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Busch beats Friesen by a nostril in Atlanta NASCAR Truck thriller
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Busch beats Friesen by a nostril in Atlanta NASCAR Truck thriller

By Miles Cooper February 22, 2025
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Busch beats Friesen by a nostril in Atlanta NASCAR Truck thriller

What occurs when a 39-year-old Cup champion and a 41-year-old Truck Sequence veteran get collectively on a Saturday afternoon at Atlanta? A photograph end for the file books.

Kyle Busch was a dominant power throughout Saturday’s race, attempting to defend his victory from one 12 months in the past and accumulate a record-extending 67th profession win. All those that moved forward of him have been swiftly handed again, however the final to problem his management of the race was no up-and-comer — it was one of many extra skilled drivers within the discipline.

Stewart Friesen snatched the lead away on the white flag and Busch struggled to get clear as he tried to shortly retake the lead, operating side-by-side all through the ultimate lap. Exiting Flip 4, Friesen had the benefit, however the energy of the aspect draft was an excessive amount of and Busch surged forward within the remaining seconds of the race.

 

It was a sensational and refreshingly clear end with Busch profitable by simply 0.017s on the line. The end now stands because the twelfth closest in NASCAR Truck Sequence historical past and the closest Truck end at Atlanta since Ron Hornaday Jr. beat Bobby Labonte by 0.006s nearly 20 years in the past in 2005.

“Simply attempting to ensure I stayed as far ahead as I probably may,” stated Busch, who now has eight Truck wins at Atlanta. “These guys would form of cycle to me and I would get to the subsequent one in entrance of me, subsequent one in entrance of me, subsequent one in entrance of me — and I stored attempting to make it possible for I battled again and I acquired again to that entrance so I may attempt to management it the very best that I may. However that inside [line] was good. They have been rolling ahead so it made for heck of a race. Proud that we had a heck of a race there on the end and it wasn’t single-file  so there was some mixing it up for these followers out right here to see a cool present.”

For Friesen, he was attempting to finish a winless streak that goes again practically three years, however he may nonetheless maintain his head excessive after the trouble: “Simply happy with my race workforce,” Friesen stated. “We had a shot. That is my favourite truck and we’ll maintain digging with it … I suppose I acquired too far off my assist there coming down the again on the final lap. I believed I may pack some extra air on him [Busch] stepping into [Turn] 3 and we surged forward, however had the surge on the flawed time … after which [he] form of got here again.”

“Second to the very best man within the enterprise is not a nasty day, I suppose… .”

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