Quaker State 400

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Quaker State 400 available at Walmart
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Atlanta Motor Speedway 2024.svg
NASCAR Cup Series
Venue Atlanta Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor Quaker State, Walmart
First raceJuly 30, 1960
Distance400.4 mi (644.244 km)
Laps260
Stage 1: 60
Final 2 stages: 100 each
Previous namesAtlanta 500 (1960–1980)
Coca-Cola 500 (1981–1985)
Motorcraft 500 (1986)
Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (1987–1993)
Purolator 500 (1994–1996)
Primestar 500 (1997–1998)
Cracker Barrel 500 (1999)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 (2000–2001)
MBNA America 500 (2002)
Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 (2003)
Golden Corral 500 (2004–2006)
Kobalt Tools 500 (2007–2010)

The Quaker State 400 available at Walmart is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race that was run annually each March at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia from 1960 to 2010 and as a July race since 2021. The race is one of two races currently held at the Atlanta track every season, with the Ambetter Health 400 being the other and run at various times (originally November, later October and currently the second race of the season as of 2024).

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The race was originally 500.5 miles (805.5 km) on the 1.54-mile quad-oval (325 laps). In August 2010, Atlanta Motor Speedway announced that they would no longer run this spring race, instead choosing to focus on the Labor Day weekend race at the track beginning in 2011. [1] The end of the Atlanta 500 was followed by the addition of a race at Kentucky Speedway starting in 2011, primarily due to litigation by Kentucky's former owners and a settlement of that trial.

On September 30, 2020, Speedway Motorsports announced Kentucky would lose its Cup race and the event be moved back to Atlanta, to be held July 11, 2021. [2] The race will only be 260 laps (400.4 miles), owing to Shell's prior sponsorship agreements and the first since 1966 to be held at the track at 400.4 miles (644.4 km). The event was held under the lights in 2023, the opening race of the playoffs race in 2024. 2025 will mark the opening round of the NASCAR in-season tournament. [3]

Notable races

Past winners

YearDateNo.DriverTeamSponsorManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)
ReportRef
LapsMiles (km)
1960 October 305 Bobby Johns Cotton Owens Justus Pontiac Pontiac 334501 (806.281)4:36:44108.408 Report [4]
1961 March 2653 Bob Burdick Roy Burdick N/A Pontiac 334501 (806.281)4:02:05124.172 Report [5]
1962 June 1028 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody LaFayette Ford 219*328.5 (528.669)3:13:16101.983 Report [6]
1963 March 1728 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody N/A Ford 334501 (806.281)3:50:12130.582 Report [7]
1964 April 528 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody LaFayette Ford 334501 (806.281)3:46:05134.137 Report [8]
1965 April 1121 Marvin Panch Wood Brothers Racing N/A Ford 334501 (806.281)3:52:17129.41 Report [9]
1966 March 2756 Jim Hurtubise Norm Nelson Plymouth Plymouth 334501 (806.281)3:49:02131.247 Report [10]
1967 April 221 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing N/A Ford 334501 (806.281)3:49:03131.238 Report [11]
1968 March 3121 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing 60-Minute Cleaners Mercury 334501 (806.281)3:59:24125.564 Report [12]
1969 March 3021 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing 60-Minute Cleaners Mercury 334501 (806.281)3:46:10132.191 Report [13]
1970 March 2922 Bobby Allison Mario Rossi City Dodge Dodge 328499.216 (803.41)3:34:38139.554 Report [14]
1971 April 421 A. J. Foyt Wood Brothers Racing Purolator/Teleprompter/Bud Brown Mercury 328499.216 (803.41)3:42:16131.375 Report [15]
1972 March 2612 Bobby Allison Richard Howard Coca-Cola Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:53:37128.214 Report [16]
1973 April 121 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Purolator Mercury 328499.216 (803.41)3:34:52139.351 Report [17]
1974 March 2411 Cale Yarborough Richard Howard Kar-Kare Chevrolet 296*450.512 (725.028)3:01:26136.91 Report [18]
1975 March 2343 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises STP Dodge 328499.216 (803.41)3:44:06133.496 Report [19]
1976 March 2121 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Purolator Mercury 328499.216 (803.41)3:52:16128.904 Report [20]
1977 March 2043 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises STP Dodge 328499.216 (803.41)3:27:51144.093 Report [21]
1978 March 1915 Bobby Allison Bud Moore Engineering Norris Industries Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:30:10142.52 Report [22]
1979 March 1828 Buddy Baker Ranier-Lundy Spectra Oldsmobile 328499.216 (803.41)3:41:47135.136 Report [23]
1980 March 162 Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Racing Mike Curb/Hodgdon Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:42:32134.808 Report [24]
1981 March 1527 Cale Yarborough M.C. Anderson Racing Valvoline Buick 328499.216 (803.41)3:44:10133.619 Report [25]
1982 March 2111 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Mountain Dew Buick 287*436.82 (702.993)3:29:58124.824 Report [26]
1983 March 2728 Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Hardee's Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)4:01:27124.055 Report [27]
1984 March 1855 Benny Parsons Johnny Hayes Copenhagen Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:26:39144.945 Report [28]
1985 March 179 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Coors Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:33:32140.273 Report [29]
1986 March 1647 Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm Team Race Hill Farm Team Buick 328499.216 (803.41)3:46:41132.126 Report [30]
1987 March 1515 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Motorcraft Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:44:02133.689 Report [31]
1988 March 203 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:37:42137.588 Report [32]
1989 March 1917 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Tide Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:34:26139.684 Report [33]
1990 March 183 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:10:58156.849 Report [34]
1991 March 17/18*25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Kodiak Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:33:14140.47 Report [35]
1992 March 1511 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Budweiser Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:22:44147.746 Report [36]
1993 March 20*21 Morgan Shepherd Wood Brothers Racing CITGO Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:17:26150.442 Report [37]
1994 March 1328 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Texaco/Havoline Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:24:58146.136 Report [38]
1995 March 1224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports DuPont Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:19:32150.115 Report [39]
1996 March 103 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 328499.216 (803.41)3:05:42161.298 Report [40]
1997*March 988 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 328499.216 (803.41)3:45:40132.731 Report [41]
1998 March 9*18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries Pontiac 325500.5 (805.476)3:35:16139.501 Report [42]
1999 March 1424 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports DuPont Chevrolet 325500.5 (805.476)3:29:35143.284 Report [43]
2000 March 123 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 325500.5 (805.476)3:47:55131.759 Report [44]
2001 March 1129 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 325500.5 (805.476)3:29:36143.273 Report [45]
2002 March 1020 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing The Home Depot Pontiac 325500.5 (805.476)3:22:18148.443 Report [46]
2003 March 918 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries/Advair Chevrolet 325500.5 (805.476)3:25:37146.048 Report [47]
2004 March 148 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Budweiser Chevrolet 325500.5 (805.476)3:09:15158.679 Report [48]
2005 March 2099 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Scotts Ford 325500.5 (805.476)3:29:18143.478 Report [49]
2006 March 20*9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 325500.5 (805.476)3:28:24144.098 Report [50]
2007 March 1848 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 325500.5 (805.476)3:16:23152.915 Report [51]
2008 March 918 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Snickers Toyota 325500.5 (805.476)3:33:01140.975 Report [52]
2009 March 82 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Miller Lite Dodge 330*508.2 (817.868)3:59:01127.573 Report [53]
2010 March 72 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Miller Lite Dodge 341*525.14 (845.13)3:59:59131.294 Report [54]
2011

2020
Not held
2021 July 111 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing GearWrench Chevrolet 260400.4 (640.6)2:50:08141.207 Report [55]
2022 July 109 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 260400.4 (640.6)3:22:18118.754 Report [56]
2023 July 924 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Axalta Chevrolet 185*284.9 (458.5)2:24:17118.475 Report [57]
2024 September 822 Joey Logano Team Penske Autotrader Ford 266*409.64 (655.383)3:06:11134.450 Report [58]
2025 June 28 Report

Track length notes

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears Won
6 Cale Yarborough 1967–1969, 1974, 1981, 1983
5 Dale Earnhardt 1980, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2000
3 Fred Lorenzen 1962–1964
Bobby Allison 1970, 1972, 1978
Kurt Busch 2009–2010, 2021
2 David Pearson 1973, 1976
Richard Petty 1975, 1977
Darrell Waltrip 1982, 1989
Bill Elliott 1985, 1992
Morgan Shepherd 1986, 1993
Jeff Gordon 1995, 1999
Bobby Labonte 1998, 2003

Manufacturers wins

# WinsManufacturerYears Won
20 Chevrolet 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983–1984, 1988–1991, 1995–1996, 1999–2001, 2003–2004, 2007, 2021–2023
13 Ford 1962–1965, 1967, 1978, 1985, 1987, 1992–1994, 1997, 2005
6 Dodge 1970, 1975, 1977, 2006, 2009–2010
5 Mercury 1968–1969, 1971, 1973, 1976
4 Pontiac 1960–1961, 1998, 2002
3 Buick 1981–1982, 1986
1 Plymouth 1966
Oldsmobile 1979
Toyota 2008

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