NASCAR Cup Atlanta schedule, entry list and how to watch

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How to watch NASCAR at Atlanta Motor Speedway

All three national divisions of NASCAR head to Georgia for the first race weekend on the newly reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway in what is sure to be a show. Chase Briscoe became the 200th different winner in NASCAR Cup Series history with his Phoenix triumph over Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick. Will we see our third different first-time winner of the 2022 season this weekend?

The newly revamped Atlanta will be narrower than before and has had the banking increased from 24 to 28 degrees -- higher than any other intermediate track on the NASCAR schedule. The track width has been deceased from 55 feet to 40 feet in the corners. The frontstretch is now 52 feet wide and the backstretch 42 feet.

Here's how and where to watch all the on-track activity:

Friday, March 18

(All times EST.; Schedule is tentative and subject to change)

3:05 p.m. - NASCAR Truck Series practice - FOX SPORTS 1

4:05 p.m. - NASCAR Xfinity Series practice - FOX SPORTS 1

5:05 p.m. - NASCAR Cup Series practice - FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, March 19

10:30 a.m. - NASCAR Truck Series qualifying - FOX SPORTS 1

11:30 a.m. - NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying - FOX SPORTS 1

12:30 p.m. - NASCAR Cup Series qualifying - FOX SPORTS 1

2:30 p.m. - NASCAR Truck Series race (135 laps / 207.9 miles)- FOX SPORTS 1

5 p.m. - NASCAR Xfinity Series (163 laps / 251.02 miles) - FOX SPORTS 1

Sunday, March 20

3 p.m. - NASCAR Cup Series (325 laps / 500.5 miles) - FOX

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There are 37 cars on the NASCAR Cup Series entry list with one open team entered -- Greg Biffle and the No. 44 NY Racing Team.

Although it may not mean much with the fully overhauled race track, Kurt Busch enters as the defending race winner. He also has more wins at Atlanta than any other active driver, winning four times (2002, 2009, 2010, 2021).

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Ross Chastain	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
7	Corey Lajoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
10	Aric Almirola	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
15	David Ragan	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
16	Noah Gragson	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
41	Cole Custer	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet
43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet
45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
77	Josh Bilicki	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
78	BJ Mcleod	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford
99	Daniel Suarez	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet

Playoff Standings

With four different winners in the first four races, here are the drivers currently locked into the playoffs via a race victory: Austin Cindric (Daytona), Kyle Larson (Fontana), Alex Bowman (Las Vegas), and Chase Briscoe (Phoenix).

Joey Logano leads the regular season points standings while his Penske teammate Ryan Blaney has led the most laps, even though VL has eluded them both so far.

	DRIVER	RACES	WIN	T5	T10	POLE	LAPS	LED	AVST	AVFN	POINTS	DIFF	PPTS
1	Joey Logano	4	0	1	2	0	984	19	10.8	12.0	136		0
2	Kyle Busch	4	0	1	3	0	987	77	15.3	7.8	132	-4	0
3	Chase Elliott	4	0	0	2	0	985	62	10.8	14.0	131	-5	0
4	Kyle Larson	4	1	2	2	1	903	58	5.8	17.3	126	-10	5
5	Chase Briscoe	4	1	2	2	0	848	121	10.8	13.8	126	-10	5
6	Aric Almirola	4	0	1	3	0	987	0	23.5	7.3	122	-14	0
7	Ryan Blaney	4	0	2	2	1	817	190	6.3	15.5	118	-18	1
8	Austin Cindric	4	1	1	1	1	986	21	4.3	14.0	116	-20	5
9	Tyler Reddick	4	0	1	2	0	936	90	11.3	17.3	114	-22	2
10	Kevin Harvick	4	0	0	2	0	977	1	23.8	13.8	111	-25	0
11	Alex Bowman	4	1	1	1	0	982	16	9.5	16.0	109	-27	6
12	Kurt Busch	4	0	1	2	0	985	4	24.8	11.3	109	-27	0
13	Martin Truex, Jr.	4	0	0	1	0	894	12	14.5	17.3	109	-27	2
14	Ross Chastain	4	0	2	2	0	846	83	21.8	18.5	101	-35	1
15	William Byron	4	0	1	1	0	799	37	12.5	23.8	98	-38	1
16	Austin Dillon	4	0	1	1	0	982	1	18.8	14.8	97	-39	0