Truck Series

Looking to give Red Horse Racing owner Tom DeLoach his first intermediate track win on one of his personal favorite tracks, Parker Kligerman traveled to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday with high hopes. Driving up into the top-five twice during the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200, Kligerman showed he was capable of competing with class of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series field. Fast pit stops and perseverance through tight handling conditions helped Kligerman score his third top-five finish in as many races with Red Horse Racing, finishing fourth.

It was a wild weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Justin Lofton and the No. 6 J6INK team. With a wild new look on their Chevrolet, Lofton and the J6INK team worked hard through changing track conditions to dial-in their truck throughout the day and came home with a 14th-place finish in the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200. With eight races remaining, Lofton is still in the heat of the championship battle, just 31 points behind first.

Miguel Paludo was poised for a top-10 night in the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200, but battled an incredibly free race truck for the entirety of the 130-lap event. After going a lap down late in the race, pit strategy allowed the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet to return to the lead lap, ultimately crossing the finish line in 16th at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

James Buescher brought home his eighth top-five and 10th top-10 finish of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, maintaining the second position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) point standings and closing to within six points of the championship lead. After leading six laps and running in the top-three for almost every lap of the 200-mile event, Buescher drove the Central Wire Chevrolet Silverado to a third-place finish in the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200.

John Wes Townley fought an ill-handling Zaxby's Toyota Tundra in Friday night's Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but was able to persevere to record a 19th-place finish.

Rookie Ty Dillon made anything but a rookie move to pass veteran Atlanta Motor Speedway ace Kyle Busch for his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win Friday in the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200.

Tundra driver Kyle Busch (second) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Ryan Blaney (No. 29 Cooper Standard RAM) Finished 11th TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE: “All day we were really loose with the Cooper Standard RAM. We never could really get it secure enough to run as hard as we needed. I started off the race really loose but by the end we got the truck decent."

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy talks with a strong southern accent. He sports a bushy mustache much like the one his racing idol Dale Earnhardt was known for. He became famous for his ever-growing line of “You Might Be a Redneck” jokes, many of which were borne of NASCAR racing experiences.

Things have been quiet around these parts lately. Some by choice, a little by outside factors which took away time normally devoted to breaking down the latest NASCAR news. But, I haven’t been completely cut off from the racing world. The races were watched, dissected and discussed. And it was during that quiet time, removed from the journalism side, that viewing racing from a different perspective brought forth many thoughts.