The 40 Week Monster Cup Series Folds of Honor Quick Trip 500 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway started with Daniel Smallwood capturing the pole and Kenney Kulikowski recording the fastest lap of the race. Eddie Jones gained 24 spots for the most positions gained bonus. The race produced many close battles for position through the field with many position changes. Daniel Smallwood led the most laps with 142, going on to take the win. This week the drivers displayed good communication, which resulted in 6 cautions with 9 lead changes and there was 1 disqualification with 7 disconnects in a 39 car field ending with Daniel Smallwood capturing his 1st win of the season with Brian Glass finishing 2nd, Kenney Kulikowski 3rd and Mike Schrader capturing 4th.
This week the Monster Cup Series goes to the Kobalt 400 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the current points leader Mike Schrader looking to find ways to maintain the lead in the series. The question is … can he hold off the charging Old Bastards?
We shall see when the green flag drops at 11:40 am Eastern time.
