Busch comes to Atlanta Truck race as one to beat

Race No. 2 -- E-Z GO 200 from Atlanta Motor Speedway (2 p.m. ET Saturday on SPEED). Green at 2:19 p.m. ET.

0 -- Ford has yet to win at Atlanta. The only other active track that Ford has not won at is Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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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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