Kyle Busch becomes all-time Truck wins leader at Atlanta

Weather finally won out on Saturday, forcing NASCAR to call the Ultimate Tailgating 200 with five of 130 laps remaining and Kyle Busch sitting in the lead.

The win is the 52nd in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series for Busch – the most of any driver. Busch and NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. had been tied with 51 career wins apiece.

"It certainly means a lot. I want to thank our amazing partners that allow us to do what we do," Busch said in Victory Lane. "I can't say enough about my guys at Kyle Busch Motorsports - they do a phenomenal job.

"I slipped getting out of my truck - it's a little wet out here in case y'all didn't notice. It was a great race out there. I wish it would have ended. I would have liked to have seen Harrison (Burton) finish second. I'm not sure how far he fell. He ran a great race today."

Johnny Sauter ended up second, Grant Enfinger third, Brett Moffitt fourth and Ben Rhodes completed the top-five.

Following the break between Stages 2 and 3, Busch was the first off pit road and led the way when the final stage went green on Lap 88 followed by Moffitt, Harrison Burton and Enfinger.

Sauter quickly made his way around Busch and claimed the lead on Lap 89. Busch grabbed the lead back on Lap 92 on the backstretch.

With 25 laps left in the race, Busch held about a one second lead over Sauter with Crafton running in third.

On Lap 112, Natalie Decker spun off Turn 4 for the second time in the race to bring out a caution. All of the lead-lap trucks pit for new tires with Busch again the first off pit road. Crafton was forced to pit a second time with a loose wheel.

The race returned to green with 13 laps to go.

On the restart, several trucks got together coming down the frontstretch to bring out a caution and then a red flag as NASCAR needed to clear the track of debris.

Among those involved in the incident were Parker Kligerman, Jesse Little, Austin Wayne Self, Chad Finely and Spencer Boyd.

After a red-flag period to wait out rain, the race returned to green on Lap 125 with Busch still in the lead.

Stage 2

After pitting for a loose wheel, Busch drove the field to take the Stage 2 win over Rhodes.

Burton finished third, Sauter was fourth and Moffitt made his way up to fifth after a pit road penalty.

Following the break between Stages 1 and 2, Enfinger was the first off pit road and led the way when the stage went green on Lap 47. He was followed by Crafton, Sauter and Busch.

Moffitt had to start from the rear of the field following an uncontrolled tire penalty during his pit stop.

On Lap 53, a caution was displayed for debris on the track after Joe Nemechek ran into the grass and grass and dirt got on the track surface. Busch elected to pit for what he believed was a loose wheel.

Sauter led the way on the restart on Lap 58, followed by Enfinger and Rhodes. Busch restarted in 24th.

Rhodes moved into the lead before the completion of one lap as ThorSport Racing claimed the top four positions.

By Lap 67, Busch had made his way through the field and into the third position.

With five laps left in the stage, Busch was running second, just over a second behind Rhodes.

With two laps to go, Busch got around Rhodes and reclaimed the top spot.

Stage 1

Busch easily took the Stage 1 win by more than 3 seconds over Burton, his KBM teammate.

Enfinger finished third, Sauter was fourth and Rhodes completed the top-five.

Hill started on the pole after qualifying was rained out and the lineup set by 2018 owner points but Burton quickly moved into the top spot at the start.

Kyle Busch wasted little time move to the lead, going from sixth to first in one lap as passed Burton.

On Lap 16, Decker wrecked after spinning off Turn 4 to bring out the race’s first caution. On the restart on Lap 20, Busch led the way followed by Burton and Rhodes.

With 15 laps to go in the stage, Busch led Burton by more than a second as Sauter moved up to third.

Busch expanded his led to almost 3 seconds over Burton with 10 laps remaining in the first stage. Enfinger moved into third as Sauter dropped to fourth.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	51	Kyle Busch	Toyota	130		92
2	13	Johnny Sauter	Ford	130	0.932	9
3	98	Grant Enfinger	Ford	130	1.473	4
4	24	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	130	2.185
5	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	130	2.599	20
6	45	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	130	3.840
7	16	Austin Hill	Toyota	130	3.951	1
8	18	Harrison Burton	Toyota	130	4.169	1
9	4	Todd Gilliland	Toyota	130	4.716
10	44	Timothy Peters	Chevrolet	130	5.235
11	02	Tyler Dippel	Chevrolet	130	5.477
12	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	130	5.755
13	30	Brennan Poole	Toyota	130	5.839
14	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	130	5.927	4
15	12	Gus Dean	Chevrolet	130	6.199
16	04	Cory Roper	Ford	130	6.591
17	17	Anthony Alfredo	Toyota	130	7.626
18	52	Stewart Friesen	Chevrolet	130	7.922
19	3	Jordan Anderson	Chevrolet	130	7.959
20	75	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	130	8.611
21	7	Korbin Forrister	Chevrolet	130	10.569
22	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Chevrolet	130	23.380
23	97	Jesse Little	Ford	130	30.008
24	54	Natalie Decker	Toyota	127	3 laps
25	20	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	126	3 laps
26	49	Ray Ciccarelli	Chevrolet	125	5 laps
27	22	Austin Wayne Self	Chevrolet	118	11 laps
28	42	Chad Finley	Chevrolet	117	12 laps
29	6	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	82	47 laps
30	33	Josh Reaume	Toyota	78	51 laps
31	63	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	53	76 laps
32	8	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	50	79 laps