racing is back at Atlanta Motor Speedway with fans and NASCAR greats ready for action 19-year-old Jesse love the fastest qualifying rookie starts on the poll Saturday in the focused Health 250 as the green flag drops in stage one Ryan SE faces early electrical issues to bring out the first caution of the race he has to the pits and is back out and running Justin algy takes the lead in the 25th lap and grabs his 14th stage win of the season in a tight finish for stage one AJ almond Dinger Paces the pack in stage two as it ends on a caution in Flames for playoff hopeful Sam mayor who makes contact with the number 19 Car Joe graph Jr and gets into the wall mayor was able to get out safely 18 laps to go in the final stage contact between Cole kuster and Aly between turns three and four creates a mess on the track with the seven machine who hits the wall and collects four others along the way with playoff hops on the line for many drivers it was a day of bumping and pushing around the track with several different lead changes Austin Hill goes up front for the first time Saturday with 11 laps remaining it's the Georgia native who hangs on to win for the fourth time in six starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway since its reconfiguration it's always so special to win any race but this one in particular to win here here at my home state an hour from where I grew up um it means the world to me and I can't wait to celebrate Hill and Richard children's racing will be celebrating their way into the postseason adding more points to their playoff picture as some other drivers work to regroup before the cutdown the final 12 contenders after Bristol I think this builds a lot of momentum for our team this r21 team RCR ECR engines and um I'm ready to get the playoffs started after Saturday's race eight drivers remain locked into the xinity series playoffs with several others still on the bubble solely based on points as for the cup drivers playoff action gets underway Sunday at 3 p.m. with the Quaker State 400 16 different drivers are in the hunt for a championship reporting at Atlanta Motor Speedway I'm celsey o' Donald