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EchoPark Speedway hosted the second points race of the 2026 NASCAR season for the Cup Series on Sunday, with Atlanta delivering another great race. With a winner declared, we’re looking back at what happened during Sunday’s race for some of the top drivers.

Let’s dive into our winners and losers from the NASCAR race today at the EchoPark Speedway, with key takeaways and standouts from the Autotrader 400.

Winner: Tyler Reddick

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Tyler Reddick is the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first two races of the season. Even with front-end damage to the car, which the broadcast crew thought would give him no chance at winning, Reddick worked his way from the middle of the pack after sustaining damage in the Denny Hamlin crash to be in the top four when overtime began. Then, when Bubba Wallace moved up to try and get into the top lane, Reddick took advantage of his teammate’s mistake and sped his way off to victory. Heading into COTA, Reddick has a 40-point lead over his teammate in second place.

Related: NASCAR Results for O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at EchoPark Speedway

Loser: Kyle Larson

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What was he thinking? Heading into the final turn of Stage 2, Kyle Larson came all the way down from the top with Shane van Gisbergen already there and ran right into him. The contact turned the No. 5 car around and sent it up slamming into the wall for race-ending damage. The wreck falls squarely on Larson’s shoulders and the move was completely reckless with no upside since he was too far back of Bubba Wallace and William Byron to win the stage. Trying to fight for a few points, Larson cost himself double-digit points. Credit to Larson, though, he at least took full accountability in the post-wreck interview…unlike someone.

Related: NASCAR Results Today for Cup Series, NASCAR Stage Results for Atlanta

Winner: Austin Cindric

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Because qualifying got rained out on Saturday, Austin Cindric’s poor showing at Daytona caused him to start the NASCAR race today in 30th. Credit to Cindric and the No. 2 team, as he had the fastest car in Stage 1 and it showed as he worked his way to the front of the field. Fighting off Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson at the finish, Cindric won Stage 1 and picked up 10 much-needed points. Given he got caught up in a late-race wreck that ruined his finishing position (26th), those 10 points were even more crucial today.

Related: NASCAR Truck Race Today, Stage Results and Fr8 Racing 208 Full Results

Loser: Kyle Busch

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Kyle Busch was already going to be a loser on this list for the Autotrader 400 after wrecking out, finishing the day with single-digit points. He only added to that by suggesting in his interview outside the care center that Noah Gragson was to blame. Busch, who now hasn’t won a Cup Series race in 94 consecutive starts, tried to move up the racetrack quickly into a tight hole, and his nose lifted. That’s why, when Gragson made only light contact as the No. 8 came back down, Busch got loose and crashed. Gragson wasn’t to blame for what happened, but it seems like Busch wanted to point fingers.

Related: NASCAR Points Leaders after AutoTrader 400

Winner: Bubba Wallace

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Make it consecutive races to start the season with a Stage 2 win for Bubba Wallace. Now, he wouldn’t have had it in the NASCAR race today in Atlanta if not for Kyle Larson’s wreck, but all that matters are the 10 points and a Cup Series-leading two stage wins through two races. Wallace secured 19 stage points on Sunday and has come out of these two superspeedways with two outstanding points days. The No. 23 seemed like a safe bet to make The Chase this season under the 16-driver format, and he’s an even stronger bet now.

Loser: Ty Gibbs

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When’s the talent worthy of driving for a top-flight team going to show up for Ty Gibbs? After finishing 23rd in the Daytona 500, three spots worse than his starting position, the No. 54 again finished behind its starting spot when the race began. Early in Stage 2, Gibbs tried to cut down from the top to get ahead of Josh Berry — but he was never clear. Unfortunately, Gibbs not only took himself out but also collected Berry in the process. He’ll now head to COTA near the bottom of the standings.

Winner: 23XI Racing

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Evidently beating NASCAR in court wasn’t enough for 23XI Racing. Michael Jordan got that familiar sweet taste of victory on the big stage and it’s carried over into the 2026 season. 23XI’s top two drivers lead the Cup Series in points right now and even Riley Herbst (23rd) is doing reasonably well. It feels like a lock at this point that 23XI will have Reddick and Wallace in The Chase. At this rate, the team might have a regular-season champion for the second time in three years.

Loser: Denny Hamlin

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That’s twice now in February that Denny Hamlin has been near the front of the field in the final stage when he’s been involved in a wreck. After reporting that his No. 11 car was loose, Joey Logano’s No. 22 got tight, the wheel locked and he moved up into Hamlin’s lane. When Hamlin tried to correct, his car wiggled into the wall and then spun into the middle of the field. The one saving grace for Hamlin is that wrecks in the final laps allowed him to finish the day in 13th, but he’s still 27th in points right now.

Winner: Zane Smith

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Zane Smith is off to the best start of his young Cup Series career. A week after he finished sixth in the Daytona 500, snagging 41 points and his first Cup stage win, Smith proved that was no fluke on Sunday. He avoided the major wrecks, allowing him to finish seven in the Autotrader 400. After recording five top-10 finishes in 2025 across 36 races, Smith already has two in the first two races of the season.

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Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta featured a record number of lead changes with over a dozen different drivers taking a turn out front.

For the first time since 2009, a driver opened the season with back-to-back wins as Tyler Reddick surged ahead in double overtime to win the race. It was an improbable comeback after being collected in a mid-race wreck and losing his right-front fender.

Reddick led a 1-2 for Toyota as Chase Briscoe finished second, followed by Ross Chastain, Carson Hocevar, and Daniel Suarez. Shane van Gisbergen also rebounded from two spins to secure his career-best oval finish in the Cup Series.

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Complete Results from the Autotrader 400 at Atlanta

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145 Tyler ReddickToyota2713:32’26.804  1053 67219 Chase BriscoeToyota2713:32’26.9680.1640.164727 4331 Ross ChastainChevrolet2713:32’27.0360.2320.0687  34477 Carson HocevarChevrolet2713:32’27.0940.2900.058122 3857 Daniel SuarezChevrolet2713:32’27.2040.4000.1109  32697 Shane van GisbergenChevrolet2713:32’27.2910.4870.087101 32738 Zane SmithFord2713:32’27.3570.5530.066121 30823 Darrell Wallace JrToyota2713:32’27.3910.5870.034746 48960 Ryan PreeceFord2713:32’27.4790.6100.0889  321012 Ryan BlaneyFord2713:32’27.5030.6990.024126 31119 Chase ElliottChevrolet2713:32’27.6320.8280.1291011 381216 AJ AllmendingerChevrolet2713:32’27.6630.8590.03110  251311 Denny HamlinToyota2713:32’27.6890.8850.0261310 24144 Noah GragsonFord2713:32’27.8071.0030.11810  231517 Chris BuescherFord2713:32’27.9651.1610.15811  221610 Ty DillonChevrolet2713:32’28.0551.2510.09012  21176 Brad KeselowskiFord2713:32’28.1991.3950.1441010 221822 Joey LoganoFord2713:32’28.2861.4820.0871326 221942 John Hunter NemechekToyota2713:32’28.6241.8200.33814  182071 Michael McDowellChevrolet2713:32’30.7293.9252.10515  172120 Christopher BellToyota2713:32’41.09914.29510.37089 162241 Cole CusterFord2703:32’34.0931 Lap1 Lap13  162348 Alex BowmanChevrolet2693:32’28.9392 Laps1 Lap11  142443 Erik JonesToyota2693:32’29.3392 Laps0.40011  132534 Todd GillilandFord2583:14’00.83113 Laps11 Laps14 Accident12262 Austin CindricFord2573:12’58.19014 Laps1 Lap721Accident212751 Cody WareFord2573:15’35.73314 Laps2’37.54311 Accident102824 William ByronChevrolet2563:11’49.02515 Laps1 Lap7 Accident25293 Austin DillonChevrolet2563:11’50.21515 Laps1.19014 Accident83088 Connor ZilischChevrolet2232:41’53.62448 Laps33 Laps8 Accident93144 JJ YeleyChevrolet2202:49’03.95751 Laps3 Laps17 Accident 325 Kyle LarsonChevrolet1601:55’21.401111 Laps60 Laps548Accident133335 Riley HerbstToyota1573:32’42.516114 Laps3 Laps7  4348 Kyle BuschChevrolet1241:30’09.636147 Laps33 Laps5 Accident73578 BJ McLeodChevrolet1111:25’14.191160 Laps13 Laps7 Accident23647 Ricky Stenhouse JrChevrolet1031:12’30.703168 Laps8 Laps8 Accident13754 Ty GibbsToyota8149’45.606190 Laps22 Laps4 Accident13821 Josh BerryFord8149’45.617190 Laps0.0114 Accident1

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Michael Jordan owned 23XI Racing goes back-to-back to start 2026 NASCAR season originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Tyler Reddick delivered another early-season statement Sunday, giving Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing its second consecutive victory to open the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Reddick surged to the front in overtime to win the Autotrader 400 at EchoPark Speedway, formerly known as Atlanta Motor Speedway. The victory came one week after he captured the Daytona 500, making him the sixth driver in Cup Series history to start a season with back-to-back wins and the first since Matt Kenseth in 2009.

Reddick’s latest triumph did not come easy.

After inclement weather canceled qualifying, the race unfolded with its usual Atlanta drama. Overtime was needed — twice. On the first attempt, Carson Hocevar aggressively lined up behind Christopher Bell, telling his spotter he planned to push Bell regardless of damage. The field reset after chaos ensued.

On the second overtime restart, Bubba Wallace jumped to the lead and appeared to deliver 23XI Racing a 1-2 finish. Wallace led more than 40 laps and controlled the outside lane, but a late squeeze entering the white-flag lap shuffled him backward. Wallace and Hocevar battled each other instead of protecting their lines, eliminating both from contention. Wallace ultimately finished eighth.

Reddick methodically worked the bottom lane with help from Chase Briscoe despite carrying right-front damage in the closing segment. He slipped inside Wallace and held firm through the final corners to claim his first career Atlanta victory.

Jordan celebrated on pit road as 23XI Racing continued its early dominance.

The rebranded Autotrader 400 added another chapter to Atlanta’s recent string of classics, reinforcing that even with a new name and fresh look but the same racing. 

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – MARCH 10: A general view of the stadium during the sixth inning of the Spring Training game between the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 10, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Record: 1-2. Change on 2025: +1. 5-inning record: 0-3

Kohl Drake got the start, and it was a bit bumpy initially, as he walked the first two batters he faced. One of those came around to score, but Drake settled down nicely. He retired the next six men he faced, including strikeouts of established major-leaguers Travis D’Arnaud and Trey Mancini in the second. Arizona then got scoreless innings from two men who are competing for spots in the major-league bullpen, in Yilber Diaz and Kade Stroud, the latter disposing of the Angels on six pitches with a trio of groundouts. The D-backs tied things in the fourth, on a Nolan Arenado RBI double, but Junior Fernandez allowed the visitors back in front in the fifth, giving up two hits and a walk.

The sixth inning was… long and interesting. The Angels broke out with a four-run top half, all the runs being charged to Landon Sims while he retired two batters. But facing a 6-1 deficit, the Diamondbacks struck back in no uncertain fashion, putting up six runs in their half. Alek Thomas had a two-run double, and Jorge Barrosa later capped off the frame with a two-run homer, giving Arizona a 7-6 lead. Wholesale changes followed for Arizona, and they were unable to keep Los Angeles off the board in any inning after the fourth. A Jose Fernandez triple and LuJames Groover groundout made things interesting, but the D-backs came up just short.

Geraldo Perdomo reached base safely all three times he was up, on two singles and a walk, with Fernandez and Thomas each notching a hit and a base on balls. Tomorrow will see the Diamondbacks leave Salt River Fields for the first time this spring, heading past SnakePit Towers on their way to Goodyear, where they will take on the Guardians. Taylor Clarke will get the start for our boys, with Juans Morillo and Burgos among those expected to come out of the bullpen thereafter. It will be another 1:05 pm start.

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Jordan Spieth finally regains confidence with the putter

“Yeah, looking at my spot, looking up, looking at the hole… my spot seems to be a weapon that I’ve got back, which is really nice because I feel solid whether it’s breaking or straight, anything in shorter range.

“Then that frees you up as you start to expand. So yeah, all three weeks were really good with the putter.

“Cameron had me on a setup adjustment in the couple of days that weren’t frozen in Dallas between Hawaii and Phoenix. There’s definitely some work that went into it. There was a change, and it’s been really good for me.

“I didn’t feel like I stroked it quite as well yesterday and today as I did all last week and the first two rounds. So I’ve got to stay on top of it. It’s a big deal.”

Jordan Spieth looks ahead to Arnold Palmer Invitational

“So yeah, I feel very confident. I like the stretch that’s coming up. I’m glad to be going back to Bay Hill and fortunate they gave me a spot.

“I don’t ever want to use an exemption again, and I was hoping not to have to use that one, but I have a good history there, and I feel like I got some momentum.

“And a good weather week in Dallas, which is nice.”

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The NFL community is mourning the loss of Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore, who has died at the age of 25.

Authorities confirmed Moore was found in a garage in his hometown of New Albany, Indiana, with police indicating a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound.

News of his passing sent shockwaves across the league, with teammates, former colleagues, and rivals all sharing tributes.

Among those to speak out were NFL legends Russell Wilson and JJ Watt.

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Russell Wilson shares emotional message after Rondale Moore’s passing

Wilson posted a heartfelt tribute as the news became public.

“RIP Rondale Moore. Heartbroken for your family, friends & teammates,” he posted on X.

He followed that with a longer message. “God… we need you. Show me, my teammates, my brothers… how to help.

“Show us the way. We aren’t alone, even when it feels like we are. Allow us to communicate with one another and pray for one another. We need you now!”

Wilson’s words reflected the wider sense of grief around the league, with players openly expressing both sorrow and support for Moore’s loved ones.

JJ Watt pays tribute to former Arizona Cardinals teammate Rondale Moore

Watt, who played alongside Moore during their time with the Arizona Cardinals, also shared his reaction.

“Can’t even begin to fathom or process this,” he said. “There’s just no way. Way too soon. Way too special. So much left to give. Rest in Peace, Rondale.”

Watt and Moore were teammates in Arizona, where the young receiver quickly earned respect for his work ethic and explosiveness.

A former Purdue standout, Moore was previously regarded as one of the league’s brightest young talents.

His death at just 25 has left teammates and fans grappling with the loss of a player many believed still had so much ahead of him.

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Luke Littler hit seven 180s and averaged just over 108 to beat Gian van Veen in the final [Getty Images]

Luke Littler won the Poland Darts Open title despite a nine-dart finish in the final from Gian van Veen.

World championLittler was in devastating form as he hit seven 180s on his way to an 8-4 victory and the £35,000 first prize.

Van Veen, who also lost to Littler in the final of the World Championship, hit his first ever televised nine-darter but it was in vain as the Briton averaged just over 108 to overcome the Dutchman.

Victory sees Littler become the inaugural champion at the tournament which is the first European Tour event to be held in Poland.

“It’s been a very good weekend for myself,” said Littler, who won his fifth European Tour title.

“I felt really good throughout the tournament. In the first three weeks of the Premier League I’ve not felt the best, so I definitely needed this one.

“I wanted to come here and win the title and that’s what I’ve done. Most importantly it was about playing well, getting that average up and hitting my doubles.”

Littler beat Ross Smith, Josh Rock and Chris Dobey on Sunday to make the final, while Van Veen got past Nathan Aspinall, Wessel Nijman and world number two Luke Humphries.

Van Veen took control of the match to go 3-2 up in the fifth leg when two 180s were followed up by a 141 finish in a perfect nine-dart leg.

The moment sparked Littler into life, however, who won the next four legs to take a 6-3 lead.

Van Veen showed some resistance to claw a leg back, but Littler regained his composure to win the next two legs in just 28 darts to seal an 8-4 victory.

The European Tour will continue with the European Darts Trophy on 13 March as Aspinall bids to retain his crown in Gottingen.

Poland Darts Open results

Final

Luke Littler 8-4 Gian van Veen

Semi-finals

Luke Littler 7-3 Chris Dobey

Gian van Veen 7-5 Luke Humphries

Quarter-Finals

Luke Littler 6-1 Josh Rock

Chris Dobey 6-2 Michael Smith

Luke Humphries 6-1 Stephen Bunting

Gian van Veen 6-2 Wessel Nijman

Round Three

Luke Littler 6-2 Ross Smith

Josh Rock 6-3 Cristo Reyes

Chris Dobey 6-5 Luke Woodhouse

Michael Smith 6-4 Jonny Clayton

Luke Humphries 6-1 Boris Krcmar

Stephen Bunting 6-1 Jermaine Wattimena

Gian van Veen 6-5 Nathan Aspinall

Wessel Nijman 6-1 Cameron Menzies

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PEORIA, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 22: Kyle Tucker #23 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with Will Smith #16 after scoring on a double hit by Nick Senzel #15 against the San Diego Padres during the third inning of a spring training game at Peoria Stadium on February 22, 2026 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Big innings have defined the first weekend of Dodgers spring training games so far. Sunday included a four-run third inning that fueled a 5-1 win over the San Diego Padres in Peoria.

Will Smith got the scoring started with an RBI single in the third inning, one of his two hits, and non-roster infielder Nick Senzel hit a two-run double to score both Smith and newcomer Kyle Tucker in his Dodgers debut. Senzel doubled twice against San Diego.

Josue De Paula added an RBI single in the ninth inning to cap the scoring, but some trouble getting to a few balls in and around left field.

Scoring on Sunday wasn’t as prevalent as Saturday in Tempe, when the Dodgers had innings of three, six, and four runs in a rout of the Angels. But then again, they didn’t need much offense on Sunday, thanks to a bevy of arms throttling the Padres bats.

Jackson Ferris started and worked around a walk and single for a scoreless first inning. Chris Campos struck out two in a perfect third inning.

Will Klein pitched a clean, 10-pitch second inning, one of two Dodgers on the 40-man roster to pitch in this one.

Ronan Kopp’s first spring training game as a member of big league camp came on the anniversary of his first major league spring training game last year. The left-hander appeared in two games up from the minor league side of camp last spring, both in February. This time, after getting added to the 40-man roster in November, Kopp on Sunday allowed a two-out double then committed a throwing error on what would have been an inning-ending groundout in the eighth.

That was the only run allowed by the Dodgers all game. In all, nine different Dodgers pitchers combined to allow five hits and three walks in the win, with just the one unearned run.

Up next

After two road games, the Dodgers play on their home field of Camelback Ranch with a game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday (12:05 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA). Landon Knack starts for the Dodgers, with Logan Gilbert on the mound for Seattle.

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