“I’m tired of this s—. I work so hard to work on my craft.” Denny Hamlin did not mince his words after the Daytona 500 concluded last weekend. This year’s Great American Race witnessed the highest number of wrecks since 2019, as 35 of 41 cars crashed out. The Next-Gen car’s lower horsepower limits speed differences in cars, which leads to bunching up. However, the upcoming race may be a breath of fresh air, according to Brad Keselowski.After chaos erupted at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, we are headed next to the 1.54-mile superspeedway-intermediate hybrid track in Georgia. Despite the similarity in nature, Atlanta Motor Speedway harbors a lot of faith from both Brad Keselowski and Chase Elliott.Brad Keselowski confesses his faith in Atlanta runDuring the 2023 Ambetter Health 400 race, Brad Keselowski inched close to a victory. He led twice for 47 laps and seemed on the verge of fetching his first win for RFK Racing. Although contact with Joey Logano pushed him back to second place, Keselowski highlighted how much he loved the racing. He believed that Atlanta proved that “you can run a race here side-by-side bump drafting and not wreck the field.” That is starkly opposite to what Daytona offered last weekend when drivers were wrecking due to the slightest close-quarters racing. It may have been due to the repaving and reconfiguration that the track underwent to fit the aero packages used in Daytona and Talladega.According to Chase Elliott, that made Atlanta more likable. He said in a recent interview: “I’m glad we have two races here…There was a large investment made to make the track better, (and) make it more exciting. I think that they achieved all those things.” Even Brad Keselowski echoed Elliott’s sentiments, as he agreed that NASCAR’s efforts not only fit their commercial but also sporty objectives. “This track (Atlanta) almost kind of proves there’s a better way. It runs two or three-wide and puts on a fairly exciting race and still exhibits trade craft both from the teams and the drivers — the moves they make with their race craft.”‘We need to decide if we’re the Harlem Globetrotters.’Cup drivers pretty much all agree they want something different, something more legitimate on superspeedways after Daytona 500 … but what?https://t.co/PhpA0ZlScZ— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverRA) February 23, 2025Brad Keselowski further said that both race craft and tradecraft can coexist peacefully. “Atlanta is kind of a poster child for the idea that both can exist at the same time in the right conditions.” Given the chaos in Daytona – a total of 96 cars crashed in all three NASCAR tiers – Keselowski emphasized the need for NASCAR to strike that balance. “The Cup series is in this interesting spot right now where I think some days we have to decide if we’re the Harlem Globetrotters or not and I don’t know that I have a perfect answer for that. There’s a balance but we need for this series to be completely legitimate at all times and for race craft and tradecraft to matter.”Although the upcoming Atlanta race may be a breath of fresh air, previous races still linger on drivers’ minds. Those especially include the races where talent came to naught at the end.Is ‘luck’ a rising factor for Logano?What went down at the Daytona 500 made jaws drop. Team Penske looked like the glorious team as all three drivers led laps. Joey Logano led the most, as he dominated 43 laps. But then chaos broke out as Logano crossed paths with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and triggered a multi-car crash. Then Denny Hamlin was leading on the final lap. However, contact with Cole Custer spun out his No. 11 Toyota which caught the entire front row of racers. William Byron, who was running seventh, became the lucky dog on track in this process and rushed forward to grab the checkered flag. “It’s just such a f—— crapshoot now,” Hamlin said. “I hate that what is supposed to be our most prestigious race is luck.”Joey Logano, who also clinched the 2024 Cup Series championship under extraordinary circumstances, took a cautious approach. But in last year’s Daytona 500, he led for 45 laps and crashed out. So Logano hates the word ‘luck’: “I hate it more than any other word in a dictionary. But sometimes, you look at the end of these races and you’re like ‘geez, right? You’re like ‘wow.’ Like, William (Byron)was out of it and then he picked the right lane when they started wrecking and now he won the 500 again. It’s just, I mean, I don’t know how you don’t get a little frustrated as a competitor. I mean, congrats to him, right? I’m not taking anything from him but as a competitor, you watch that and go ‘geez’ because he was so far out of it.”Evidently, most Cup Series drivers are frustrated with the superspeedway package. Hopefully, they will be a little appeased after the Atlanta race.The post Brad Keselowski Breaks Silence on NASCAR’s Superspeedway Failure to Ally With Chase Elliott’s Response appeared first on EssentiallySports.