This week we head to the 1.540 miles quad-oval in Hampton, Georgia for our next JRL Craftsman Truck Series race. The current track configuration of Atlanta Motor Speedway boasts 28 degrees of banking in the turns and five degrees of banking in the straightaways. The racing surface width varies, with a recorded 52 feet on the frontstretch, 42 feet on the backstretch, and 40 feet in the turns. This makes for close, fast, superspeedway type racing on a speedway sized track. There will be no shortage of action here as our drivers fight for a chance to lock themselves into the playoffs early on in our season.

Photos courtesy of iRacing

Drivers to watch:
Harley Barletta – Coming off a close win at Daytona, can Barletta go back to back at drafting tracks and establish a dominant lead early on in the season? Time will tell as this veteran JRL driver looks to add another win to the career.

Garrett Hummel – Garrett Hummel sat on the pole for the first race of the season and had led just as many laps as the race winner. The overtime restart caused Hummel to fall back to an 8th place finish but the momentum is there from Daytona showing that Hummel will be in victory lane sooner rather than later.

Patrick Ganczewski – Ganczewski had a truck that contended for a front running spot all night at Daytona only to come up a half a lap short on fuel after a miscalculation on his refill on the last stop of the night. Can Ganczewski flip his luck and win at Atlanta? The stats show he lead 11 of 50 laps at Daytona and that was only second to Garrett Hummel and race winner Harley Barletta. If he continues to keep himself up front he is bound to find himself in victory lane.

Teejay Handley – Handley is a part time driver for the JRL 2024-2025 Season but that doesn’t mean he does not have the speed to win. Handley came in second place at Daytona by just 0:00.077 seconds. A win that could have spoiled the playoff lock for Barletta in race number one. When Teejay is on the track, there is going to be a chance for him to steal a victory and a playoff lock for a full time driver.

Race information:
Atlanta Motor Speedway – 8:30pm Session Start

67 Laps
Stage 1 – 15
Stage 2 – 35
Finish – 67

50% Fuel
3 sets of tires
1 fast repair