NASCAR Cup Series Free Pass Leaders after the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta
Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Race No. 5
Caution No. 3, Lap 96: No. 51 Cody Ware
Cautions No. 5 and 6, Laps 146 and 157, No. 1 Ross Chastain
Caution No. 7, Lap 202: No. 22 Joey Logano
Caution No. 8, Lap 210: No. 48 Alex Bowman
Caution No. 9, Lap 255: No. 15 David Ragan
Cautions No. 10 and 11, Laps 302 and 309: No. 4 Kevin Harvick
Cautions No. 1 (Lap 25), 2 (Lap 47), and 4 (Lap 102) each did not have a free pass recipient.

Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Race No. 4
Caution No. 1, Lap 27: No. 51 Cody Ware
Caution No. 2, Lap No. 15 Garrett Smithley
Caution No. 3, Lap 62: No. 78 BJ McLeod
Caution No. 4, Lap 120: No. 6 Brad Keselowski
Caution No. 5, Lap 187: No. 42 Ty Dillon
Cautions No. 6 and 7, Laps 222 and 286: No. 31 Justin Haley
Caution No. 8, Lap 304: No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger

Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Race No. 3
Caution No. 1, Lap 32: No. 44 Greg Biffle
Caution No. 2, Lap 39: No. 77 Josh Bilicki
Caution No. 3, Lap 44: No. 41 Cole Custer
Caution No. 4, Lap 65: No. 78 B.J. McLeod
Caution No. 5, Lap 82: No. 15 Garrett Smithley
Caution No. 6, Lap 94 & Caution No. 7, Lap 105: none
Caution No. 8, Lap 136: No. 16 Daniel Hemric
Caution No. 9, Lap 143: No. 2 Austin Cindric
Caution No. 10, Lap 167: No. 20 Christopher Bell
Caution No. 11, Lap 222: No. 24 William Byron
Caution No. 12, Lap 266: No. 17 Chris Buescher

Wise Power 400 at Auto Club Speedway, Race No. 2
Caution No. 1, Lap 16: none
Caution No. 2, Lap 39: No. 78 B.J. McLeod
Caution No. 3, Lap 54: No. 15 Garrett Smithley
Caution No. 4, Lap 67: No. 9 Chase Elliott
Caution No. 5, Lap 92: No. 9 Chase Elliott
Caution No. 6, Lap 112: No. 77 Josh Bilicki
Caution No. 7, Lap 117: No. 77 Josh Bilicki (2)
Caution No. 8, Lap 132: No. 77 Josh Bilicki (3)
Caution No. 9, Lap 153: No. 10 Aric Almirola
Caution No. 10, Lap 159: No. 16 Daniel Hemric
Caution No. 11, Lap 173: No. 18 Kyle Busch
Caution No. 12, Lap 193: No. 18 Kyle Busch (2)

Daytona 500, Race No. 1
Caution No. 1, Lap 42: No. 16 Daniel Hemric
Caution No. 2, Lap 53: No. 27 Jacques Villeneuve
Caution No. 3, Lap 64: No. 16 Daniel Hemric (2)
Caution No. 4, Lap 132: No. 16 Daniel Hemric (3)
Caution No. 5, Lap 152: No. 15 David Ragan
Caution No. 6, Lap 192: No. 7 Corey LaJoie
Caution No. 7, Lap 196: No. 77 Landon Cassill

Free pass leaders through NASCAR Cup Series race No. 5, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta:
Daniel Hemric (5; 3 at Daytona, 1 at Auto Club, 1 at Las Vegas)
Josh Bilicki (4; 3 at Auto Club, 1 at Las Vegas)
B.J. McLeod (3; 1 at Phoenix, 1 at Auto Club, 1 at Las Vegas)
Garrett Smithley (3; 1 at Phoenix, 1 at Auto Club, 1 at Las Vegas)
Chase Elliott (2 at Auto Club)
Cody Ware (2; 1 at Atlanta, 1 at Phoenix)
David Ragan (2; 1 at Atlanta, 1 at Daytona)
Justin Haley (2 at Phoenix)
Kevin Harvick (2 at Atlanta)
Kyle Busch (2 at Auto Club)
Ross Chastain (2 at Atlanta)
A.J. Allmendinger (1 at Phoenix)
Aric Almirola (1 at Auto Club)
Austin Cindric (1 at Las Vegas)
Brad Keselowski (1 at Phoenix)
Chris Buescher (1 at Las Vegas)
Christopher Bell (1 at Las Vegas)
Cole Custer (1 at Las Vegas)
Corey LaJoie (1 at Daytona)
Greg Biffle (1 at Las Vegas)
Jacques Villeneuve (1 at Daytona)
Joey Logano (1 at Atlanta)
Landon Cassill (1 at Daytona)
Ty Dillon (1 at Phoenix)
William Byron (1 at Las Vegas)
Free pass leaders by team, among multi-driver teams:
No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (5: 3 at Auto Club and 1 at Las Vegas with Josh Bilicki; 1 at Daytona with Landon Cassill)
No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (5: 3 at Daytona, 1 at Auto Club and 1 at Las Vegas with Daniel Hemric)
No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford (4: 1 at Atlanta and 1 at Daytona with David Ragan; 1 at Auto Club and 1 at Las Vegas with Garrett Smithley)
No. 27 Team Hezeberg Ford (1 at Daytona with Jacques Villeneuve)
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com
