Darnell, who gave team owner Jack Roush his fourth truck victory and 17th race win overall on the 2-mile oval in Brooklyn, Mich., was on his way to what seemed an easy victory until rookie Mark Mitchell scraped the wall and brought out a caution seven laps from the end.
That is the closest finish under electronic timing and the second closest in series history. Butch Miller beat Mike Skinner by 0.001 seconds at Colorado National Speedway in July 1995.
Ron Hornaday Jr., who came into the race leading the points, was spun out by Kyle Busch on the last lap, raising a huge cloud of white smoke that the whole back of the field had to drive through. But Hornaday remained low on the track and NASCAR left the green flag out to the end.
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE LAPS 1 11 99 Erik Darnell Ford 100 2 8 23 Johnny Benson Toyota 100 3 5 22 Scott Speed * Toyota 100 4 3 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 100 5 25 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford 100 6 19 6 Colin Braun * Ford 100 7 6 51 Kyle Busch Toyota 100 8 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 100 9 4 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet 100 10 14 60 Terry Cook Toyota 100 11 21 14 Rick Crawford Ford 100 12 26 71 Donny Lia * Chevrolet 100 13 7 9 Justin Marks * Toyota 100 14 15 21 Jon Wood Ford 100 15 20 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 100 16 17 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge 100 17 23 46 Regan Smith Chevrolet 100 18 10 9 Bobby East Ford 100 19 22 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 100 20 18 7 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 100 21 16 4 Stacy Compton Dodge 100 22 12 15 Marc Mitchell * Toyota 100 23 9 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 100 24 13 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota 99 25 27 16 Brian Scott * Chevrolet 99 26 24 11 David Starr Toyota 99 27 28 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet 99 28 30 8 Jason White Dodge 99 29 29 212 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 99 30 2 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet 92 31 31 74 Nick Tucker Dodge 16 32 33 7 J C Stout Chevrolet 15 33 34 73 Rick Markle Dodge 7 34 32 0 Chris Jones Chevrolet 6
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