In a season where seemingly nothing can go wrong, good fortune smiled on Todd Bodine once again during Saturday’s Too Tough to Tame 200 Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway.
The series leader by 174 points coming into the race, Bodine cruised to his second consecutive win and third this season in the first Truck Series race at Darlington since 2004.
Bodine increased his lead to 231 points over Aric Almirola, who finished ninth. Ten races remain in the season.
Bodine took the lead under caution on lap 101 and led the rest of the way without a serious challenge. He outran Timothy Peters by .531 of a second at the finish. Following in the top five were Ron Hornaday Jr., Johnny Sauter and rookie Austin Dillon.
Despite the big point lead, Bodine isn’t ready to declare an open road to the title.
“There are too many variables in racing,” he said. “There are too many things you can’t control to take you out of it. We concentrate on controlling our own fate and what happens within our grasp. We can’t control getting caught up in somebody else’s mess. It’s never over, and we’re not going to approach it that way.”
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RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Todd Bodine 2383 Leader 2 Aric Almirola 2152 -231 3 Timothy Peters 2136 -247 4 Johnny Sauter 2115 -268 5 Austin Dillon* 2060 -323 6 Ron Hornaday 2045 -338 7 Matt Crafton 2044 -339 8 Mike Skinner 1951 -432 9 David Starr 1900 -483 10 Jason White 1788 -595 11 Ricky Carmichael 1757 -626 12 Justin Lofton* 1667 -716 13 James Buescher 1662 -721 14 Mario Gosselin 1590 -793 15 Ryan Sieg 1528 -855 16 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 1425 -958 17 Brett Butler* 1409 -974 18 Norm Benning 1374 -1009 19 Stacy Compton 1164 -1219 20 Kyle Busch 1127 -1256 21 Donny Lia 1112 -1271 22 Brent Raymer 1048 -1335 23 Brian Ickler 834 -1549 24 Ken Schrader 800 -1583 25 Tayler Malsam 798 -1585 26 Kevin Harvick 755 -1628 27 Johnny Benson 735 -1648 28 Elliott Sadler 692 -1691 29 J C Stout 674 -1709 30 Narain Karthikeyan 636 -1747 31 Mike Harmon 621 -1762 32 Dennis Setzer 619 -1764 33 Brad Sweet 590 -1793 34 Mike Garvey 549 -1834 35 Nelson Piquet 541 -1842 36 Rick Crawford 527 -1856 37 Chris Eggleston* 496 -1887 38 Chris Fontaine 479 -1904 39 Chris Jones 478 -1905 40 Steve Wallace 477 -1906 41 Max Papis 441 -1942
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