It’s back to back poles for ThorSport Racing in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, as No. 98 Jake Garcia in his Ford F-150 will start first in Saturday’s Fr8 Racing 208 at EchoPark Speedway. 

Garcia put down a 32.05 second lap around the mile and a half speedway in Hampton, G.A. in the second round of qualifying. Garcia and his Thorsport teammate Ben Rhodes in the No. 99 Ford F-150 will start side by side Saturday afternoon. 

“It’s neat to start out front here at Atlanta,” Garcia say to FOX Sports’s Kaitlyn Vince. “I think it’s hard to pass and if you can control a lane, you can put yourself in a good position to get stage points, but it’s really special to start on the poll here. It a home track for me and I’m excited to leave the field of green in front of Georgia crowd.

When asked what it means for the organization to sweep the front row, Garcia stated, “I’m not sure. We’ll see it when we get to the race. It’s definitely a good effort. We were good at qualifying last year, and we worked on some things, and got some things better I feel like. We could pick up a little bit this year. Hopefully we can get a few more poles this year.

Down below is the official qualifying report sent from NASCAR, that includes the starting field. 

The Green Flag waves at 1:52 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon. You can watch/listen to the Fr8 Racing 208 at EchoPark Speedway on FS1, the NASCAR Radio Network, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 

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Friday, Feb. 27

Garages Open: 10 a.m. ET

Practice: 4 p.m. ET

Qualifying: 5:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, Feb. 28

Garage Opens: 9 a.m. ET

Race: 12 p.m. ET