Two Races And One Practice Session: What You Need To Know For February 24, 2019

What you need to know …

… about Saturday’s Rinnai 250 (NASCAR XFINITY Series)

• Christopher Bell won Saturday’s Rinnai 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, leading 142 of the 163 laps run
• This was the first victory for the Toyota Supra in the XFINITY Series and Bell’s ninth career victory
• 2 – 5: Cole Custer (second), Justin Allgaier (third), Brandon Jones (fourth), Tyler Reddick (fifth)
• In the second race of a 33-race schedule, Bell current holds a four-point lead over Jones and an 18-point lead over Allgaier
• The next XFINITY Series race is Saturday, March 2nd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Boyd Gaming 300 (4PM ET on FS1 & PRN)

For more information: Full results for the Rinnai 250 … Full story from KTT’s Jerry Jordan … Full points report following Atlanta

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… about Saturday’s Ultimate Tailgating 200 (NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series)

• Kyle Busch won Saturday’s Ultimate Tailgating 200 in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading 92 of the 130 laps
• The win gave Busch his 52nd career victory in the Truck Series, making him the winningest driver in series history
• Busch is also the winningest driver in the NASCAR XFINITY Series
• Johnny Sauter finished second followed by points leader Grant Enfinger, defending champion Brett Moffitt, and Ben Rhodes
• A multi-truck incident brought out the red flag on lap 120, which was followed by another red flag period due to a heavy, persistent mist
• After a nearly 30-minute combined red flag delay, NASCAR resumed the race, bringing out the green flag with just five laps remaining
• Enfinger leaves Atlanta with the points lead, holding a one-point gap back to last week’s winner Austin Hill and a 14-point advantage over third-place Rhodes
• The next Truck Series race is Friday, March 1st at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Strat 200 (4:30PM ET on FS1 & MRN)

For more information: Full race recap … Full race results … Full points report

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… about Saturday’s final Cup Series practice session

• Clint Bowyer led the final practice session for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway
• Bowyer’s quickest lap was 30.954 seconds at 179.104 mph
• 2 – 5: Kyle Busch (30.994 sec, 178.873 mph); Austin Dillon (31.022 sec, 178.712 mph); Michael McDowell (31.029 sec, 178.672 mph); Corey LaJoie (31.070 sec, 178.436 mph)
• Despite the second-fastest lap time in the session, Kyle Busch crashed during practice and will go to a back-up car; he will start at the rear of the field for Sunday’s race
• The yellow flag was also waved for an incident involving Erik Jones (power steering, no backup)
• Brad Keselowski was treated for a stomach ailment on Saturday; Team Penske put XFINITY Series driver Austin Cindric in the car at the beginning of the session
• Keselowski made a couple of practice runs during the session as well
• Cindric will be on standby for Keselowski during Sunday’s race, though Keselowski is expected to complete the 500-mile race
• The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 begins Sunday, February 24th at 2PM ET on FS1 & PRN

For more information: Full practice results … Full story from KTT’s Zach Catanzareti … Full starting lineup for Sunday’s race

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… about Sunday’s TV schedule

• 6 a.m. – The Adventures of Janet Guthrie (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports GO
• 6:30 a.m. – NASCAR Xfinity Series Rinnai 250 at Atlanta (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports GO
• 11:30 a.m. – Unrivaled: Earnhardt vs. Gordon (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports GO
• 12:30 p.m. – NASCAR RaceDay: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta, FS1/FOX Sports GO
• 1:30 p.m. – NASCAR RaceDay: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta, FOX/FOX Sports GO
• 2 p.m. – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta, FOX/FOX Sports GO (Canada: TSN5) 

For more information: Sunday schedule at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Full NASCAR TV schedule … Fox Sports GO

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… about Saturday night’s Triple Crown Supercross event in Detroit

• Eli Tomac took the overall win in the 450 class for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Triple Crown event in Detroit, winning the first two races and finishing second in the third for a 1-1-2 score
• Cooper Webb finished second with a 6-2-1 score
• Chad Reed (3-5-7), Ken Roczen (5-6-5), and Blake Baggett (4-11-2) rounded out the top five
• Webb maintains the points lead in 450SX, leading Roczen by six points and Marvin Musquin by 12 points
• In 250SX East, Austin Forkner took the overall win with a clean sweep of the Triple Crown main events for a score of 1-1-1
• Forkner has also won the first three races of the season
• Second place was Jordon Smith (2-2-4), followed by Chase Sexton (4-4-2), Justin Cooper (3-5-3), and Martin Davalos (5-7-5)
• In the points standings, Forkner leads Smith by 13 points and Cooper by 15 points

For more information: Full story from Racer X Online’s Jason Weigandt and Mitch Kendra, including quotes, race results and points standings … Story from CycleNews.com’s Steve Cox … Full results by event/heat race on DirtBikeMagazine.com

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