Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence race at Atlanta Motor Speedway got here right down to a photograph end.
Kyle Busch and Stewart Friesen have been side-by-side popping out of flip 4 on the ultimate lap, however it was Busch who had simply sufficient to edge Friesen for the win by 0.017 seconds.
The win is the second consecutive Truck Sequence victory for Busch at Atlanta, and his eighth on the monitor as a complete. Busch has now gained 67 races in his Truck Sequence profession.
“Superior run for this Spire Chevrolet,” Busch advised Fox Sports activities. “(I used to be) Simply attempting to verify I may keep as far ahead as I probably may. That inside (lane) was good. They have been rolling ahead, so it made for a heck of a race.”
“Simply pleased with my race group,” a dejected Friesen advised Fox Sports activities relating to the heartbreaking loss. “We had a shot. That is my favourite truck, and we’ll preserve digging with it. We had a shot, and I assume I bought too far off my assist there on the final lap. I believed I may pack some extra air on him (Kyle Busch) entering into (flip) 3 and surge forward, however (I) simply had the surge on the mistaken time. Second to the very best man within the enterprise is not a nasty day, I assume.”
Friesen, Tyler Ankrum, Bayley Currey and Chandler Smith rounded out the top-five, with Kaden Honeycutt, Ben Rhodes, Ty Majeski, Jake Garcia and Grant Enfinger finishing the top-10.
Different notable finishers embody Gio Ruggiero in eleventh, Luke Fenhaus in 14th, Daniel Hemric in sixteenth, Layne Riggs in twentieth and Corey Heim in twenty third.
Busch’s subsequent race within the Truck Sequence might be on Could 17 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The Truck Sequence will return on March 14 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the third race of the 2025 season.