Burton join the pre- and post-race coverage.
The race can also be streamed on HBO Max. Ryan Blaney won the pole for the Quaker State 400, with Joey Logano qualifying second, Kyle Larson third, Austin Dillon fourth and Daniel Suarez fifth, Usa Today reported. Denny Hamlin leads the Cup Series standings, 44 points ahead of Tyler Reddick.
Chase Briscoe sits eighth after winning last weekend at Chicagoland, while AJ Allmendinger is 19th, three spots below the postseason cut line. Tyler Reddick won the most recent Cup race at the track, the Autotrader 400 on February 22, finishing 0.164 seconds ahead of Chase Briscoe in double overtime. Reddick captured five of the first nine races this season.
Toyota has won 13 of 19 Cup events through July 12. The In-Season Challenge bracket-style competition continues with matchups including Alex Bowman versus Todd Gilliland, Chase Briscoe versus Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin versus Christopher Bell and Ryan Blaney versus William Byron. The winner receives $1 million.
NASCAR officials held closed-door meetings with Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen, and with Carson Hocevar and Zane Smith, prior to the race, Usa Today reported. Dale Earnhardt Sr. holds the all-time Atlanta wins record with nine Cup victories, while William Byron, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano each have two.
