NASCAR Truck Series: Kyle Busch dominates 2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200

Kyle Busch earned his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Truck Series season by dominating the season’s second race, the Ultimate Tailgating 200, at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Kyle Busch earned his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Truck Series season in what is the first of five scheduled starts throughout the 23-race season, as he won the Ultimate Tailgating 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This victory is the 52nd of his Truck Series career, making him the all-time winningest driver in series history.

Busch, who started the 130-lap race around the four-turn, 1.54-mile (2.478-kilometer) high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway oval in Hampton Georgia in seventh place, won it by 0.932 seconds in his #51 Toyota over ThorSport Racing’s Johnny Sauter, who finished in second in his #13 Ford.

ThorSport Racing’s Grant Enfinger rounded out the top three by finishing in third place in his #98 Ford. GMS Racing’s Brett Moffitt was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver of the race, as he finished in fourth in his #24 Chevrolet. ThorSport Racing’s Ben Rhodes rounded out the top five by finishing in fifth in his 99 Ford.

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Niece Motorsports’ Ross Chastain, Hattori Racing Enterprises’ Austin Hill, who started the race from the pole position, Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates Harrison Burton and Todd Gilliland, and Niece Motorsports’ Timothy Peters rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #45 Chevrolet, #16 Toyota, #18 Toyota, #4 Toyota and #44 Chevrolet, respectively.

The race featured a total of 10 lead changes among six drivers. Aside of Busch, who led more laps than anybody else in the field with 92 laps led, five drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Sauter, Enfinger, Rhodes, Burton and Matt Crafton. Busch won both stages one and two.

The race also featured six caution flag periods for 30 laps. Of these six caution flag periods, two took place as a result of the endings of stages one and two while the other four took place as a result of on-track incidents. The race also featured a red flag period for moisture, although it began as a result of a track cleanup that took place during the race’s final caution flag period.

All but six of the 32 drivers who started the race finished it, and all but three of the 26 drivers who finished it finished it on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Race Results
1st – Kyle Busch
2nd – Johnny Sauter
3rd – Grant Enfinger
4th – Brett Moffitt
5th – Ben Rhodes
6th – Ross Chastain
7th – Austin Hill
8th – Harrison Burton
9th – Todd Gilliland
10th – Timothy Peters
11th – Tyler Dippel
12th – Sheldon Creed
13th – Brennan Poole
14th – Matt Crafton
15th – Gus Dean
16th – Cory Roper
17th – Anthony Alfredo
18th – Stewart Friesen
19th – Jordan Anderson
20th – Parker Kligerman
21st – Korbin Forrister
22nd – Jennifer Jo Cobb
23rd – Jesse Little
24th – Natalie Decker
25th – Spencer Boyd
26th – Ray Ciccarelli
27th – Austin Wayne Self
28th – Chad Finley
29th – Norm Benning
30th – Josh Reaume
31st – Timmy HIll
32nd – Joe Nemechek

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The next race on the 2019 NASCAR Truck Series schedule is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. This race, the Strat 200, is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET, so be sure not to miss it.

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