| HAMPTON, Ga. -- Mike Bliss grabbed the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and held off Terry Cook for his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in four years. Bliss caught the lead pack and moved up to second-place behind rookie Erik Darnell before a fire in rookie Arik Almirola's truck brought out the last of seven caution flags with 15 laps to go in the EasyCare Vehicle Services Contract 200. The winner's Chevrolet Silverado quickly moved into the lead on the restart and began to pull away. But Cook, in a Ford F-150, also drove past Darnell to take second on lap 124 and quickly began to close in on Bliss. He was just over a truck-length behind the leader at the start of the final lap, but that was as close as Cook could come. Bliss, who now has 13 truck victories, won by about 2 lengths, getting his first series win since a race at South Boston, Va., in September 2002. Bliss did win a Busch Series race in Charlotte in 2004. More |