“It was so damn close, man,” said Suárez, still marveling that he was the winner. Blaney chose to make his bid for victory from the bottom lane and fell just short. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on Lap 249 of 260 to cause the 10th and final caution of the race.īlaney, the defending series champion, grabbed the top spot almost immediately and held it for four laps, but Suárez and Busch mounted runs on the final lap in the top and middle lanes, respectively.

4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Josh Berry collided with Carson Hocevar‘s No. 99 Trackhouse Race Chevrolet suffered damage to the hood on a Lap 2 crash in Turn 1, had the lead for a restart with five laps left after the No.

Suárez surged forward, approaching the start/finish line to earn his second career victory - and his first since June of 2022 at Sonoma Raceway - by the thinnest of margins. NASCAR timing and scoring showed Suárez ahead of Blaney by 0.003 seconds at the stripe, with Kyle Busch in third, 0.007 seconds behind the race winner.Īs the three drivers sped through the final two corners, Suárez held the outside lane with Blaney on the bottom and Busch in the middle. It was a race of breathtaking four-wide action into corners not built to accommodate such derring-do.Īnd it was totally appropriate that Sunday‘s Ambetter Health 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway ended in a three-wide photo finish, with Trackhouse Racing‘s Daniel Suárez eking out a victory over Ryan Blaney by what looked to be an inch or two at the finish line. It was a race of remarkable ebb and flow. Daniel Suárez slips by Blaney, Busch in three-wide photo finish for Atlanta victory

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