HFT Weekend Preview: EchoPark Speedway Round 2.
By Haas Factory Team.
Saturday O’Reilly Series Action:
Date: Saturday, July 11th at 7 p.m. ET
Track: EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, GA
Race Distance: 163 laps / 251.02 miles
Broadcast: CW | PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday Cup Series Action:
Date: Sunday, July 12th at 7 p.m. ET
Track: EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, GA
Race Distance: 260 laps / 400 miles
Broadcast: TNT | PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
On-Track Activity:
Saturday:
11 a.m. ET – O’Reilly Qualifying
CW App | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
4:30 p.m. ET – Cup Qualifying
TruTV | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
7 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Race
CW | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday:
7 p.m. ET – Cup Race
TNT | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Race Weekend Quick Hits:
NASCAR heads to EchoPark Speedway this weekend in Atlanta for the superspeedway’s second and final date of the season.
Sheldon Creed earned his first career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at EchoPark Speedway earlier this season, making a last-lap pass to secure the win in his 138th career start.
The victory was Haas Factory Team’s second all-time O’Reilly Series win, following Sam Mayer’s triumph at Iowa Speedway in August 2025.
Sam Mayer has finished inside the top 10 in four of his last five starts and has climbed to 10th in the O’Reilly Series standings, 66 points above the cutline with four races remaining before The Chase.
Cup Driver Lineup:
No. 41 Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Partner: Sysco / RaceTrac
Cup Series Points Standings: 33rd
Custer’s EchoPark Cup Series History:
Starts: 9
Wins: —
Top-10s: 1
Poles: —
Key Numbers:
Custer will make his 10th Cup Series start at Atlanta this weekend, where he owns a 22.9 average finish. His best result is a ninth-place finish in July 2022, his lone top-10 at the track.
He started seventh in last season’s fall race and carries a 21.9 average starting position at Atlanta.
In seven O’Reilly Series starts at Atlanta, Custer has recorded three top-10 finishes and won the pole in 2019.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Driver Lineup:
No. 00 Driver: Sheldon Creed
Hometown: Alpine, CA
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Partner: Ollie’s
O’Reilly Series Points Standings: 4th, +190 points to cutline
Creed’s EchoPark O’Reilly Series History:
Starts: 9
Wins: 1 (2026)
Top-10s: 3
Poles: 1 (2025)
Key Numbers:
Creed is set to make his 10th O’Reilly Series start at Atlanta on Saturday, where he has led laps in six of his nine career starts and owns three top-10 finishes. Earlier this season, he earned his first career victory at the track with a last-lap pass.
In nine previous starts, Creed has posted a 9.0 average qualifying position and captured his fourth career O’Reilly Series pole at the superspeedway last season.
No. 41 Driver: Sam Mayer
Hometown: Franklin, WI
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
Partner: Audibel
O’Reilly Series Points Standings: 10th, +66 points to cutline
Mayer’s EchoPark O’Reilly Series History:
Starts: 10
Wins: —
Top-10s: 5
Poles: 1 (2026)
Key Numbers:
Mayer is set to make his 11th NOAPS start at Atlanta this weekend, where he has recorded five top-10 finishes, including a seventh-place result earlier this season and a career-best third-place finish in last year’s fall race.
He also earned his fifth career pole at Atlanta earlier this season and owns an average starting position of 8.8 at the track.
HFT Chicagoland Recap:
After a nearly five-hour rain delay, the O’Reilly Series returned to Chicagoland under the Fourth of July lights, where Sam Mayer secured a strong top-10 finish to stay above The Chase cutline. Cole Custer finished ninth in his final O’Reilly Series start of the season, while Sheldon Creed fought back from an early flat tire to salvage a 16th-place result. In Sunday's Cup Series race, Custer battled a tight-handling No. 41 Haas/Andy's Chevrolet and late-race clutch issues to finish 31st.