What follows is a timeline of how the outbreak has affected MLB, which not so long ago was providing us with the comfortable routines and assumptions of spring training. Major League Baseball has been no exception. Tim Bryant hosts Classic City Today, 6-10 weekday mornings on 98.7FM & AM 1340 WGAU in Athens.The ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic has roiled every layer of society and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. We probably had the best car today and to finish it off means a lot.”
Coming in with no practice, we were talking early in the week about how we didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t do a good job on the strategy in the spring race, but we learned from that this time. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET (WINNING CREW CHIEF): Fortunately for us, we hit (the setup). It’s something I’m proud of, and I think he is, too.”ĪLAN GUSTAFSON NO. I’m not sure I got far enough as a kid to even think about joining dad as a champion, or joining dad on the father-son list to win. I’m not sure that my dreams really grasped something like that when I was a kid. Those (father-son accomplishments) are more than special. I’ve witnessed guys winning at their home tracks and you can tell it means a lot to them, but until you compete in the sport at these higher stages, you can really feel what it means, and I’m grateful for it. We’ll be ready to go to Loudon in a few days, but these wins are hard to come by. To be here and have a day like we had today is incredible. The big track just seemed so out of reach then, like it wasn’t even real. This is a place I spent a ton of time at as a kid, a lot of trips here from north Georgia, running Bandoleros. These are the moments you wish you can pile up and keep, but it doesn’t work like that. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET (RACE WINNER): “It’s been a whirlwind. Erik Jones and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five.Įlliott started from the pole and also won Stages 1 and 2 en route to the 16th win of his career.ĬHASE ELLIOTT, NO. Chastain settled for second with Austin Cindric third. 7 Chevrolet being forced into the wall, and the ensuing yellow flag with Elliott out front meant that a raucous crowd of fans could finally roar their approval.
LaJoie began to catch Elliott as the two cars started the final lap and was poised to go for a pass, but Elliott threw a block that led LaJoie to go high.
A last-lap crash eliminated LaJoie and brought out the caution flag that made sure Elliott’s lifelong dream of winning at Atlanta was finally realized. He passed Corey LaJoie for the lead on the penultimate lap and withstood a late bid for victory from Ross Chastain. One day after Winston, Georgia’s Austin Hill scored an Alsco Uniforms 250 win, Elliott – a native of Dawsonville, Georgia – delivered his home track one of its most unforgettable triumphs.
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A driver from Dawsonville wins a NASCAR race in Atlanta: Chase Elliott took the checkered flag in Sunday afternoon’s running of the Quaker State 400, a race held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton.Ĭhase Elliott’s stirring drive to victory in Sunday’s Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart clinched a weekend sweep for Georgia drivers at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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