Dawsonville, Georgia’s Chase Elliott returns to his hometown track where he won the 2025 Quaker State 400 in Atlanta – Motorsport America Photo
by Derek Jackson
As NASCAR Fans everywhere look forward to the return of the racing series to Atlanta, local race fans are excited to see their favorite hometown hero.
Georgia has a long list of drivers who hail from the Peach State that will be competing in this weekend’s NASCAR Races at the EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta.
Chase Elliott was named NASCAR’s Favorite Driver for 8th Straight Year – Motorsport America PhotoIn the 2nd race of the 2025 season at Atlanta, Chase Elliott pulled off a last lap pass on Brad Keselowski to win the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway. The stunning victory cemented his place in Atlanta race lore forever. In the last 10 laps of the race there was five different leaders, and Chase Elliott came from 8th spots back to win. During that last lap pass, EchoPark Speedway came alive with the roar of the crowd as he brought home an unbelievable win for his hometown fans. – Motorsport America PhotoChase Elliott celebrating his win of the Quaker State 400 with Brandon Hutchinson Executive Vice President and General Manager of Echo Park Speedway in Atlanta – Motorsport America PhotoMarietta, Georgia’s Corey Heim was the 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Champion – Motorsport America PhotoNASCAR’S 2025 Truck Series Champion, Corey Heim at his hometown track in Atlanta – Motorsport America PhotoCorey Heim had an absolute dominate season last year winning 12 races in the Truck Series, beating Greg Biffle’s previous record of nine wins – Photo by John Knittel for Motorsport AmericaAustin Hill from Winston, Georgia won the United Rentals 300 last week at Daytona International Speedway – Motorsport America PhotoAustin Hill in his No. 21 Bennett Transportation Chevy on his way to victory at his hometown track in Atlanta – Motorsport America PhotoThe Douglas County, Georgia native has won 5 races for Richard Childress Racing at the famous Atlanta racetrack – Motorsport America PhotoTalking Rock, Georgia’s Chandler Smith won the Fresh From Florida 250 last week at Daytona International Speedway – Motorsport America PhotoNo. 38 Chandler Smith on his way to a P5 finish in last year’s FR208 at Echo Park Speedway in Atlanta – Motorsport America PhotoBrandon Jones of Atlanta, GA is all smiles as he’s interviewed by CW SPORTS on pit road in last summer in Atlanta – Motorsport America PhotoBrandon Jones drives the No. 20 Menards Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, seen here at Watkins Glen International in Upstate New York where he came home with a P9 finish – Motorsport America PhotoJake Garcia of Monroe, Georgia drives the ThorSport Racing Ford in the NASCAR Truck Series. Jake finished P9 in the 2025 FR8 208 in Atlanta – Jake Garcia Racing PhotoGeorgia Boys on the front row as Jake Garcia and Chandler Smith lead the field at the start of the Black’s Tire 200 at the legendary Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina – Photo for Motorsport America by David GriffinJake Garcia is seen here at Pocono Raceway last year. When asked about this race in Atlanta this week, Garcia said, “I’m really excited to come home to Atlanta. It’s turning into more and more of a handling racetrack.” – Motorsport America PhotoAtlanta, Georgia’s Rajah Caruth is seen here walking pit road at Talladega. – Motorsport America PhotoRajah Caruth’s No. 71 Hendrick Cars Chevrolet before the Atlanta race last February – Motorsport America PhotoRajah Caruth’s No. 71 outside the Sunoco Racing Fuel station at Pocono Raceway. Caruth had a dominate win in 2025 at Nashville where the young driver held off Corey Heim for an exciting win in Tennessee – Motorsport America PhotoRyan Sieg of Tucker, Georgia drives the No. 39 Chevy for his family-owned race team, RSS Racing. Ryan has finished runner-up in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series 5 times, including a 0.002-second photo finish behind Sam Mayer at Texas Motor Speedway in April of 2024. – Motorsport America PhotoRyan Sieg takes his turn up front as he leads Austin Hill into the Alabama Gang Superstretch at Talladega Superspeedway – Motorsport America PhotoAll Eyes are on Kyle Sieg of Tucker, Georgia as the younger brother of Ryan walks pit road at Talladega – Motorsport America PhotoKyle Sieg is seen here at Watkins Glen International in Upstate New York – Motorsport America PhotoGeorgia Boys Kyle Sieg of Tucker and Mason Massey of Douglasville, GA do battle in the turn at Atlanta. Kyle finished P9 in the Focused Health 250 at his home track last year – Motorsport America Photo
NASCAR returns to EchoPark Speedway this Friday, Saturday and Sunday to the track that is called The Best Drafting Track that is on the NASCAR circuit today.
Kyle Petty remarked, “We don’t see racing like this anywhere else. This racetrack allows these drivers to do things here that they can’t do at Daytona, they can’t do at Talladega, they can’t do at Charlotte, and they can’t do at Texas.”
NASCAR observers have declared that Atlanta is the new Gold Standard for competitive racing, and the recent string of races has cemented its status as a premier track on the NASCAR circuit today.
