This week’s Sprint Cup Series race: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
What: 325 laps (501 miles)
Where: Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54-mile banked, quad-oval speedway in Hampton, Ga.
When: 1 p.m. Sunday
TV: Fox
Radio: Performance Racing Network
Last year’s winner: Kasey Kahne
Also this week: Hisense 250, Xfinity Series, Atlanta Motor Speedway, 2 p.m. Saturday, Fox Sports 1.
▪ Hyundai 200, Truck Series, Atlanta Motor Speedway, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Fox Sports 1.
Worth mentioning: In recent years, Atlanta’s lone Cup date has been during Labor Day weekend. Its move to the second week of the season will be a big test of its viability going forward.
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not
HOT
Joey Logano: Follows up his best NASCAR season by winning the sport’s biggest race, the Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick: The reigning champ looks like he’s picking up where he left off.
Martin Truex Jr.: Ran well all Speedweeks and came away with an eighth-place finish in the 500.
Casey Mears: No wins, but Mears is turning into quite the restrictor-plate ace.
Ryan Reed: First career win at Daytona can hardly be more special.
Tyler Reddick: Please see Ryan Reed.
NOT
Kurt Busch: Could this be the end of his NASCAR career?
Kyle Busch: Joe Gibbs Racing faces some big decisions with Busch sidelined for quite some time with a broken leg and foot.
Tony Stewart: Spent most of the Daytona 500 in the garage.
Jim Utter
Points leaders
Sprint Cup
1. Joey Logano47
2. Kevin Harvick42
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.42
4. Denny Hamlin41
5. Jimmie Johnson40
6. Casey Mears39
7. Clint Bowyer37
8. Martin Truex Jr.37
9. Kasey Kahne35
10. Greg Biffle35
11. David Gilliland33
12. Sam Hornish Jr.32
13. Michael Annett32
14. Austin Dillon30
15. Aric Almirola29
16. David Ragan27
17. AJ Allmendinger25
18. Danica Patrick23
19. Cole Whitt22
20. Carl Edwards22
21. Bobby Labonte20
22. Paul Menard19
23. Michael Waltrip18
24. Jamie McMurray17
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.15
26. Trevor Bayne14
27. Michael McDowell13
28. Jeff Gordon13
29. Reed Sorenson12
30. Kyle Larson10
31. Matt Kenseth9
32. Mike Wallace8
33. Justin Allgaier7
34. Ryan Newman6
35. Brad Keselowski3
36. Tony Stewart2
Xfinity Series
1. Ryan Reed47
2. Chris Buescher43
3. Ty Dillon42
4. David Starr38
5. Ross Chastain35
6. Dakoda Armstrong33
7. Darrell Wallace Jr.33
8. Jeremy Clements30
9. Mario Gosselin29
10. Jeffrey Earnhardt28
11. Eric McClure27
12. Elliott Sadler25
13. Blake Koch24
14. Chris Cockrum23
Truck series
1. Tyler Reddick48
2. Erik Jones42
3. Austin Theriault41
4. Ray Black Jr.39
5. Bryan Silas37
6. Matt Crafton37
7. Johnny Sauter34
8. Korbin Forrister32
9. Tyler Young32
10. Norm Benning30
11. Travis Kvapil29
12. Ryan Ellis28
13. James Buescher27
This story was originally published February 26, 2015 at 5:58 PM with the headline "This week’s Sprint Cup Series race: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500."