Todd Bodine Wins a Four-Wide Finish at Talladega

S M  Napier by Senior Writer Written on October 05, 2008
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On Lap 48, Scott Speed's running in 15th, Ron Hornaday's starting to work his way to the front running in 19th now and switch to the outside line to do it.

On Lap 49, Johnny Benson would be running in 18th, with Ron Hornaday running in 20th and it's 11 points separating the two.

Green flag pit stops started on Lap 50, with all three Roush-Fenway Racing trucks pitting together with Rick Crawford, Todd Bodine, and a few other drivers.

Coming into the pits, Todd Bodine had contact with John Wesley Townley. Spinning Townley out, he would recover and not hit anything.

However, Rick Crawford got pass-through penalties for speeding on pit road.

On Lap 52, Brandan Gaughan in the No. 10 Maxx Force International Diesel Ford F-150 would be leading, as other trucks made their green flag pit stops.

David Starr in the No. 11 Zachery Toyota Tundra and Terry Cook in the No. 60 Toyota Tundra, would get caught speeding off pit road and would have to make a pass-through penalty.

On Lap 53, green flag pit stops continue, with Johnny Benson getting only fuel, while others got two/four tires, adjustments and fuel.

On Lap 54, Ron Hornaday and Kyle Busch are in a large third group of trucks making green flag pit stops.

On Lap 55, only leader Dennis Setzer in the No. 18 Bessemer City Dodge Dodge Ram  and John Andretti in the No. 15 Hyprone Ergon Toyota Tundra in second, haven't made their pit stops yet.

On Lap 56, Terry Cook would make his pass-through penalties and get caught entering and exiting for speeding on pit road and would have to make another pass through.

On Lap 57, both Setzer and Andretti would make their pit stops under green. Todd Bodine would be back up front leading, with Erik Darnell in second, Matt Crafton in the No. 99 Menard's Chevrolet Silverado truck is in third, followed by Mike Wallace in fourth and Johnny Benson in fifth, rounding out the top five.

Joey Logano would have to make a pass-through penalty for getting caught speeding leaving pit road.

Erik Darnell has led 48 of the 57 laps run so far and is currently running in second.

On Lap 64, Ron Hornaday's running in seventh, Scott Speed's running in 11th and Kyle Busch's running in 14th.

On Lap 65, Todd Bodine leads, with Erik Darnell running in second, Matt Crafton running in third, Mike Wallace running in fourth and Johnny Benson in fifth rounding out the top five.

On Lap 67, Colin Braun would move to the outside line, would pass Todd Bodine for the lead and drop back to the bottom line. Hanging the outside line out to dry.

Moments after Colin Braun took the lead, the third caution flag flew for Jack Sprague who would get loose make contact with Kyle Busch and bounce his truck off of the wall.

Everybody pits, majority of the trucks got just two tires and fuel. The top five off of pit road was as follows: Dennis Setzer in first, John Andretti in second, Colin Braun in third, Brian Scott in fourth and Scott Speed in fifth.

Mike Skinner would have contact with Landon Cassill in the No. 81 National Guard Chevrolet Silverado leaving pit road. Skinner would come back to pit road, get the sheet metal pull off the right front tire, change right side tires and add a couple of 200mph tape on that right front fender.

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