Joey Logano (No. 20 GameStop Toyota) will make his series track debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. It may not be unfamiliar territory — each of Logano’s four NASCAR Nationwide wins this year have come at intermediate tracks.
Allen Johnson has secured his playoff berth and can focus on finding a winning setup for Indy and beyond.
Only two races remain in the Race to the Chase — the 10-race stretch that precedes the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup — and the Labor Day weekend event at Atlanta, a move from the track’s previous October slot, is one of them.
Entering the four-race swing, three-time and defending series champion Donny Schatz has an 86-point lead over Jason Meyers in the series championship standings, with Joey Saldana third, Steve Kinser fourth and Jason Sides fifth.
Wrango West holds down top-3 points positions in Montana Raceway Park's Legends division and Late Model class withone month remaining in the season.
With two race victories this season in his GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil dragster, Morgan Lucas is hoping to add another to his win column at the 55th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, Sept. 2-7 at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
Motorsports correspondent Doug Pace keeps up with motorsports news and notes from around the region.
