Kyle Busch Wins at Atlanta (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)

Kyle Busch was both lucky and good Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Busch benefited from two timely caution flags, including one when we was about to be black flagged for a having a loose window net, and then powered past leader Ron Hornaday Jr. with seven laps to go to win the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200.  Hornaday finished second, followed by Johnny Benson, Mark Martin and Mike Skinner. Hornaday's runner-up performance enabled him to sneak past Skinner and retake the lead in the Truck Series standings by a mere four points with three races remaining in the season. It is the fifth time in the past six races that the series lead has changed hands between the two drivers.  Busch became the first repeat winner at AMS in the Truck Series (he also won here in 2005) thanks in part to two fortunate caution flags.

While Hornaday was disappointed that he didn't win the race, he was pleased that he managed to grab the lead in the standings away from Skinner. For one week, at least.  "The way we're going to beat him is just to race as hard as we can," said Hornaday, who led five times for 51 laps. "We did our job today."  Skinner was not totally upset with his showing, especially considering that he had handling problems early on and dropped as far back as 17th place midway through the race.

There was only one major accident in the race. It occurred on lap 45 when Josh Wise got sandwiched between Clay Rogers and Chad Chaffin as the trio came off Turn 4. The contact turned Wise sideways, which then sent all three trucks into a spin.  Joey Clanton - a native of nearby Canton, Ga. - finished sixth, making him the highest-finishing rookie in the race.

Rounding out the top-10 were Matt Crafton in seventh, Brendan Gaughan eighth, Musgrave ninth and Terry Cook 10th.