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Please, let us keep the tar snakes. Photo credit: Matt Sullivan/Stringer/Getty Images Since virtually every human the planet doesn’t want Atlanta Motor Speedway to repave its racing surface after the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, the track may actually reconsider its plans to destroy everything that’s good and holy in the world of cookie-cutter race tracks. This is a beautiful day. Advertisement While the potential for an…

Go fast. Turn left. Win. For decades, you could boil NASCAR down to this simple set of rules. The ethos is so concise that it’s often the main source of derision for the sport. (“All they do is turn left,” you might cry.) But that simplicity is also the backbone that made NASCAR popular in the first place. That’s why it felt cataclysmic when, this past January, NASCAR changed how…

Larry McReynolds, the former NASCAR crew chief who now is a FOX Sports television analyst, has a way of taking sometimes complex racing subjects and putting them into the simplest layman’s terms that every fan can understand. So who better to break down the new aerodynamic package that was to make its 2017 debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500? McReynolds did just that on…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kevin Harvick will start on the pole today at Atlanta Motor Speedway for NASCAR’s Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500. The race is at 2:30 p.m. on FOX and will be streamed live on Fox Sports Go. You can get live scoring and updates all weekend at NASCAR’s Race Center. Harvick had a qualifying run of 29.118 seconds (190.398 mph) on Friday to claim the pole, his second…

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U.S. Soccer has adopted a policy that will require players, coaches and anyone involved with the national teams to “stand respectfully” during the playing of any national anthem. The decision comes after Megan Rapinoe took a knee during “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to a United States women’s match last fall to protest racial oppression in the country. New Policy added to @ussoccer bylaws: Players “shall stand respectfully during playing of national anthem…

U.S. Soccer has adopted a policy that will require players, coaches and anyone involved with the national teams to “stand respectfully” during the playing of any national anthem. The decision comes after Megan Rapinoe took a knee during “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to a United States women’s match last fall to protest racial oppression in the country. New Policy added to @ussoccer bylaws: Players “shall stand respectfully during playing of national anthem…

Here’s what to expect in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway: 5 bold predictions ▪  It will be one of the season’s more entertaining races, with NASCAR’s new aero package being introduced on a well-worn track. ▪  After the race, drivers will bemoan Atlanta’s decision to repave the track, a process that will begin in a few weeks. ▪  Pole-winner Kevin Harvick will dominate the early…

RELATED: Race results | Standings | Detailed breakdown HAMPTON, Ga. – Christopher Bell unquestionably had the dominant truck in Saturday’s Active Pest Control 200, but, in the end, the driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra had to work hard for the third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of his career. In the nightcap of a NASCAR doubleheader at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bell held off fellow Tundra driver…

Image via Fox Sports NASCAR on Twitter NASCAR decided that rather than running its weekend triple header over three days like usual, it would run both the Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series races on the same day. Both races started with a wreck in the first two laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Advertisement The Xfinity race started the day in Atlanta, with Ty Dillon’s No. 3…

One week after winning the XFINITY race at Daytona as the primary sponsor on Ryan Reed’s No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, Lilly Diabetes is expanding its role with NASCAR. NASCAR and Lilly Diabetes announced Friday that Lilly has signed a multi-year partnership with the sport to serve as the “Official Diabetes Health Partner of NASCAR.” The new partnership will feature multiple health and wellness initiatives along with an editorial…

Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Five months after U.S. Soccer lashed out at Megan Rapinoe for kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest before an exhibition game, they’ve codified their dislike for silent and non-disruptive self-expression in this form. As of today, they’re apparently the first major American sports organization to formally announce a requirement that players stand for the national anthem since Colin Kaepernick sparked anthem…

BUY TICKETS: See the races in Atlanta DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR® and Lilly Diabetes announced today that Lilly is expanding its involvement in NASCAR with a multi-year official partnership with the sanctioning body. The new collaboration designates Lilly Diabetes as the “Official Diabetes Health Partner of NASCAR.” The partnership with Lilly Diabetes builds upon its primary sponsorship of the No. 16 Ford Mustang driven by Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan…

According to a report from the Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas Motor Speedway could add a second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race as early as 2018. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors is slated to meet Wednesday to discuss the matter, the newspaper reported. The 1.5-mile Las Vegas facility hosted its first Monster Energy Series race in 1998. Its 20th consecutive event, the Kobalt 400,…

BUY TICKETS: See the races in Atlanta DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR® and Lilly Diabetes announced today that Lilly is expanding its involvement in NASCAR with a multi-year official partnership with the sanctioning body. The new collaboration designates Lilly Diabetes as the “Official Diabetes Health Partner of NASCAR.” The partnership with Lilly Diabetes builds upon its primary sponsorship of the No. 16 Ford Mustang driven by Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan…

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Welcome to FTW Explains, where we explain things that are happening in the world. Last weekend’s season-opening Daytona 500 featured several, multi-car wrecks, and NASCAR’s new rules are partially to blame for 15 drivers being eliminated from the race but not necessarily for the crashes themselves. So why were there so many wrecks, and is this something fans can expect every weekend this season? FTW is here to help. Where…

The implosion of a state building, a NASCAR race and the usual road construction are a few of the things that may mess with your weekend driving plans. The state will implode the old Georgia archives building on Capitol Avenue in downtown Atlanta at 7 a.m. Sunday. That will mean temporary closure of some local roads and highways. I-75/85 northbound and southbound will see rolling lane closures,…

Atlanta, which has hosted NASCAR’s top series since 1960, always has been known as one of the most demanding of the intermediate tracks –a high-speed venue with long corners and an abrasive surface that puts tire management at a premium. It’s a combination that has led to some of the most entertaining races on the schedule through the years. Now, with points-paying stages incorporated into each Monster Energy Series race, it…

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