Starting from 7th place Truck 7 Kyle Busch Group 1001 Chevrolet won the Fr8 208, his 65th win in 171 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races – series-most wins all-time. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 7th win & 11th Top 10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch extends his record of consecutive years with a victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series to 12 years (2013-2024); four more than Dennis Setzer in second on the list with eight years (1998-2005). This is crew chief Brian Pattie’s fourth career win in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. This is Spire Motorsport’s third win in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series – Martinsville (2022), North Wilkesboro (2023) and Atlanta (2024). 2nd Place Truck 98 Ty Majeski Farm Paint/Curb Records Ford, started from 3rd place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Truck 11 Corey Heimn Safelite Toyota, started from 19th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
4th Place Truck 17 Taylor Gray JBL Toyota, started from 31st place followed by 5th place Truck 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet, started from 18th place. 6th Place Truck 45 Kaden Honeycutt GeorgiaGovernorsOfficeofHighwaySafety Chev, started from 25th place followed by 7th place Truck 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet, started from 2nd place. 8th Place Truck 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 12th place followed by 9th place Truck 43 Daniel Dye Champion Container Chevrolet, started from pole. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota, in 10th place, started from 23rd place. Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota finished in 23rd place. Layne Riggs (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
The race had 17 Cautions for 37 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 17 for #22 Spin Turn 3. 2nd Caution on lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 50 for #13, 38, 43, 46 Crash Turn 3. 4th Caution on lap 60 for #32, 91 Crash on the Frontstretch / Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 80 for Debris Frontstretch. 6th Caution on lap 95 for Debris Turn 4. 7th Caution on lap 101 for Debris Frontstretch.
The race had 20 Lead Changes among 7 drivers; D. Dye 0; T. Majeski 1; T. Ankrum 2; K. Busch(i) 3-4; T. Ankrum 5-6; K. Busch(i) 7-10; C. Eckes 11-21; T. Majeski 22-23; C. Eckes 24-32; T. Ankrum 33-42; K. Busch(i) 43-62; M. Mills 63-68; T. Ankrum 69; G. Enfinger 70; T. Ankrum 71-99; D. Thompson 100-103; T. Ankrum 104-105; G. Enfinger 106; T. Ankrum 107; G. Enfinger 108-128; K. Busch(i) 129-135.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 19, 18, 38, 9, 98, 99, 13, 7, 91, 43
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 18, 9, 15, 11, 2, 98, 71, 17, 41
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 2
Race Results for the Fr8 208 – Saturday, February 24, 2024
Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA – 1.54 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 135 Laps – 207.9 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 2/24/2024 @ 04:26 PM Eastern
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 7. Truck 7 Kyle Busch(i) Group 1001 Chevrolet 135 Running 2. 3. Truck 98 Ty Majeski Farm Paint/Curb Records Ford 135 Running 3. 19. Truck 11 Corey Heimn Safelite Toyota 135 Running 4. 31. Truck 17 Taylor Gray JBL Toyota 135 Running 5. 18. Truck 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet 135 Running 6. 25. Truck 45 Kaden Honeycutt GeorgiaGovernorsOfficeofHighwaySafety Chev 135 Running 7. 2. Truck 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 135 Running 8. 12. Truck 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 135 Running 9. 1. Truck 43 Daniel Dye Champion Container Chevrolet 135 Running 10. 23. Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 135 Running 11. 24. Truck 32 Bret Holmes Precision Garage Door Chevrolet 135 Running 12. 29. Truck 33 Lawless Alan AUTOParkit Ford 135 Running 13. 8. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Slim Jim/Menards Ford 135 Running 14. 17. Truck 25 Ty Dillon Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 135 Running 15. 9. Truck 77 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 135 Running 16. 11. Truck 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 135 Running 17. 15. Truck 1 Colby Howard Project HOPE Foundation Toyota 135 Running 18. 27. Truck 56 Timmy Hill Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota 135 Running 19. 22. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Dead On Tools Toyota 135 Running 20. 30. Truck 02 Mason Massey Anderson Power Services Chevrolet 135 Running 21. 32. Truck 22 Keith McGee More Core Ford 134 Running 22. 33. Truck 76 Spencer Boyd Latitude Aero Chevrolet 134 Running 23. 16. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 133 Running – Canadian 24. 13. Truck 38 Layne Riggs # Northside Hospital Ford 133 Running 25. 26. Truck 21 Mason Maggio S I Yachts Ford 133 Running 26. 6. Truck 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 133 Running 27. 28. Truck 46 Thad Moffitt # Petty’s Garage Chevrolet 132 Running 28. 21. Truck 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 132 Running 29. 14. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Campers Inn RV Ford 130 Running 30. 10. Truck 66 Conner Jones # Cincinnati Ford 129 Running 31. 20. Truck 41 Bayley Currey AutoVentive/DealBadger Chevrolet 96 Damage 32. 4. Truck 91 Jack Wood Klotz Synthetics Chevrolet 57 Accident 33. 5. Truck 19 Christian Eckes NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 50 Brakes
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 51 Mins, 57 Secs. Average Speed: 111.425 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.187 Seconds. Caution Flags: 7 for 37 laps. Lead Changes: 20 among 7 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 1, 2024 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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