The first round of the first challenge in season produced a multitude of surprises in Echopark Speedway south of Atlanta.
From the summit, there were many upheavals through the field of 32 pilots which was made at 16 heading towards the street race of Chicago next week.
Here are the results of the first round and second round matches:
Challenge in the Atlanta season
—Ty Dillon (32nd seeded) finishes the eighth, eliminates Denny Hamlin (1) in the 31st
—Brad Keselowski (17) ends second, eliminates Kyle Busch (16) in 21st
—Alex Bowman (8) ends third, eliminates Joey Logano (25) in 36th
—Bubba Wallace (9) ends the 22nd, eliminates Daniel Suarez (24) in 34th
—Chase Elliott (5) wins to eliminate Austin Dillon (28) in 20th
—John Hunter Nemechek (12) finishes 26th, eliminates Josh Berry (21) in 32nd
—Erik Jones (20) finishes fifth, eliminates Ross Chastain (13) in 33rd
—Ricky Stenhouse Jr (29) finished sixth, eliminates Christopher Bell (4) in 30th
—Noah Gragson (31) finishes the 25th, eliminates Chase Briscoe (2) in 35th
—Yan Preece (15) finished the 15th, eliminates William Byron (18) in 37th
—Carson Hocevar (26) finished the 10th, eliminates Ryan Blaney (7) in 40th
—Tyler Reddick (23) ends fourth, eliminates Kyle Larson (10) in 17th
—Aj Allmendinger (22) finished 12th, eliminates Michael McDowell (11) in 18th
—Ty Gibbs (6) finished 14th, eliminates Justin Haley (27) in 23rd
—Sane Smith (14) ends seventh, eliminates Austin Cindric (19) in 38th
—Chris Buescher (3) finishes the ninth, eliminates Todd Gilliland (30) in 27th
Chicago Street Race Matchups
—Brad Keselowski (17) against Ty Dillon (32)
—Alex Bowman (8) against 9 Bubba Wallace (9)
—Chase Elliott (5) against John Hunter Nemechek (12)
—Erik Jones (20) against Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (29)
—Yan Preece (15) against Noah Gragson (31)
—Tyler Reddick (23) against Carson Hocevar (26)
—Ty Gibbs (6) against AJ Allmendinger (22)
—Chris Buescher (3) against Zane Smith (14)
