Truck Series starting lineup: Fr8Auctions 200 starting grid for Saturday’s NASCAR race at Atlanta

NASCAR opens up their weekend of events with the Fr8Auction 200 Truck Race on Saturday, March 20th. The race is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET and will air on FS1.

John Hunter Nemechek and Kyle Busch will open on the front row. Qualifying runs were not utilized due to COVID-19, which means race order was once again determined through a performance-metrics formula. The metric is split as follows: 25 percent of the metric comes from a driver’s finishing position from the previous race, 25 percent comes from the car owner’s finishing position from the previous race, 35 percent comes from the team owner’s points ranking, and 15 percent comes from the fastest lap from the previous race.

Busch is the heavy favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook, installed at -118 to win. The next closest is Nemechek, who is installed at +600. Busch finished second in the Las Vegas truck race and has finished worst than second just twice dating back to 2018.

Here is the full lineup for Saturday’s 2021 Fr8Auctions 200 Truck Series race.

2021 Fr8Auctions 200 starting lineup

Start pos.	Driver	Car #
Start pos.	Driver	Car #
1	John Hunter Nemechek	4
2	Kyle Busch	51
3	Matt Crafton	88
4	Stewart Friesen	52
5	Ben Rhodes	99
6	Austin Hill	16
7	Zane Smith	21
8	Sheldon Creed	2
9	Todd Gilliland	38
10	Brett Moffitt	45
11	Chandler Smith	18
12	Austin Wayne Self	22
13	Johnny Sauter	13
14	Tanner Gray	15
15	Parker Kligerman	75
16	Timothy Peters	25
17	Carson Hocevar	42
18	Kris Wright	2
19	Grant Enfinger	98
20	Codie Rohrbaugh	9
21	Danny Bohn	30
22	Tate Fogleman	12
23	Raphael Lessard	24
24	Jordan Anderson	3
25	Spencer Boyd	20
26	Chase Purdy	23
27	Dawson Cram	41
28	Hailie Deegan	1
29	Derek Kraus	19
30	Tyler Ankrum	26
31	Bill Lester	17
32	Ryan Truex	40
33	Jennifer Jo Cobb	10
34	Cory Roper	4
35	Bret Holmes	32
36	Ryan Ellis	34
37	Norm Benning	6
38	Akinori Ogata	33
39	Spencer Davis	11
40	Ross Chastain	44