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NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia since the track's opening in 1960.

NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueAtlanta Motor Speedway
LocationHampton, Georgia, United States
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4

Spring race

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"AdvoCare 500" redirects here. For the 2012 and 2013 Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, see NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.
Autotrader 400
 
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueAtlanta Motor Speedway
LocationHampton, Georgia, United States
Corporate sponsorAutotrader
First race1960
Distance400.4 miles (644.4 km)
Laps
  • 260[1]
  • Stage 1: 60
  • Final 2 stages: 100 each
Previous names
  • Dixie 300 (1960)
  • Dixie 400 (1961–1966)
  • Dixie 500 (1967–1979)
  • Atlanta Journal 500 (1980–1990)
  • Hardee's 500 (1991)
  • Hooters 500 (1992–1994)
  • NAPA 500 (1995–2002)
  • Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 (2003–2006)
  • Pep Boys Auto 500 (2007–2009)
  • Emory Healthcare 500 (2010)
  • AdvoCare 500 (2011–2013)
  • Oral-B USA 500 (2014)
  • Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (2015–2022)
  • Ambetter Health 400 (2023–2025)
Most wins (driver)
Most wins (team)Hendrick Motorsports (10)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (25)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Turns4

The Autotrader 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Christopher Bell is the defending race winner.

This race was originally Atlanta's second race of the season and was run as a late-season event for much of its history. From 1987 until 2001, the race was scheduled in November as the final race of the NASCAR season. From 2002 until 2008, the race was moved to October in favor of awarding the final race weekend to Homestead-Miami Speedway and became part of what is now the NASCAR Chase for the Championship in 2004. In 2009, Atlanta swapped fall race dates with Auto Club Speedway and the race was moved to Labor Day weekend. From 2011 to 2020, this was Atlanta's only Cup Series race date as its spring race was moved to Kentucky Speedway and run later in the year.

In 2015, the race lost its place as the Labor Day weekend race for the Cup Series and became the second race of the season (after the season-opening Daytona 500). In 2020, it was moved from being the second race of the season to being the first race after the west coast swing (the races at Las Vegas, Phoenix and Fontana), making it the fifth race of the Cup Series season. However, the race would end up being run in June that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic (and it was the first Cup Series race to be postponed due to the pandemic). In 2021, the race was held as scheduled in March as the fifth race of the season.

History

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From 1987 until 2001, the race was scheduled as the final race of the NASCAR season, and thus was typically the event in which the champion was decided. Several times, however, the championship had already been clinched prior to this race, rendering the race anticlimactic. In some cases, the championship would be decided the moment the points leader took the green flag to start the race – effectively clinching enough championship points by finishing last or better. Other times the championship might be decided early or mid-race, well before the checkered flag. For instance, in the 1993 race, Dale Earnhardt needed to finish 34th or better to mathematically clinch the championship. On lap 117 of 328, eight cars had dropped out of the race (including teammate Neil Bonnett in an intentional start and park). That meant Earnhardt could finish no worse than 34th and had effectively clinched the title before the race had reached the halfway point.

The 1992 race marked the final race for Richard Petty, and coincidentally, the debut for Jeff Gordon. With six drivers eligible for the Winston Cup Championship, the race is widely regarded as one of the greatest NASCAR races of all time. Alan Kulwicki, who finished second in the race, edged out Bill Elliott, the race winner, by leading one more lap in the race. Kulwicki won the NASCAR Winston Cup title by a then-record margin of only 10 points.

The 1998 race was run mostly at night after a long rain delay; despite the inexperience with the lights, newly installed for an Indy Racing League race, NASCAR and the teams agreed to attempt finishing the race at night. It was shortened to 221 laps because it was after 11:00 p.m. EST and NASCAR wanted to "get the fans out at a decent hour". The 1999 Cracker Barrel 500 also ended at night. This would mark a springboard of sorts at finishing delayed races at night by utilizing a track's permanent lighting system.

In 2001, the race was scheduled as the season finale, however, it ended up being the second-to-last race. The New Hampshire 300 was postponed from September 16 to the Friday after Thanksgiving, due to 9/11. Beginning in 2002 the race was moved to mid-October as NASCAR elected to hold its final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway instead of Atlanta. The 2003 race started a tradition of night qualifying at Atlanta, which has carried over to the spring race as well.

In 2006, the race start time was changed from 12:40 pm. EDT to 2:55 pm. EDT to finish the race at night. Driver complaints erupted because of the track's troublesome situation where the sun can get into the driver's eyes in Turn 1, including leading to a crash during the time the sun sets in that area of the track between Jeff Gordon and Jamie McMurray, led to the abandonment of the 3 pm start after this race.

During the race's history as the second in Atlanta, it had been rumored to be either eliminated or moved several times in recent years. On February 29, 2008, it was reported that Bruton Smith, the president of the track's owner, Speedway Motorsports, was talking with International Speedway Corporation (the owner of numerous other NASCAR tracks) about a possible date switch for 2009 with one of its tracks. He proposed a move that involved the fall Atlanta race and the Pepsi 500, the Labor Day weekend race held at Auto Club Speedway.[2] Doing so would give the Fontana, California track a race in the Chase for the Championship and also make the three races that precede the beginning of the Chase closer to each other geographically. Prior to the realignment, the teams raced in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol the week before Labor Day, then traveled cross country to California for the Pepsi 500, and then came back across the country to run the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond the following Saturday. Smith's offer to have Atlanta as the Labor Day weekend race was accepted and was officially announced by NASCAR on August 19, 2008.[3] However, instead of moving the race at Auto Club Speedway (previously on Labor Day weekend) to Atlanta's spot on the schedule at the end of October, the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was moved to that spot after previously being at the beginning of October, and the aforementioned Pepsi 500 was moved to the beginning of October in Talladega's old spot.

 
From 2015 to 2022, the race was sponsored by QuikTrip along with the nonprofit organization Folds of Honor.

In 2015, Atlanta's lone race date moved to the second week of the season in early March, with the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway returning to its traditional Labor Day weekend date. Atlanta will be run on a Sunday afternoon. This event used to be called the Oral-B USA 500, and this event used to be aired on ESPN for 6 years preceding the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway and the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway[4]

 
From 2023 to 2025, the race was sponsored by Ambetter

On July 10, 2022, the track announced that Ambetter would be the title sponsor of the race starting in 2023. The company, owned by Centene Corporation, was the title sponsor of the Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire (another Speedway Motorsports-owned track) in 2021 and the Cup Series race at New Hampshire in 2022.[5] QuikTrip, one of the two title sponsors of the race since 2015, announced prior to the 2022 race that it would be their last year as title sponsor. Folds of Honor, the other title sponsor of the race, also did not return in 2023 as their title sponsorship was as a result of a partnership they have with QuikTrip.[6]

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1960 July 31 22 Fireball Roberts John Hines Pontiac 200 300 (482.803) 2:29:47 112.652 Report [7]
1961 September 17 3 David Pearson John Masoni Pontiac 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:11:39 125.384 Report [8]
1962 October 28 4 Rex White Rex White Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:12:24 124.74 Report [9]
1963 June 30 3 Junior Johnson Ray Fox Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:18:42 121.139 Report [10]
1964 June 7 11 Ned Jarrett Bondy Long Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:33:32 112.535 Report [11]
1965 June 13 21 Marvin Panch Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:38:13 110.12 Report [12]
1966 August 7 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Plymouth 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:04:30 130.244 Report [13]
1967 August 6 29 Dick Hutcherson Bondy Long Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:47:14 132.286 Report [14]
1968 August 4 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:56:34 127.068 Report [15]
1969 August 10 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:45:35 133.001 Report [16]
1970 August 2 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Plymouth 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:29:53 142.712 Report [17]
1971 August 1 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Plymouth 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:52:05 129.061 Report [18]
1972 July 23 12 Bobby Allison Richard Howard Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:47:08 131.295 Report [19]
1973 July 22 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:50:01 130.211 Report [20]
1974 July 28 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:42:31 131.651 Report [21]
1975 November 9 15 Buddy Baker Bud Moore Engineering Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:48:40 130.99 Report [22]
1976 November 7 71 Dave Marcis Nord Krauskopf Dodge 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:55:07 127.396 Report [23]
1977 November 6 88 Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports Chevrolet 268* 407.896 (656.444) 3:42:23 110.052 Report [24]
1978 November 5 1 Donnie Allison Ellington Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 4:00:43 124.312 Report [25]
1979 November 4 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:33:46 140.12 Report [26]
1980 November 2 11 Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:48:19 131.19 Report [27]
1981 November 8 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:49:43 130.391 Report [28]
1982 November 7 88 Bobby Allison DiGard Motorsports Buick 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:48:51 130.884 Report [29]
1983 November 6 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:37:37 137.643 Report [30]
1984 November 11 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:42:31 134.61 Report [31]
1985 November 3 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:34:34 139.597 Report [32]
1986 November 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:15:22 152.523 Report [33]
1987 November 22 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:35:25 139.047 Report [34]
1988 November 20 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:52:09 129.024 Report [35]
1989 November 19 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:33:36 140.229 Report [36]
1990 November 18 15 Morgan Shepherd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:32:34 140.911 Report [37]
1991 November 17 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:37:06 137.968 Report [38]
1992 November 15 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:44:20 133.322 Report [39]
1993 November 14 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Pontiac 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:59:12 125.221 Report [40]
1994 November 13 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:21:03 148.982 Report [41]
1995 November 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:03:03 163.633 Report [42]
1996 November 10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:39:13 134.661 Report [43]
1997 November 16 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:07:48 159.904 Report [44]
1998 November 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 221* 340.34 (547.724) 2:57:42 114.915 Report [45]
1999 November 21 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:37:43 137.932 Report [46]
2000 November 20* 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:32:32 141.296 Report [47]
2001 November 18 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:17:53 151.756 Report [48]
2002 October 27 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 248* 381.92 (614.64) 2:59:42 127.519 Report [49]
2003 October 26/27* 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:55:02 127.769 Report [50]
2004 October 31 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:25:54 145.847 Report [51]
2005 October 30 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:24:31 146.834 Report [52]
2006 October 29 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:29:23 143.421 Report [53]
2007 October 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 329* 506.66 (815.39) 3:44:45 135.26 Report [54]
2008 October 26 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:43:39 134.272 Report [55]
2009 September 6 9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:44:03 134.033 Report [56]
2010 September 5 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:52:43 129.041 Report [57]
2011 September 6* 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 4:00:58 124.623 Report [58]
2012 September 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 327* 503.58 (810.433) 3:32:45 142.02 Report [59]
2013 September 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:42:14 135.128 Report [60]
2014 August 31 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 335* 515.9 (830.26) 3:55:24 131.512 Report [61]
2015 March 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:49:06 131.078 Report [62]
2016 February 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 330* 508.2 (817.868) 3:15:38 155.863 Report [63]
2017 March 5 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:33:08 140.898 Report [64]
2018 February 25 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:29:54 143.068 Report [65]
2019 February 24 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:30:33 142.626 Report [66]
2020 June 7* 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:30:03 142.966 Report [67]
2021 March 21 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:27:41 144.595 Report [68]
2022 March 20 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:57:14 126.584 Report [69]
2023 March 19 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 260 400.4 (644.38) 2:53:05 138.8 Report [70]
2024 February 25 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 260 400.4 (644.38) 3:28:11 115.398 Report [71]
2025 February 23 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 266* 409.64 (659.27) 3:27:37 118.384 Report [72]
  • 1977 & 2002: Race shortened due to rain
  • 1998: Race shortened due to approaching 11:00 p.m. curfew.
  • 2000: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.[73]
  • 2003: Race started on Sunday but was finished on Monday due to rain.[74]
  • 2007, 2012, 2014, 2016, & 2025: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish. 2014 took two attempts.
  • 2011: Race delayed from Sunday night to Tuesday morning due to rain.[75]
  • 2020: Race postponed from March 15 to June 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[76]

Track length notes

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  • 1960–1969: 1.5-mile course
  • 1970–1996: 1.522-mile course
  • 1997–present: 1.54 mile course

Multiple winners (drivers)

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No. Wins Driver Years Won
4 Richard Petty 1966, 1970–1971, 1974
Dale Earnhardt 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995
Bobby Labonte 1996–1997, 1999, 2001
Jimmie Johnson 2004, 2007, 2015–2016
3 Neil Bonnett 1979, 1981, 1983
Bill Elliott 1985, 1987, 1992
Jeff Gordon 1998, 2003, 2011
2 LeeRoy Yarbrough 1968–1969
David Pearson 1961, 1973
Bobby Allison 1972, 1982
Rusty Wallace 1988, 1993
Mark Martin 1991, 1994
Carl Edwards 2005, 2008
Tony Stewart 2006, 2010
Kasey Kahne 2009, 2014
Brad Keselowski 2017, 2019
Kevin Harvick 2018, 2020

Multiple winners (teams)

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No. Wins Team Years Won
10 Hendrick Motorsports 1998, 2000, 2003–2004, 2007, 2011, 2014–2016, 2022
8 Joe Gibbs Racing 1996–1997, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2012–2013, 2025
5 Roush Fenway Racing 1991, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2008
Team Penske 1993, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
4 Wood Brothers Racing 1965, 1973, 1979, 1981
Petty Enterprises 1966, 1970–1971, 1974
Junior Johnson & Associates 1968–1969, 1980, 1992
Richard Childress Racing 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995
3 Stewart–Haas Racing 2010, 2018, 2020
2 Bondy Long 1964, 1967
DiGard Motorsports 1977, 1982
Melling Racing 1985, 1987

Manufacturer wins

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No. Wins Manufacturer Years Won
25 Chevrolet 1962–1963, 1972, 1977–1978, 1980, 1983–1984, 1986, 1989, 1995–1996, 1998, 2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–2016, 2022, 2024
22 Ford 1964–1965, 1967–1969, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1990–1992, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2017–2021, 2023
7 Pontiac 1960–1961, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001
3 Plymouth 1966, 1970–1971
Dodge 1974, 1976, 2009
Toyota 2012–2013, 2025
2 Mercury 1973, 1979
1 Buick 1982

Notable races

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2022 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
  • 1966: Richard Petty led 90 laps and beat Buddy Baker for his first Atlanta win, but the story of the race centered on pole-sitter Curtis Turner and third-starting Fred Lorenzen. With Ford's participation stopped in a dispute over engine rules, the season had been dominated by Chrysler race cars. Turner entered a Smokey Yunick Chevrolet rumored to be radically altered and not in compliance with the NASCAR rulebook; Lorenzen drove Junior Johnson's Ford, a car nicknamed "The Yellow Banana" because the body had been visibly altered; both cars passed NASCAR inspection where others did not. Turner led 60 laps and finished 24th with distributor failure while Lorenzen led 24 laps and was eliminated in a crash, finishing 23rd.
  • 1971: Richard Petty became the first stock car driver to reach $1 million in career earnings after a race-long duel with Bobby Allison.
  • 1976: Dave Marcis took his final superspeedway win. Driving Harry Hyde's famous No. 71 Dodge, Marcis engaged in a nose-to-nose battle for most of the first 64 laps with Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough, and David Pearson. Part-time racer Dale Earnhardt survived a huge crash with some 60 to go when Dick Brooks hit the wall in Three and slid into Earnhardt's path; Earnhardt tumbled to the fourth turn.
  • 1977: The race shortened due to rain/darkness. Darrell Waltrip took advantage of the lapped car of James Hylton to storm past Donnie Allison on the last lap; Allison crashed with Cale Yarborough coming to the stripe.
  • 1978: A scoring breakdown led to an embarrassing change of the declared winner. Manual scoring ruled that Richard Petty had edged Dave Marcis at the stripe, but a recheck hours later proved that Donnie Allison, who finished two lengths ahead of Petty and Marcis, had indeed won.
  • 1979: Neil Bonnett edged Dale Earnhardt, Yarborough, and Bobby Allison in a hot four-car battle over the race's final 20 laps. Following the race, Darrell Waltrip took a two-point lead over Richard Petty entering the season finale in Ontario.
  • 1980: A multi-car wreck in the first 20 laps eliminated the Allison brothers and other contenders, leaving Cale Yarborough to breeze all but uncontested to the win; the win helped him close to within 29 points of leader Dale Earnhardt with one race left in the 1980 title chase.
  • 1981: ESPN televised the race live, the first such telecast for the third-year cable network. The race turned into a spirited affair as Neil Bonnett and Richard Petty fought back and forth for the lead amid bids by Darrell Waltrip, Joe Ruttman, and Harry Gant. The final two laps were a fierce duel won by Bonnett over Waltrip and Cale Yarborough.
  • 1982: The race set a track record for lead changes at 45, among 14 drivers. Blistered tires ruined a victory bid by Richard Petty as Bobby Allison outdueled Darrell Waltrip and Harry Gant for the win. This would be the final start for Country music singer Marty Robbins, who would die in December of that year.
  • 1984: Driver Terry Schoonover was killed in the race after crashing into the barrier in turn two.
  • 1986: Dale Earnhardt wrapped up his second career title by completely dominating the Dixie 500. The rest of the top five was a list of NASCAR luminaries – Richard Petty, Bill Elliott, Tim Richmond, and Buddy Baker.
  • 1987: For the first time, this race was scheduled as the final race of the NASCAR season.
  • 1989: In this race, independent driver Grant Adcox was killed in a crash.
  • 1990: With cars packed tightly together for late-race pit stops under yellow (the result of NASCAR's rule closing pit road when the yellow comes out instead of letting cars pit before taking the yellow), one of Bill Elliott's crew members was killed when Ricky Rudd was coming into the pits for service and lost control of his car. This led to NASCAR mandating a speed limit on pit road for crew member's safety.
  • 1992: Widely considered one of the most dramatic NASCAR races of all time. See 1992 Hooters 500
  • 1993: Race winner Rusty Wallace and Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt circled the track in a Polish Victory Lap, carrying No. 7 and No. 28 flags to honor Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison who were both killed in aviation accidents during the season. Both Kulwicki and Allison were key fixtures exactly one year earlier at the classic 1992 race.
  • 1995: Jeff Gordon wrapped up his first series title as Dale Earnhardt drove his No. 3 to victory at the race time of 3 hours, 3 minutes, and 3 seconds. Jeff Gordon became the youngest champion of NASCAR's Modern Era at 24 years, 3 months, and 3 days old. Dale Earnhardt scored his 7th win at Atlanta, tying Cale Yarborough as the all-time winningest driver at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • 1996: Bobby Labonte took the win, the first for Joe Gibbs Racing building its own engines after four seasons running Rick Hendrick engines. Terry Labonte clinched the 1996 Winston Cup Championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. The two made a victory lap together and celebrated together in victory lane.
  • 1997: 325 laps / 500.5 miles with new configuration. Bobby Labonte won in JGR's first win with Pontiac; Pontiacs dominated the top ten at the finish
  • 1998: Race shortened due to rain and darkness. Rain delays throughout the day made the race go into midnight, and track officials wanted the fans to get home at a decent hour. First night Cup race.
  • 2000: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain. Final career start for Darrell Waltrip. It would be the final time the event would be the last race of the NASCAR season.
  • 2001: Was scheduled to be the final race of the 2001 season, but Loudon was moved to the weekend after due to 9/11. That instead made this the second-to-last race of the season.
  • 2002: Race shortened due to rain. Moved from November to October, such that the race will no longer be the final race of the NASCAR season.
  • 2009: Race moved from October to Labor Day weekend, marking the first regularly scheduled NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta to start at night. Kasey Kahne took the win, the second of the year for the team now under the aegis of Richard Petty Motorsports.
  • 2011: Race postponed from Sunday night to Tuesday afternoon due to rain. Jeff Gordon scored his 85th career win after a fierce duel with teammate Jimmie Johnson over the final ten laps on worn tires, giving him sole possession of third on the all-time wins list and the most wins by a driver in NASCAR Modern Era (1972–present). This was only the second time in NASCAR's Modern Era that a race was postponed to a Tuesday, the other time coming in August 2007 at Michigan (also for rain). Gordon was honored by NASCAR president Mike Helton with a framed portrait of photos from past victories by Jeff made into the shape of the No. 85 to commemorate the milestone victory.
  • 2015: The start of the race was delayed nearly an hour due to rain. Once the race began there were two wrecks, one with 69 laps to go where two cars were involved, and another wreck with 21 laps to go. Six cars were involved in the second incident, which brought a nine-minute, one-second red flag to facilitate cleanup on the track. Jimmie Johnson scored his first win of the season.
  • 2016: Johnson repeated as race winner and tied Dale Earnhardt with 76 career Cup wins. Matt Kenseth was black flagged on a green flag stop when a crewman left a wedge wrench on the rear deck and another crewman picked it up for use on the car; a communication breakdown meant Kenseth stayed on the racetrack for five laps and was not scored for one of those laps.
  • 2017: 2500th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Kevin Harvick led 292 of the 325 laps and looked to be on his way to his second win at Atlanta until a caution came out for Austin Dillon's stalled car. When they came down pit road under caution, Harvick got caught speeding exiting sending him to the rear of the field. Kyle Larson found himself on his way to the win, until with seven laps to go left the door open as if he were oblivious, allowing Brad Keselowski to pass him and ultimately win. It was also the first time the stage racing format was used at Atlanta, where stages 1 and 2 were 85 laps long each, and stage 3 comprising the final 155 laps of the event. Last race on the original pavement laid down when the track was reconfigured in 1997, but voices from fans and drivers are calling for them not to repave the surface, even though several drivers saw tires fail during the race.
  • 2022: The 2022 race marked the first event to be held on the track after it was repaved and reprofiled with steeper turns and a narrower racing surface, with a new rules package to emulate superspeedway racing like that seen at Daytona and Talladega. The event set a then-track record for lead changes, with 46 lead changes among 20 leaders. William Byron took his third career Cup victory after dominating the closing portion of the race.
  • 2024: Daniel Suárez scored his 2nd career NCS victory in a three-wide photo finish with Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch. The margin of victory was 0.003 seconds between Suárez and Blaney, and 0.007 seconds between Suárez and Busch. This was the third-closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history, behind the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington and the 2011 Aaron's 499 at Talladega (both races were won by 0.002 seconds). The race broke the 2022 race's of lead changes, with 48 lead changes among 14 drivers.

Summer race

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For the Kentucky race, see Quaker State 400 (Kentucky).
Quaker State 400 available at Walmart
 
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueAtlanta Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsorQuaker State, Walmart
First race1960
Distance400.4 mi (644.244 km)
Laps260
Stage 1: 60
Final 2 stages: 100 each
Previous namesAtlanta 500 (1960–1980)
Coca-Cola 500 (1981–1985)
Motorcraft 500 (1986)
Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (1987–1993)
Purolator 500 (1994–1996)
Primestar 500 (1997–1998)
Cracker Barrel 500 (1999)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 (2000–2001)
MBNA America 500 (2002)
Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 (2003)
Golden Corral 500 (2004–2006)
Kobalt Tools 500 (2007–2010)

The Quaker State 400 available at Walmart is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Chase Elliott is the defending race winner, having won it in 2025.

History

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From 1960 to 2010 and as a July race since 2021. The race is one of two races currently held at the Atlanta track every season, with the Autotrader 400 being the other and run at various times (originally November, later October and currently the second race of the season as of 2024).

The race was originally 500.5 miles (805.5 km) on the 1.54-mile quad-oval (325 laps). In August 2010, Atlanta Motor Speedway announced that they would no longer run this spring race, instead choosing to focus on the Labor Day weekend race at the track beginning in 2011.[77] The end of the Atlanta 500 was followed by the addition of a race at Kentucky Speedway starting in 2011, primarily due to litigation by Kentucky's former owners and a settlement of that trial.

On September 30, 2020, Speedway Motorsports announced Kentucky would lose its Cup race and the event be moved back to Atlanta, to be held July 11, 2021.[78] The race will only be 260 laps (400.4 miles), owing to Shell's prior sponsorship agreements and the first since 1966 to be held at the track at 400.4 miles (644.4 km). The event was held under the lights in 2023, the opening race of the playoffs race in 2024. The 2025 event marked the opening round of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.[79]

Notable races

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  • 1960: The first race at Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) was won by Bobby Johns in a 1960 Pontiac.
  • 1961: Bob Burdick led 44 laps to his only career Grand National win. Pole sitter Marvin Panch led 127 laps but faded to sixth, while Fred Lorenzen led 87 laps but fell out with engine failure. Rookie Bobby Allison finished 37th.
  • 1964: Fred Lorenzen led the last 168 laps and 206 in all, en route to a two-lap win amid an epidemic of tire failures and resultant crashes; Paul Goldsmith led the first 54 laps but blew a tire, smashed the guardrail, and flipped over.
  • 1966: Jim Hurtubise led the final 58 laps in his only career Grand National win.
  • 1971: A. J. Foyt outdueled Richard Petty for his fifth career win.
  • 1972: Bobby Allison posted the first win for Chevrolet on a superspeedway since the 1960s, as he held off a strong challenge from A. J. Foyt and Bobby Isaac.
  • 1974: Cale Yarborough grabbed the lead when David Pearson pitted under green and was trapped by an ill-timed yellow; the race was shortened to 450 miles (720 km) due to the energy crisis.
  • 1975: After winning the Dixie 500 four times, Richard Petty edged Buddy Baker for his first Atlanta 500 win.
  • 1976: David Pearson lost a lap early and spent 225 laps getting it back before winning. Cale Yarborough lost four laps on a green-flag stop and got three of them back to finish third.
  • 1977: Richard Petty, David Pearson, and Cale Yarborough finished 1–2–3 as they combined to lead all 328 laps. Yarborough finished third after his brakes wore out and at times he had to be stopped by Richard Childress' car on pit road. Only two yellows flew.
  • 1979: Buddy Baker caught a late yellow, got four tires, and won in a late sprint, his first win since 1976.
  • 1980: Sophomore Dale Earnhardt took the lead with 30 to go after Cale Yarborough broke while chasing down Bobby Allison. USAC stock car racer Rusty Wallace finished second. Donnie Allison crashed out of the lead with sophomore Terry Labonte in what became his final race for car owner Hoss Ellington.
  • 1981: Cale Yarborough posted his first win for car owner M.C. Anderson, but the story of the race was a loud protest by Bobby Allison over a NASCAR-mandated reduction of the spoiler of his 1981 Pontiac Lemans to reduce the car's aerodynamic efficiency. Car owner Harry Ranier threatened to boycott the race but got no support in the garage area and relented to the rule change.
  • 1982: After Dale Earnhardt fell out, rain hit the race and Darrell Waltrip edged Richard Petty to the race-ending yellow.
  • 1983: Cale Yarborough drove a backup car to victory for the second time in 1983. He'd wrecked his primary Ranier Chevy a week earlier in Rockingham and used a car that had been a show car. It was also the second time he won on his birthday.
  • 1984: Benny Parsons posted his final career win.
  • 1986: Morgan Shepherd outran Dale Earnhardt for his first win in five years and the first of three wins at Atlanta.
  • 1987: Dale Earnhardt fell out late and Ricky Rudd edged Benny Parsons and Rusty Wallace for his first win on an oval longer than a mile.
  • 1989: Darrell Waltrip came back from nearly a lap down to win. During a mid-race caution, Waltrip was slowed by the pace car picking up the wrong leader during pitstops and was trapped barely on the lead lap. The mishap led to the implementation of the rule closing pit road when the yellow comes out; the rule was designed to stop cars from pitting before taking the yellow, which was blamed for scoring mistakes in the days of manual lap scoring. Also, during this race, Richard Petty's car caught fire during a pit stop, injuring his gasman and leaving Jerry Punch some singed hairs (after this, pit reporters are required to wear fire suits).
  • 1992: Bill Elliott won in unlikely fashion as a caution trapped the entire field behind him a lap down during green flag stops in the final 30 laps.
  • 1993: A major snowstorm, Superstorm 93, caused the race (scheduled for March 14) to be rescheduled for March 20, with Morgan Shepherd taking the win.
  • 1995: Jeff Gordon posted his second win of 1995 on his way to his first championship title.
  • 1996: Dale Earnhardt scored his 70th career NASCAR Cup Series win in this race. Earnhardt collected his 8th Atlanta win, passing Cale Yarborough as the all-time winningest driver at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This would be Earnhardt's last points victory until the 1998 Daytona 500.
  • 1997: Dale Jarrett dominated in a race where Steve Grissom tore open a concrete wall and flipped over. His fuel cell hit the wall and erupted in flame.
  • 1998: Bobby Labonte took the win in a race delayed to Monday by rain and in a weekend that saw numerous driver injuries, notably Mike Skinner and Derrike Cope.
  • 2000: Dale Earnhardt won in a thrilling side-by-side finish, edging out Bobby Labonte by inches. Earnhardt scored his 75th career NASCAR Cup Series win, extending his record at the time as the 6th winningest driver in NASCAR History (currently 8th All-Time). This would be Dale Earnhardt's 9th and final victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway, extending his record as the all-time winningest driver of the racetrack. His record of 9 wins still stands today. This would also be Earnhardt's only win on the 1.54 mile quad-oval configuration. Mike Skinner, Dale Earnhardt's teammate of Richard Childress Racing, had dominated the race by leading 191 of the 325 laps. His engine however blew up with 19 laps to go, allowing Earnhardt to win this race.
  • 2001: Kevin Harvick edged Gordon by inches in his first win for RCR after Earnhardt's death. Although the car had been assigned a new number, Harvick used the same car and team Earnhardt won with the previous year. Prior to Earnhardt's death, this race had already been intended to be Harvick's Cup series debut. He was originally scheduled to run 7 races in 2001, and move to full-time in 2002; but he would go on to race the remainder of the season for the team.
  • 2002: Tony Stewart posted his first 500-mile (800 km) win.
  • 2005: Carl Edwards slithered past Jimmie Johnson on the final lap to score his first career win, completing a sweep of the weekend at Atlanta.
  • 2006: Bill Lester becomes the first African-American driver to race in a Cup series event since Willy T. Ribbs in 1986. Kasey Kahne would win this race, which became the first of his six wins that year.
  • 2007: It was the last race that the fourth generation car was run consecutively. The fifth generation Car of Tomorrow would debut the following week at Bristol. Additionally, Mark Martin would close a 621-race Cup series consecutive start streak, reaching back to 1988.
  • 2008: Kyle Busch won, giving Toyota their first win in the Cup series. It was the first for a foreign automaker since Jaguar in 1954. It was also Busch's first win under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner.
  • 2009: Kurt Busch dominated the race after a pit crew mistake by one of Marcos Ambrose's crewman trapped most of the cars that could challenge him a lap down.
  • 2010: A scary flight by Brad Keselowski was a top story; he was spun out by the lapped car of Carl Edwards and nearly struck the fencing past the start-finish line in the final laps. This was also the last spring race at Atlanta until the track's surviving summer-autumn race was moved to March in 2015.
  • 2021: In what was the final Cup Series race at Atlanta prior to its superspeedway reconfiguration, Kurt Busch fended off younger brother Kyle Busch and won the race. This was Kurt's final win with Chip Ganassi Racing and the penultimate win of his career.
  • 2022: Chase Elliott finally earned his first Cup Series win at Atlanta, which is considered his home track. However, it was not without slight controversy; Corey LaJoie, who had finished a career-best 5th at Atlanta in the spring, was looking to earn his first Cup Series victory. As LaJoie attempted to pass Elliott, he slid up the track, squeezing LaJoie into the wall.

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1960 October 30 5 Bobby Johns Cotton Owens Pontiac 334 501 (806.281) 4:36:44 108.408 Report [80]
1961 March 26 53 Bob Burdick Roy Burdick Pontiac 334 501 (806.281) 4:02:05 124.172 Report [81]
1962 June 10 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Ford 219* 328.5 (528.669) 3:13:16 101.983 Report [82]
1963 March 17 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:50:12 130.582 Report [83]
1964 April 5 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:46:05 134.137 Report [84]
1965 April 11 21 Marvin Panch Wood Brothers Racing Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:52:17 129.41 Report [85]
1966 March 27 56 Jim Hurtubise Norm Nelson Plymouth 334 501 (806.281) 3:49:02 131.247 Report [86]
1967 April 2 21 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:49:03 131.238 Report [87]
1968 March 31 21 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 334 501 (806.281) 3:59:24 125.564 Report [88]
1969 March 30 21 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 334 501 (806.281) 3:46:10 132.191 Report [89]
1970 March 29 22 Bobby Allison Mario Rossi Dodge 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:34:38 139.554 Report [90]
1971 April 4 21 A. J. Foyt Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:42:16 131.375 Report [91]
1972 March 26 12 Bobby Allison Richard Howard Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:53:37 128.214 Report [92]
1973 April 1 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:34:52 139.351 Report [93]
1974 March 24 11 Cale Yarborough Richard Howard Chevrolet 296* 450.512 (725.028) 3:01:26 136.91 Report [94]
1975 March 23 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:44:06 133.496 Report [95]
1976 March 21 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:52:16 128.904 Report [96]
1977 March 20 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:27:51 144.093 Report [97]
1978 March 19 15 Bobby Allison Bud Moore Engineering Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:30:10 142.52 Report [98]
1979 March 18 28 Buddy Baker Ranier-Lundy Oldsmobile 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:41:47 135.136 Report [99]
1980 March 16 2 Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:42:32 134.808 Report [100]
1981 March 15 27 Cale Yarborough M.C. Anderson Racing Buick 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:44:10 133.619 Report [101]
1982 March 21 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Buick 287* 436.82 (702.993) 3:29:58 124.824 Report [102]
1983 March 27 28 Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 4:01:27 124.055 Report [103]
1984 March 18 55 Benny Parsons Johnny Hayes Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:26:39 144.945 Report [104]
1985 March 17 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:33:32 140.273 Report [105]
1986 March 16 47 Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm Team Buick 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:46:41 132.126 Report [106]
1987 March 15 15 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:44:02 133.689 Report [107]
1988 March 20 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:37:42 137.588 Report [108]
1989 March 19 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:34:26 139.684 Report [109]
1990 March 18 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:10:58 156.849 Report [110]
1991 March 17/18* 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:33:14 140.47 Report [111]
1992 March 15 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:22:44 147.746 Report [112]
1993 March 20* 21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:17:26 150.442 Report [113]
1994 March 13 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:24:58 146.136 Report [114]
1995 March 12 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:19:32 150.115 Report [115]
1996 March 10 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:05:42 161.298 Report [116]
1997* March 9 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 328 499.216 (803.41) 3:45:40 132.731 Report [117]
1998 March 9* 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:35:16 139.501 Report [118]
1999 March 14 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:29:35 143.284 Report [119]
2000 March 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:47:55 131.759 Report [120]
2001 March 11 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:29:36 143.273 Report [121]
2002 March 10 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:22:18 148.443 Report [122]
2003 March 9 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:25:37 146.048 Report [123]
2004 March 14 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:09:15 158.679 Report [124]
2005 March 20 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:29:18 143.478 Report [125]
2006 March 20* 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:28:24 144.098 Report [126]
2007 March 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:16:23 152.915 Report [127]
2008 March 9 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 325 500.5 (805.476) 3:33:01 140.975 Report [128]
2009 March 8 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 330* 508.2 (817.868) 3:59:01 127.573 Report [129]
2010 March 7 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 341* 525.14 (845.13) 3:59:59 131.294 Report [130]
2011
–
2020 		Not held
2021 July 11 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 260 400.4 (640.6) 2:50:08 141.207 Report [131]
2022 July 10 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 400.4 (640.6) 3:22:18 118.754 Report [132]
2023 July 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 185* 284.9 (458.5) 2:24:17 118.475 Report [133]
2024 September 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 266* 409.64 (655.383) 3:06:11 134.450 Report [134]
2025 June 28 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 400.4 (640.6) 3:34:54 111.792 Report [135]
  • 1962, 1982, & 2023: Race shortened due to rain.
  • 1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
  • 1983: Yarborough won on his birthday for the second time.
  • 1991: Race started on Sunday but was finished on Monday due to rain.
  • 1993: Race postponed one week due to snow from Blizzard of '93.
  • 1997: Last race on Atlanta's original configuration.
  • 1998 & 2006: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
  • 2009, 2010 & 2024: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish. 2010 took 2 overtime attempts.

Track length notes

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  • 1960–1969: 1.5 mile course
  • 1970–1997: 1.522 mile course
  • 1998–2010, 2021–: 1.54 mile course

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
6 Cale Yarborough 1967–1969, 1974, 1981, 1983
5 Dale Earnhardt 1980, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2000
3 Fred Lorenzen 1962–1964
Bobby Allison 1970, 1972, 1978
Kurt Busch 2009–2010, 2021
2 David Pearson 1973, 1976
Richard Petty 1975, 1977
Darrell Waltrip 1982, 1989
Bill Elliott 1985, 1992
Morgan Shepherd 1986, 1993
Jeff Gordon 1995, 1999
Bobby Labonte 1998, 2003
Chase Elliott 2022, 2025

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years
8 Wood Brothers Racing 1965, 1967–1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1993
Hendrick Motorsports 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2022, 2023, 2025
5 Richard Childress Racing 1988, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2001
Joe Gibbs Racing 1998, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
3 Holman-Moody 1962–1964
Team Penske 2009, 2010, 2024
2 Richard Howard 1972, 1974
Petty Enterprises 1975, 1977
Ranier-Lundy 1979, 1983
Junior Johnson & Associates 1982, 1992
Robert Yates Racing 1994, 1997

Manufacturers wins

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# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
21 Chevrolet 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983–1984, 1988–1991, 1995–1996, 1999–2001, 2003–2004, 2007, 2021–2023, 2025
13 Ford 1962–1965, 1967, 1978, 1985, 1987, 1992–1994, 1997, 2005, 2024
6 Dodge 1970, 1975, 1977, 2006, 2009–2010
5 Mercury 1968–1969, 1971, 1973, 1976
4 Pontiac 1960–1961, 1998, 2002
3 Buick 1981–1982, 1986
1 Plymouth 1966
Oldsmobile 1979
Toyota 2008

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