Saturday’s FR8 Racing 208 at EchoPark Speedway (1:30 p.m. ET on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) will pit some of the best ever in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series with last year’s dominant champion Corey Heim back on the grid, alongside two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch.
A record-setting eight-time winner at the track Busch will make the first of his eight season starts this weekend. He’s won the last two Atlanta races giving him an average finish of 1.0 in his two races on the re-design.
The series is coming off an absolute ratings bonanza at Daytona last week, the FS1 season-opener watched by almost 1.4-million viewers – making it the most-watched truck race since 2016. Front Row Motorsports’ Chandler Smith prevailed in a dramatic run to checkered line capping a night that featured the most lead changes (32) in any race ever for the series.
The RAM All-Star truck entrant this week is NASCAR Cup Series regular Ty Dillon. The make marked its return to NASCAR competition last week at Daytona with Brenden Queen’s seventh-place finish best among the five RAM trucks. Rookie Mini Tyrell earned a 19th-place finish in his series debut.
Kennametal Pole Qualifying is Friday at 3 p.m. ET (FS1). Connor Mosack won pole position last year.
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