…Ryan Newman won the E-Z Go 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was his first career Truck Series start. He joins Mike Skinner (Phoenix, 1995), Robert Pressley (Daytona, 2002) and Kasey Kahne (Darlington, 2004) who also won in their first Truck Series starts.
…Ron Hornaday Jr. (second) led three times for 110 laps, the most of the day.
…Newman led three times for 11 laps.
…This was the third last-lap pass in 2008 (Mansfield and Talladega).
…Points leader Johnny Benson (seventh) is now 31 points ahead of Hornaday with three races remaining. He had a 65-point lead coming into Atlanta, losing 34 points Sunday.
…Newman won from the 10th-place starting position in a field that was set by owners’ points.
…Sixteen of the 22 Truck Series races in 2008 have been won from the top 10.
…This is the 15th win for Kevin Harvick Inc., sixth of 2008. This is the second KHI 1-2 finish. Its other 1-2 finish came at Kansas with Hornaday first and Sprague second in April.
…Chevrolet posted its eighth win in 2008. Toyota has 12 and Ford and Dodge have one victory each.
…#7 T. J. Bell (ninth) scored his fifth straight top-10 finish, extending a streak that dates to New Hampshire in September.
…#5 Mike Skinner (26th) ended a six-race streak of top-15 finishes that dated to Bristol in August.
…Rookie of the Year contender #16 Brian Scott (10th) scored his sixth straight top-15 finish, extending a streak that began at Gateway in September.
…On Lap 37, #88 Matt Crafton, who was running third, was forced to the garage with engine issues and dropped from third to fifth in the standings. Crafton was credited with a 29th-place finish and now trails points leader Benson by 297.
…The race was slowed four times for 15 laps of caution.
…The race featured seven lead changes among three drivers.
…The top 10 consisted of six Toyotas, one Ford and three Chevrolets.
…The highest-finishing Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate was #22 Scott Speed, who took fifth.(ESPN.com)(10-27-2008)
