Starting from 4th place Truck 19 Christian Eckes NAPA AutoCare Chevrolet won the Fr8 208, his 2nd win in 71 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet, started from 20th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in one race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2023. Nick Sanchez was the highest finishing rookie. 3rd Place Truck 17 John Hunter Nemechek Berry’s Manufacturing Toyota, started from 24th place posted his 3d Top 10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
4th Place Truck 41 Bayley Currey Unishippers Chevrolet, started from 30th place followed by 5th place Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Farm Paint Ford, started from 3rd place. 6th Place Truck 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley Roofing Chevrolet, started from 10th place followed by 7th place Truck 4 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet, started from 9th place. 8th Place Truck 56 Timmy Hill UNITS Storage Toyota, started from 18th place followed by 9th place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Great Lakes Flooring/Menards Ford, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 51 Jack Wood Logitech Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 17th place. Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota finished in 22nd place. Christian Eckes leads the point standings by 5 points over Matt Crafton.
The race had 11 Cautions 58 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 25 for Nos. 1, 15 Crash on the Frontsretch. 2nd Caution on lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 40 for Debris on Frontstretch. 4th Caution on lap 62 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 79 for No. 46 Spin Backstretch. 6th Caution on lap 85 for Nos. 11, 2 Crash on the Frontstretch. 7th Caution on lap 98 for No. 5 Spin Turn 3. 8th Caution on lap 115 for Nos. 17, 51,23,98 Crash on the Backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 124 for Nos. 42, 45, 88 Crash in Turn 3. 10th Caution on lap 132 for No. 42 Spin Turn 2. 11th Caution on lap 137 for No. 16, 52, 38 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 17 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; Z. Smith 0; C. Eckes 1-32; M. Crafton 33-44; K. Honeycutt 45; M. Crafton 46-62; K. Wright 63; J. Nemechek(i) 64-79; T. Hill 80-81; J. Nemechek(i) 82-103; J. Wood 104; J. Nemechek(i) 105-112; J. Wood 113; J. Nemechek(i) 114-120; B. Rhodes 121-122; N. Sanchez # 123-128; B. Rhodes 129; N. Sanchez # 130-134; C. Eckes 135-137.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 19, 38, 23, 88, 25, 98, 52, 99, 4, 35
Stage 2 Top 10: 88, 98, 17, 99, 11, 38, 16, 23, 52, 2
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 3
Race Results for the Fr8 208 – Saturday, March 18, 2023
Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA – 1.54 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 137 Laps – 210.98 Miles
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 4. Truck 19 Christian Eckes NAPA AutoCare Chevrolet 137 Running 2. 20. Truck 2 Nick Sanchez # Gainbridge Chevrolet 137 Running 3. 24. Truck 17 John Hunter Nemechek(i) Berry’s Manufacturing Toyota 137 Running 4. 30. Truck 41 Bayley Currey(i) Unishippers Chevrolet 137 Running 5. 3. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Farm Paint Ford 137 Running 6. 10. Truck 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 137 Running 7. 9. Truck 4 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 137 Running 8. 18. Truck 56 Timmy Hill UNITS Storage Toyota 137 Running 9. 8. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Great Lakes Flooring/Menards Ford 137 Running 10. 17. Truck 51 Jack Wood Logitech Chevrolet 137 Running 11. 2. Truck 98 Ty Majeski Curb Records Ford 137 Running 12. 32. Truck 13 Hailie Deegan AdventHealth Ford 137 Running 13. 33. Truck 32 Bret Holmes # Pate Holdings Chevrolet 137 Running 14. 35. Truck 30 Ryan Vargas Leargas Security Toyota 137 Running 15. 25. Truck 02 Kris Wright F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet 137 Running 16. 19. Truck 43 Daniel Dye # Heise LED Lighting Systems Chevrolet 137 Running 17. 34. Truck 46 Akinori Ogata Kyowa-Eidemiller Precision Toyota 137 Running 18. 12. Truck 35 Jake Garcia # Quanta Chevrolet 137 Running 19. 7. Truck 23 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 137 Running 20. 1. Truck 38 Zane Smith Fr8Auctions.com Ford 137 Running 21. 27. Truck 12 Spencer Boyd Off the Grid Chevrolet 137 Running 22. 14. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 137 Running – Canadian 23. 28. Truck 22 Josh Reaume JAG Metals LLC. Ford 137 Running 24. 11. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Dead On Tools Toyota 137 Running 25. 22. Truck 24 Rajah Caruth # Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet 137 Running 26. 13. Truck 16 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Toyota 136 Running 27. 15. Truck 9 Colby Howard Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 134 Track Bar 28. 23. Truck 1 Layne Riggs Infinity Communications Group Toyota 134 Running 29. 26. Truck 33 Mason Massey Wespro JCB Ford 134 Running 30. 16. Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 131 Running 31. 5. Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Worldwide Express Chevrolet 127 Accident 32. 21. Truck 45 Lawless Alan AUTOChargit Chevrolet 126 Accident 33. 29. Truck 04 Kaden Honeycutt Carquest Ford 123 Running 34. 6. Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 83 Accident 35. 31. Truck 20 Mason Maggio HMY Yachts Chevrolet 52 Accident 36. 36. Truck 34 Keith McGee(i) RBR Ford 7 Transmission
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no trucks had to drop to the rear. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 17 Mins, 5 Secs. Average Speed: 92.344 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 11 for 58 laps. Lead Changes: 17 among 9 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 25, 2023 – Circuit of The Americas
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