*Kyle Busch won the American Commercial Lines 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, retaining his points lead in the series. He posted his fourth win in five series races at Atlanta. Busch is the only repeat winner in 10 series races at Atlanta. He posted his 11th series victory in 57 races. Busch was ninth with seven laps to go.
*Busch gave Billy Ballew Motorsports its 12th series win: 11 by Busch and one by Shane Hmiel.
*Busch posted his second win in three races this season; he won the previous race at Auto Club Speedway.
*Busch led four times for 33 laps, including the final five laps.
*Busch passed Todd Bodine with five laps to go; it was the first time Busch has passed Bodine for the win.
*Doug George, Busch’s crew chief, scored his second career win.
*Busch now has 46 NASCAR wins, 13 Cup, 22 NNS and 11 NCWTS.
*This is the third time the pole winner won in the 10 Truck races at Atlanta, joining Mike Skinner (March 2007) and Todd Bodine (March 2006).
*Busch has finished in the top 10 in his past 15 series starts, dating back to Texas in June.
*Bodine, who finished third, has finished in the top five in the past nine series races.
*Tayler Malsam (13th) was the highest-finishing rookie contender among the seven rookies in the race.
*The top 10 consisted of six Toyotas and four Chevrolets. The highest-finishing Ford was James Buescher, 14th. Ford has yet to win at Atlanta. The only other active track that Ford has not won at is Lowe’s. The best Dodge finish was 23rd by Jason White.(ESPN.com)(3-9-2009)
