The 2024 Fr8 208 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules). The race took the scheduled 135 laps to complete. Kyle Busch, driving for Spire Motorsports, would make a late race pass for lead on Grant Enfinger with eight laps to go, and held off a charge from Ty Majeski to earn his 65th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season. It was Busch's 21st consecutive season with a NASCAR national series (Cup, Xfinity, or Truck) Series win. Busch stayed consistent, running in the top ten throughout the entire race and winning the second stage.[8] Tyler Ankrum started second and led a race-high 46 laps. To fill out the podium, Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, and Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] | |||
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| Race 2 of 23 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |||
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| Date | February 24, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 16th Annual Fr8 208 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km) | ||
| Distance | 135 laps, 208 mi (334 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 135 laps, 208 mi (334 km) | ||
| Average speed | 111.425 mph (179.321 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | ||
| Time | 31.817 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | |
| Laps | 46 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 7 | Kyle Busch | Spire Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
Report
editBackground
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Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series stock car races since 2004.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.[9][10] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
editQualifying was held on Friday, February 23, at 3:05 PM EST.[11]
No free practice session is used in Atlanta because of superspeedway rules. The rules for such circuits involve single-truck qualifying. Each driver has one warmup lap, then participates in one timed lap, and takes the chequered flag. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole.[12]
Daniel Dye, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would advance from the preliminary round and set the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 31.817, and a speed of 174.246 mph (280.422 km/h).[13]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results
editRace results
editStage 1 Laps: 30
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 38 | Layne Riggs (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 13 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | Kyle Busch (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 9 | 91 | Jack Wood | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 43 | Daniel Dye | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 30
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Kyle Busch (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 2 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | Nick Sanchez | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 17 | Taylor Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 41 | Bayley Currey | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 75
| Fin[14] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | Kyle Busch (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 33 | Running | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 135 | 3 | Running | 45 |
| 3 | 19 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 135 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 4 | 31 | 17 | Taylor Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 135 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 5 | 18 | 2 | Nick Sanchez | Rev Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 6 | 25 | 45 | Kaden Honeycutt | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 7 | 2 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 46 | Running | 48 |
| 8 | 12 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 9 | 1 | 43 | Daniel Dye | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 29 |
| 10 | 23 | 5 | Dean Thompson | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 135 | 4 | Running | 27 |
| 11 | 24 | 32 | Bret Holmes | Bret Holmes Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 12 | 29 | 33 | Lawless Alan | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 135 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 13 | 8 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 135 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 14 | 17 | 25 | Ty Dillon | Rackley WAR | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | 9 | 77 | Chase Purdy | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 11 | 13 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 135 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 15 | 1 | Colby Howard | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 135 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | 27 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports | Toyota | 135 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 22 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 135 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 20 | 30 | 02 | Mason Massey | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 32 | 22 | Keith McGee | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 33 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 15 |
| 23 | 16 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 133 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 26 | 21 | Mason Maggio | Floridian Motorsports | Ford | 133 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 25 | 6 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 133 | 23 | Running | 26 |
| 26 | 28 | 46 | Thad Moffitt (R) | Faction46 | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 27 | 21 | 42 | Matt Mills | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 132 | 6 | Running | 9 |
| 28 | 14 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 130 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 29 | 10 | 66 | Conner Jones (R) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 129 | 0 | Running | 7 |
| 30 | 20 | 41 | Bayley Currey | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 96 | 0 | Damage | 7 |
| 31 | 4 | 91 | Jack Wood | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | Accident | 7 |
| 32 | 5 | 19 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | 20 | Brakes | 14 |
| 33 | 13 | 38 | Layne Riggs (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 133 | 0 | Running | 4 |
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Standings after the race
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References
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