Winner and losers from NASCAR drama in Atlanta

Harley J. Earl Trophy is safely away William BayronThe shelf and 2025 NASCAR Cup season is officially running. As Detona 500 rearview goes away in the mirror, NASCAR’s season opener drama and chaos remained on the tail of the series for Atlanta. There, we About Three-wide photo finished finish, as well as left to talk about intense racing, some hurt feelings, and all a lot.

So here is a look at Atlanta’s biggest winners and losers:

Winner: Toyota is saved by Bell

Toyota was nowhere for most of the race on Sunday, only led a total of six laps between all its drivers. Ford dominated both stages, while Chevrolet appeared in the right position to secure the checker flag. But always calm Christopher bell On this occasion, roses and when an occasion presented themselves in closing laps. he is out Kyle Larsen On the final restarted and with the help of a well-caution, as he was being forced out from outside in a three-wide fight to win, the driver of the number 20 Toyota was able to secure the victory.

Bell started the race in 32nd and Only led the same lap throughout the day – the last. It was shaping to be a shortage day for Toyota until they were really rescued by Bell at the very end, which now locks itself in the playoffs, just two races in the new season.

Los: Team Chevi had a number, but not teamwork

While Bell enjoyed making some win donuts, Chevrolet wondered what went wrong. On these formatting-style tracks, manufacturers are paramount (for better or worse) paramounts. So when the green flag waved on the final restarted in Atlanta, Chevi had to feel very good. Bouty cars on the nose ran 1-2-3 and controlled both lines for two-lap dash for the checked flags.

However, Carson HoswarDecision to send it in the middle instead of pushing Ross chastean A Toyota driver opened the door to Bell to score a run in Larsen. The Hosaver gave Bell a helpful shove in the last lap, but to be fair, he only did so that he could put himself a shot on the victory as he divides the leaders into the last set of corners. The time of caution gave him a chance to see if that step would work in his favor. The Chevi camp has to be disappointed because they consider how they managed to win that race.

Watch: Christopher Bell blows caution in the last lap in Atlanta

Winner: Hosver makes no friend on his way for the best performance of a career

Of lyrics HoswarHe cannot feel like a winner after the Sunday race, but the 2024 cup series is difficult to deny the talent of Rukhi of the Year. He got angry Ryan Blani, Kyle BuschAnd Even his guru ChastainBut he still gave almost a shock to Spire Motisports in the second race of the year. To keep it in perspective, there is only one win in the cup series of Spire and came to Detona about five years ago at a rain-short event.

If the race had turned green to finish, his sensational was in the middle of the vine and Larsen in Vijay Lane could have ended with him. But instead, he had to listen because more senior drivers gave him a strict thing while talking on the pit for his wild tricks on the track. While it was not great to stand in the garage, he was definitely a spectacle for those who watched the race. And he was not very upset by telling Fox’s Bob Paukras: “We are here to win the race – a boy is not a band and loves each other and plays together in the playground.”

Look: Hoswer after the runner-up finish: ‘I got some items to learn and clean a little’

Lost: NASCAR Race Control cannot make up your mind

NASCAR Race Control needs one thing more than anything – stability. They look extremely reactive over the last two weeks, when a race to race a rubble in the last lap is quite large to trigger, its position is going back and forth. For example, caution was thrown from the line in the second duality qualifying race in Detona, spoiling a photo finish for only a few seconds. As a result of criticism, NASCAR allowed leaders to return the field race in Detona 500 despite crashed in front of the entire region.

Fast for Atlanta, NASCAR allowed the ground to run again as several cars crashed on the backstruch in the XFINITY race. The driver and some other people were not thrilled, saying that it is a dangerous example of allowing cars to run at full speed through an accident scene. Drivers slowing down for massacre lose many places.

Overnight, he again changed the posts and said that on Sunday, precautions would be taken as a result of the same situation. Unfortunately, it meant Josh Berry Crashed in the last lap, NASCAR took care-as if the leaders had three-wide to be another iconic finish a year ago. But instead of another drag-race for the checker flag, we suddenly ended with that disappointed fans and left a bitter taste in his mouth.

NASCAR should take a lane and live with it, no matter what it is – let them run or take care. Going back and forth in this way is just making the situation worse and causing more confusion.

Winner: A hill can’t remove anyone

Taking a look at the Xfinity race for a moment, how can’t you go about the driver of number 21 Richard Children Racing Chevrolet is doing these drafting tracks? Austin Hill on Saturday led 146 out of 163 laps, winning commanding on his home track. Five of the last six Atlanta XFINITY races have now been won by Hill, and three of the last four -season openers have also been won by him. If not to withstand mechanical gremlins in the last weekend, he could probably win that race. It often does not occur in the modern nascar, where a driver seems so unbeatable on a certain type of track – especially on the track unexpectedly as supersidaves.

Austin Cyndric does not get too much opportunities to struggle to win the race and despite this, he is one of the cleanest drivers in the region when he finds himself near a possible race victory. Unfortunately, this cannot be said for his competition. He was a pioneer in the White Flag in Detona 500, and was leading with three laps to go to Atlanta again. But in both cases, he was trying to make a place for himself by an aggressive driver. On Sunday, it was flowing to the Larsen track, ending with both syndric and Larsen Hendric motorsports Team’s partner William Biren Crashes backstrateDespite more than 100 laps between the first two races of the year, he has very little to show it and would think what else he has to do to catch the brake.

Winner: Michael McDowell And his free pass Paluja

With all the action in front of the ground, some saw what Michael McDowell was doing behind the pack during the Atlanta Cup race. A power steering issue forced him to the garage quickly and he returned to six laps in the race. But the former Detona 500 winner did not throw into the towel, putting himself in position to get a record-tie six free pass and go back to the lead lap. If he was not impressive enough, he also avoided all the massacres and quietly pushed his way to his car in the 13th position without a scratch.

Los: Wood brothers join the lower part of the points pile

Josh Berry was hoping to rebound a disappointing Detonna 500, where he was collected in the first debris before the race. For some time, it seemed that he wins carefully free opening phase in Atlanta as number 21 machine-50 laps. When he was not in a position to win finally, he was still away from collecting a solid top-ten when he was squeezed. As a result, he starts the year with back-to-back DNFs and now sits outside the top 30 in the points. He likes Brad Keselovsky, Noah Gragson, Coal custerAnd Codi ware As drivers are desperate to turn around before going there,

Winners: fans of NASCAR Truck Series

While both the cup and the Xfinity ended with the race backstream with the garbage cars, the third and low level of the national divisions of NASCAR went to a different route. Under the leadership of Kyle Busch, the ground put it in a show in the closing interval of the race. Instead of bad blocks and putting rivals in the wall, each driver scored a run and took his shot under the leadership of any drama.

The lead was continuously swaping into closing laps with six separate drivers in turn out in the final 20 laps. And finally, there was no debris, but Finish an exciting photo Between NASCAR Cup champion Kyl Bush and truck series veteran Stewart F this. Vijay’s margin (0.017s) was the closest 12th in the history of the truck chain and a truck race in Atlanta in about 20 years!