Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

FR8 Auctions 208

Atlanta Motor Speedway

February 24th, 2024

Race #2 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 130
- Extended to 135 laps
Miles Raced : 207.9
Time of Race : 01 Hours 51 minutes 57 seconds
Average Speed: 111.425 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.187 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 37
Lead Changes: 20
Cars in Race : 33
Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (61%)

Kyle Busch celebrates with the checkered flag — Hampton, Georgia - February 24th, 2024: Kyle Busch, driver of the #7 Group 1001 Chevrolet, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Photo by Alex Slitz | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	7	7	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	135	33	4	8	1	Running
2	3	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	45	35	10	0	135	3	2	5	7	Running
3	19	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	40	34	6	0	135	0	0	0	5	Running
4	31	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	35	33	2	0	135	0	0	0	9	Running
5	18	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	37	32	5	0	135	0	0	0	6	Running
6	25	45	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
7	2	18	Tyler Ankrum	Chevrolet	48	30	18	0	135	46	7	2	2	Running
8	12	71	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	32	29	3	0	135	0	0	0	8	Running
9	1	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	29	28	1	0	135	0	0	10	0	Running
10	23	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	27	27	0	0	135	4	1	0	0	Running
11	24	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
12	29	33	Lawless Alan	Ford	25	25	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
13	8	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	24	24	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
14	17	25	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
15	9	77	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
16	11	13	Jake Garcia	Ford	25	21	4	0	135	0	0	7	0	Running
17	15	1	Colby Howard	Toyota	20	20	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
18	27	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	19	19	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
19	22	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	25	18	7	0	135	0	0	0	4	Running
20	30	2	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
21	32	22	Keith McGee	Ford	16	16	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
22	33	76	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
23	16	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	14	14	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
24	13	38	Layne Riggs	Ford	21	13	8	0	133	0	0	3	0	Running
25	26	21	Mason Maggio	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
26	6	9	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	26	11	15	0	133	23	3	4	3	Running
27	28	46	Thad Moffitt	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
28	21	42	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	132	6	1	0	0	Running
29	14	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	13	8	5	0	130	0	0	6	0	Running
30	10	66	Conner Jones	Ford	7	7	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	Running
31	20	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	7	6	1	0	96	0	0	0	10	Damage
32	4	91	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	7	5	2	0	57	0	0	9	0	Accident
33	5	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	14	4	10	1	50	20	2	1	0	Brakes

Race Infractions

FR8 Auctions 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Keith McGee	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	16	20	Yellow
Lawless Alan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	19	21	Yellow
Conner Jones	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes	Pass Thru	21	27	Yellow
Mason Maggio	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	31	33	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Unspecified Tire	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Jack Wood	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Conner Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Christian Eckes	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	49	0	Yellow
Thad Moffitt	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	49	51	Yellow
Lawless Alan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	50	52	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area 2 Lap hold Too many crew working on dvp	Other - See Notes	50	54	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	51	53	Yellow
Conner Jones	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	51	53	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	58	60	Yellow
Bret Holmes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	59	61	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	59	61	Yellow
Thad Moffitt	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	63	Yellow
Jake Garcia	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	64	66	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	67	70	Yellow
Stewart Friesen	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	76	78	Yellow
Stewart Friesen	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	76	78	Green/Yellow
Rajah Caruth	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	79	82	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	80	82	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	80	82	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	80	84	Yellow
Matt Mills	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	83	85	Yellow
Matt Mills	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	97	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	96	98	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	99	Yellow
Stewart Friesen	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	99	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	99	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	101	103	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	126	128	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Atlanta Motor Speedway
Fr8 208
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 38
Team : No. 7 - Group 1001 Chevrolet
Owner: Spire Motorsports
Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
Kyle Busch won the Fr8 208, his 65th victory in 171 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races - series-most wins all-time.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his seventh victory and 11th top-10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Ty Majeski (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
Corey Heim (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Layne Riggs (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
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).

Race Recap

Kyle Busch continues Truck Series mastery with win at Atlanta

February 24th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

When Kyle Busch sold his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series team to Spire Motorsports, he didn’t surrender his prowess behind the wheel.

Driving the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet in his first start of 2024, Busch inherited the lead from Grant Enfinger on Lap 129 of 135 and held off Ty Majeski and Corey Heim over the final five laps to win his seventh race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the 65th of his career, extending his own series record.

Enfinger was out front for 21 consecutive laps before one of his tires began losing pressure, forcing him to the pits after Busch, Majeski, Heim, Taylor Gray and Nick Sanchez, last week’s winner at Daytona, sped past.

Busch crossed the finish line 0.187 seconds ahead of Majeski, who edged Heim for the runner-up position by 0.009 seconds. Gray and Sanchez came home fourth and fifth, respectively.

“I actually got a run on the 9 truck (Enfinger) down the backstretch,” Busch said of the pass for the win. “He must have been going flat down the backstretch and slowing down because it gave me—it sucked me up right to him. Then he got loose in the corner. I got loose in the corner. We all checked up trying not to crash.

“Thankfully, we didn’t. I thought that was a big moment. But then we got the lead right there, and after that, it was about trying to protect it. Majeski was a bit of a wing man today. Appreciate him—and the history we’ve had together growing up racing late models with him a lot in Wisconsin and around those parts.

“That was a lot of fun. Great to get Chevrolet to Victory Lane.”

The race was the first of five events Busch will run for Spire Motorsports this year, after selling Kyle Busch Motorsports to the organization late in the 2023 season. Busch now has 230 victories across all three of NASCAR’s national series (63 NASCAR Cup, 102 Xfinity and 65 CRAFTSMAN Truck).

Coming through the final corner Busch effectively blocked Majeski’s only potential path to victory.

“I had a run, and I got to Kyle’s bumper,” Majeski said. “I knew he was going to cover the bottom. My only shot was to try and fade right, get to his quarter panel. That was the only shot that I had.

“Overall, super proud of the day. The truck was a little ill-handling in the beginning. (Crew chief) Joe Shear made some great calls, tightened me up a little bit so we could go racing.”

Tyler Ankrum led a race-high 46 laps but got shuffled back in the bottom lane after Enfinger passed him for the top spot in Lap 108. Busch, who won Stage 2, was out front for 33 laps and Enfinger 23. Ankrum finished seventh behind Kaden Honeycutt in sixth.

Christian Eckes led 20 laps and won the first stage but suffered brake issues that prevented him from stopping in his pit box during the Stage 1 break. Eckes retired after 50 laps in 33rd place.

There were 20 lead changes among seven drivers and seven cautions for 37 laps.