Victory Eludes Kyle Busch with a Late-Race Caution at Atlanta

• Starting from the pole, Busch’s Cessna Tundra was very tight throughout the first stage of the race.
• He finished the first 40-lap stage in third place and requested several adjustments for his first pit stop on lap 43. After four tires, fuel, air pressure, wedge and track bar adjustments, he returned to the race in third place to start the second stage.

• The adjustments made to the Cessna Tundra seemed to help as Busch took the lead from Matt Crafton on lap 53. He stayed out front and won Stage Two of the race. He pitted on lap 83 for a few more adjustments to prepare for the final 50-lap stage.

• Busch started the final stage second and took the lead from Johnny Sauter within six laps.
• It looked as though Busch would win his first NCWTS race of the season until a caution came out with five laps to go. He was called to pit road for four tires and an air pressure adjustment so he wouldn’t be too tight at the end of the race.
• A miscue on pit road resulted in the left-rear tire falling off the truck which left Busch a lap down in 21st place to end the race.

• Brett Moffitt won the race, followed by KBM’s Noah Gragson, Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes and Matt Crafton rounded out the top-five finishers
• The race featured five cautions for a total of 24 laps. There were nine lead changes among six drivers. Busch led three times for 67 laps and Gragson led once for 43 laps.

Busch will compete in the No. 51 Cessna Tundra when the Truck Series returns to action March 2 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway and Spencer Davis will be behind the wheel of the No. 4 JBL/SiriusXM Tundra as well. Live coverage of the race begins at 9 p.m. ET on FS1.