the american commercial lines 200 was held on march 7 at atlanta motor speedway. defending series champion ron hornaday won the pole. hornaday would also dominate the race on long runs, leading for 81 laps. however, the critical moment of the race was on lap 112 when kyle busch's crew chief, richie wauters brought his driver into the pits after a ten-minute rain delay on lap 111. the stop forced leader hornaday to pit a lap later. busch took the lead from hornaday within 10 laps to go, and held of hornaday over a four lap sprint to the finish to take his second consecutive victory.