Busch comes to Atlanta Truck race as one to beat (NASCAR.com)
March 4, 2010
Kyle Busch has four wins at AMS, but this will be the first time he drives for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
0 — Ford has yet to win at Atlanta. The only other active track that Ford has not won at is Charlotte Motor Speedway.
1 — There is only one driver who has multiple wins at Atlanta—Kyle Busch with four. Interestingly, in those four wins, Busch led the most laps only once (2007).
2 — The Atlanta race winner has gone onto win the championship twice, Bobby Hamliton (2004) and Todd Bodine (2006).
2 —The leader with 10 laps to go has gone on to win only twice at Atlanta: Ron Hornaday (2005) and Kyle Busch (2008).
2 — Two drivers scored their first career Truck Series top-10 in the first race of the 2010 season at Daytona: Nelson Piquet Jr. (sixth) and J.J. Yeley (10th).
3 — Three drivers have won from the pole at Atlanta: Kyle Busch (2009), Mike Skinner (2007) and Todd Bodine (2006).
3 — Three of the series 27 last lap passes for the win have occurred at Atlanta, tied with Daytona for the most.
3 — Three drivers average a finish inside the top10 at Atlanta: Kyle Busch (2.4), Ron Hornaday (8.8) and Todd Bodine (9.1).
3.0—Average starting position for Kyle Busch at Atlanta, tops among all drivers. In five races, Busch has started no worse than fifth with a pole, three thirds and a fifth.
5 — Kyle Busch has finished in the top-10 in all five of his Atlanta starts, including four wins.
6 — Six drivers have competed in all 10 Truck Series races at Atlanta: Terry Cook, Matt Crafton, Rick Crawford, Dennis Setzer, Mike Skinner and David Starr. Cook and Crafton are the only two to run at the finish in all 10 races.
6 — Of the 10 races at Atlanta, six were won from a top-five starting position with three of them from the pole. The average starting position of Atlanta winners is 7.0. The furthest starting position a race winner came from was 18th (Ron Hornaday, 2005).
9 — In nine of the 10 races at Atlanta, there has been a caution within the last 15 laps. There have been three green-white-checkered finishes at Atlanta, ironically though, the past six races haven’t extended past 200 miles.
10 — Matt Crafton has 10 consecutive top-10 finishes in the Truck Series, dating back to the Gateway race in 2008.
13.8 — Average number of lead changes in 10 races at Atlanta.
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