Tag: Active Pest Control 200

HAMPTON, Ga. — Christopher Bell put on clinic in the Truck race, winning all three stages, and held off Matt Crafton on a two-lap run to the finish to take the checkered flag.

The driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota led all but 31 laps from the drop of the green flag. He won the first stage and won the second stage, but lost the lead to boss Kyle Busch on pit road under the fifth caution of the race.

He regained the lead with 18 laps to go, fought off Crafton on the final restart and scored the victory in the Active Pest Control 200.

“This place is so much fun, just the slipping and sliding” Crafton said. “That was some of the greatest racing I’ve seen in a long time. Everyone was all over that racetrack and that’s what it’s all about.”

It’s was Bell’s third career victory in 32 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts.

“This was definitely a race I had circled ever since we left here last February,” Bell said. “To come back and be as dominant as we were was really cool for me. It was just a dream weekend ever since we unloaded.”

Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes and Chase Elliott rounded out the top-five.  Elliott’s truck failed post-race inspection (too low and missing lug nut).

“It was a very eventful day,” Sauter said. “This has been a tough racetrack for me. I seem to always have trouble. Tonight, we had a miss and I thought, ‘Here we go again.’ But it was a great race.”

Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Grant Enfinger, Timothy Peters and Ross Chastain rounded out the top-10.

Noah Gragson and Brett Moffitt brought out the first caution for a two-truck wreck on the first lap and Jordan Anderson tagged the wall with his left-rear exiting Turn 4. The truck went through the frontstretch grass when the splitter dug into the ground and was lifted off the ground.

Busch’s right-front tire went flat and his truck hit the wall with 18 to go. He finished 26th.

The race lasted 1 hour, 50 minutes and 44 seconds at an average speed of 108.477 mph. There were six lead changes among four different drivers and eight cautions for 38 laps.

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HAMPTON, Ga. — Christopher Bell will lead the field to the green flag after take pole position at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota scored the pole for the Active Pest Control 200 after posting a time of 30.643 and a speed of 180.922 mph. Kyle Busch will start second in his No. 51 KBM Toyota after posting a time of 30.782 and a speed of 180.105 mph. Austin Cindric will start third in his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford after posting a time of 30.817 and a speed of 179.901 mph. Chase Briscoe will start fourth in his No. 29 BKR Ford after posting a time of 30.851 and a speed of 179.702 mph. Alex Bowman rounded out the top-five in his No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 30.876 and a speed of 179.557 mph.

Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, Timothy Peters, Chase Elliott and Noah Gragson rounded out the top-10.

John Hunter Nemechek and Kaz Grala rounded out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

JJ Yeley, Norm Benning and Jennifer Jo Cobb failed to make the race.

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