Grant Enfinger celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Saturday’s NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Grant Enfinger stole the victory in Saturday’s Vet Tix Camping World 200 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race Saturday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Enfinger passed race leader Austin Hill on the final lap of a three-lap overtime dash to the finish to post his fourth career Truck Series victory and his second of the season.
Enfinger went from sixth to the lead in just two short laps and collected his first Atlanta Motor Speedway victory and the first ever Atlanta truck series victory for Ford. Enfinger had also claimed the season-opening truck series race at Daytona back in February.
“It was definitely wild that’s for sure,” said Enfinger. “We didn’t lead too many laps, but we led the ones that counted.”
“We didn’t have everything we needed to make a real run at those guys, Chase (Elliott) and Kyle (Busch) there for the long run, but I do think we were decent, but on the short run, I knew if it came right down to it and we could get a good restart we could make it happen. Fortunately we got a good restart.”
Winston, Georgia native Hill was cruising toward his first truck series win of the season after taking the lead on lap 100. He was pulling away from the field when Chase Elliott spun with two laps to go to bring out the caution flag, setting up a green-white-checkered finish.
Hill won the race off pit road under the ensuing round of pit stops, followed by Todd Gilliland and Christian Eckes, with Enfinger restarting sixth.
On the restart, Enfinger powered up the middle to take over the second spot from Eckes by the time the field came through turn one. He then chased down Hill on the final lap with a high-side pass coming through turn two.
Hill tried to make up the distance over the final two turns, but ended up .215-seconds behind Enfinger at the line.
Despite the runner-up finish, Hill still leaves Atlanta as the points leader, 20 point ahead of rookie Zane Smith
“All day on the restarts, it took our truck about five to seven laps to get going,” said Hill. “There at the end, on that white flag lap going into turn one beside the 98 (Enfinger), I drove in there deeper than I had all day. It got on the splitter a little bit and when it did, I just got tight and had to lift a little bit. I’ll take the blame on that one for not getting the win.
“Man, I wanted to win here so bad. This is my home track. I’ve run a lot of races here in the Bandolero and Legend Car Series and won a lot of races here doing that. To get a win here would have been really special, but I guess we have to be the first losers this year.”
Pole-sitter Eckes took third, followed by Gilliland and Smith.
Kyle Busch was once again the truck to beat early in the race – winning the first and second stages while playing cat and mouse with Elliott and Eckes before the wheels came off with 33 laps to go.
Shortly after getting back up to speed following a green-flag pit stop, Kyle Busch hit the wall while trying to avoid the slowing truck of Jordan Anderson and was forced to pit to repair the damage.
To add insult to injury, Busch was nabbed for speeding on pit road – twice. Busch ended up three laps down at that point, but would rally to finish just one lap down in 22nd.
Busch’s sparring partner over the last two weeks, Dawsonville, Georgia’s Chase Elliott, didn’t fare much better. Elliott missed pit road on the last round of green-flag stops and then brought out the yellow flag that set up the overtime finish, and ended the day a lap down on 21st.
While Enfinger celebrated in victory lane, things didn’t go as well for his ThorSport Racing teammate, Johnny Sauter. Sauter, a two-time series champion, was flagged 17th at the finish.
But Sauter’s No. 13 was disqualified after failing post-race inspection when unapproved modifications were found on the truck’s tires, according to NASCAR officials.
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA
Vet Tix Camping World 200 – June 6, 2020
1. (5) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 136.
2. (4) Austin Hill, Toyota, 136.
3. (1) Christian Eckes #, Toyota, 136.
4. (12) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 136.
5. (7) Zane Smith #, Chevrolet, 136.
6. (27) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 136.
7. (11) Derek Kraus #, Toyota, 136.
8. (3) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 136.
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10. (17) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 136.
11. (21) Tanner Gray #, Ford, 136.
12. (14) Matt Crafton, Ford, 136.
13. (20) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 136.
14. (9) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 136.
15. (2) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 136.
16. (26) Jeb Burton(i), Chevrolet, 136.
17. (25) Brennan Poole(i), Toyota, 136.
18. (19) Raphael Lessard #, Toyota, 136.
19. (18) Ty Majeski #, Chevrolet, 135.
20. (13) Chase Elliott(i), Chevrolet, 135.
21. (6) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 135.
22. (23) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 135.
23. (24) Cory Roper, Ford, 135.
24. (29) John Hunter Nemechek(i), Ford, 135.
25. (34) Spencer Davis #, Toyota, 134.
26. (40) Clay Greenfield, Toyota, 134.
27. (31) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 134.
28. (30) Angela Ruch, Toyota, 134.
29. (33) Korbin Forrister, Toyota, 134.
30. (28) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, 132.
31. (22) Tate Fogleman #, Chevrolet, 132.
32. (39) Bayley Currey(i), Chevrolet, 131.
33. (16) Codie Rohrbaugh, Chevrolet, 130.
34. (32) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 129.
35. (35) Jesse Little(i), Chevrolet, 127.
36. (38) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 109.
37. (15) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Accident, 95.
38. (36) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, Clutch, 53.
39. (37) Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, Accident, 4.
DQ: (10) Johnny Sauter, Ford, 136.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 117.352 mph.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 47 Mins, 5 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.215 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 6 for 28 laps.
Lead Changes: 14 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: C. Eckes # 1-11;K. Busch(i) 12-15;C. Eckes # 16-22;K. Busch(i) 23-32;Z. Smith # 33-37;C. Elliott(i) 38-49;K. Busch(i) 50;C. Elliott(i) 51-52;K. Busch(i) 53-62;G. Enfinger 63-67;R. Chastain(i) 68-84;K. Busch(i) 85-96;C. Elliott(i) 97-98;A. Hill 99-134;G. Enfinger 135-136.
Leaders Summary: (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led) Kyle Busch(i) 5 times for 37 laps; Austin Hill 1 time for 36 laps; Christian Eckes # 2 times for 18 laps; Ross Chastain(i) 1 time for 17 laps; Chase Elliott(i) 3 times for 16 laps; Grant Enfinger 2 times for 7 laps; Zane Smith # 1 time for 5 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 51,24,18,21,16,23,2,42,13,98
Stage #2 Top Ten: 51,98,19,42,38,18,13,4,88,16
Top 10 in Points: 1. Austin Hill – 162; 2. Zane Smith – 142; 3. Brett Moffitt – 132; 4. Grant Enfinger – 131 (2 Wins); 5. Johnny Sauter – 129; 6. Ben Rhodes – 127; 7. Christian Eckes – 125; 8. Sheldon Creed – 117; 9. Derek Kraus – 107; 10. Todd Gilliland – 105.
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