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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race
#3 | American Commercial
Lines
200
Atlanta
Motor Speedway
March 7, 2008
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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series just might be looking at another Rowdy weekend when it marches into Atlanta Motor Speedway for Friday night's American Commercial Lines 200, which will be broadcast live on SPEED starting at 8:30 p.m. Atlanta is the fastest track in NASCAR, with worn, abrasive pavement and multiple grooves from top to bottom, all the better to let drivers hang it all out. And no one loves to run fast and wild more than NCTS points leader Kyle "Rowdy" Busch, who this week will again be piloting Billy Ballew's No. 51 Toyota Tundra. "It is great racing and it is fun to be able to go out there and run with these guys in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series," said Busch, who won the fall NCTS races at the 1.54-mile track in 2005 and '07. "Anytime I can race with Billy Ballew, it is a lot of fun. We race to try to win, of course, every time we come out so to be able to go out there and have fun and race for points and for wins, it's great." (VPS Motorimages)
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2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ron Hornaday, Jr. captured the Keystone Light Pole Award at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon. Hornaday was the only driver to break the 175 mph barrier with a 31.577 second lap. The No. 33 KHI Racing Chevrolet driver will share the front row with fellow Chevrolet driver Chad McCumbee. McCumbee turned an impressive 31.727 second lap time in his No. 8 MRD Motorsports Chevrolet at 174.741 mph. (VPS Motorimages)
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Kyle Busch and his crew chief Richie Wauters used strategy instead of mere brute speed Friday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as Busch stole a victory in the American Commercial Lines 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race. Busch used a late-race pit stop for four tires to propel him to his second consecutive series victory and eighth overall for truck owner Billy Ballew. Crew chief Wauters made the call and Busch knew immediately it was the right one. "How many times have I done that here already and won the race? Twice," said Busch of Wauters's decision to call him in to get tires near the end of the race. "We knew that it was going to be the deal. I was kind of surprised when nobody followed me." The strategic advantage proved key, because while Busch's Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra was fast, for the first 115 of the scheduled 130 laps, he played second fiddle to three-time and defending NCTS Champion Ron Hornaday Jr., who dominated the night's proceedings. Starting from the pole, Hornaday and his Kevin Harvick Inc.-owned Camping World Chevrolet Silverado led 81 of the first 115 laps around the 1.54-mile AMS oval. (VPS Motorimages)
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Kyle Busch and his crew chief Richie Wauters used strategy instead of mere brute speed Friday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as Busch stole a victory in the American Commercial Lines 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race. Busch used a late-race pit stop for four tires to propel him to his second consecutive series victory and eighth overall for truck owner Billy Ballew. Crew chief Wauters made the call and Busch knew immediately it was the right one. "How many times have I done that here already and won the race? Twice," said Busch of Wauters's decision to call him in to get tires near the end of the race. "We knew that it was going to be the deal. I was kind of surprised when nobody followed me." The strategic advantage proved key, because while Busch's Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra was fast, for the first 115 of the scheduled 130 laps, he played second fiddle to three-time and defending NCTS Champion Ron Hornaday Jr., who dominated the night's proceedings. Starting from the pole, Hornaday and his Kevin Harvick Inc.-owned Camping World Chevrolet Silverado led 81 of the first 115 laps around the 1.54-mile AMS oval. (VPS Motorimages)
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