The2023 Fr8 208 was the 3rdstock car race of the2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 15th iteration of theevent. The race was held on Saturday, March 18, 2023, inHampton, Georgia, atAtlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race was increased from 135 laps to 137 laps, due to aNASCAR overtime finish.Christian Eckes, driving forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would take the win after making a pass onNick Sanchez for the lead on the final lap. This was Eckes' second careerNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season.^[1] This was also the first win forMcAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the truck series. To fill out the podium, Sanchez, driving forRev Racing, andJohn Hunter Nemechek, driving forTricon Garage, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2023 Fr8 208

Race details
Race 3 of 23 of the2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date	March 18, 2023
Official name	15th Annual Fr8 208
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway,Hampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.54 miles (2.48 km)
Distance	137 laps, 210 mi (337 km)
Scheduled distance	135 laps, 207 mi (334 km)
Average speed	92.344 mph (148.613 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	John Hunter Nemechek	Tricon Garage
Laps	53
Winner
No. 19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Jamie Little,Phil Parsons, andMichael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile race track inHampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south ofAtlanta. It has annually hostedNASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

The venue was bought bySpeedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on theNASCAR circuit. In July 2021NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.^[2][3] The track hasseating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Qualifying was scheduled to be held on Friday, March 17, at 3:00 PMEST, but was cancelled due to constant rain showers.^[4] The starting lineup was determined by a performance-based metric system. As a result,Zane Smith, driving forFront Row Motorsports, earned the pole.^[5]

Stage 1Laps: 45

Stage 2Laps: 45

Stage 3Laps: 47