Todd Bodine increased his lead in the Camping World Truck Series point standings after winning Saturday’s Nashville 200 in dominating fashion at Nashville Superspeedway.
Bodine, who started on the pole, suffered a flat tire and had to pit unexpectedly on lap 15. But Bodine’s early pit stop allowed him to reclaim the lead on lap 62, when he did not pit during a round of green-flag stops. He led the final 89 laps and easily beat rookie Austin Dillon at the finish by 4.2 seconds for his first win at Nashville.
Bodine scored his second victory of the season and 19th of his career, which moved him into fourth place on the series’ all-time race wins list. He also earned his long-awaited Gibson guitar trophy for winning at Nashville. MiamiHerald.com
Austin Dillon finished second, followed by Aric Almirola, Peters and Johnny Sauter. Almirola, in second in points, now trails Bodine by 174 entering next Saturday’s event at Darlington Raceway.
Although Bodine coasted to the win, the closing laps were spiced by a tight battle for position between Brian Ickler and Justin Lofton. Ickler used the slower truck of Aramendia to block Lofton on the last lap, upsetting Lofton, who bumped Ickler’s car on the slowdown lap. FOXNews
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 2 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 3 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 4 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 5 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 6 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 7 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 8 18 Brian Ickler Toyota 9 7 Justin Lofton * Toyota 10 2 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 11 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 12 21 Donny Lia Chevrolet 13 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 14 81 David Starr Toyota 15 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 16 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 17 60 Narain Karthikeyan Chevrolet 18 7 Butch Miller Dodge 19 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 20 85 Brent Raymer Ford 21 1 Joe Aramendia Chevrolet 22 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 23 46 Clay Greenfield Dodge 24 6 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevrolet 25 47 Brett Butler * Chevrolet 26 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 27 48 Michelle Theriault Chevrolet 28 23 Jason White Dodge 29 187 Chris Jones Chevrolet 30 89 Chris Lafferty Chevrolet 31 124 Mike Harmon Ford 32 216 J C Stout Chevrolet 33 93 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 34 15 Johanna Long Toyota 35 95 Carl Long Dodge
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