With 10 laps remaining in the John Deere 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Mark Martin had a comfortable lead and appeared to be on his way to his record-tying third consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory.

But an ill-timed pack of traffic and a hard charging Todd Bodine put the brakes on Martin's victory charge. That pack of traffic split the leaders on lap 126 - just four laps remaining in the scheduled distance - gave Bodine the opening he needed. Bodine split the middle between the two lapped trucks, while Martin dipped to the inside. Both of the leaders' trucks pitched sideways, with contact made between all four drivers as they raced down the backstretch.

Bodine did a Herculean job to keep his truck under control, while Martin escaped with some damage to the right side. A third driver involved, Timothy Peters, cut down a left rear tire after contact from Bodine and that eventually sent him around and into the wall to set up the third green-white-checkered overtime finish in three series races.  On the restart, Martin dipped to the inside, but that was exactly what Bodine needed to keep him at bay.

"If Mark had gone high, there is no way I could have held him off," Bodine said in victory lane. While Martin was disappointed his win streak came to a halt at two, he was pleased with his team's performance and enjoyed his first Truck Series race at Atlanta.  "That was a lot of fun," Martin said. "What got us there was the lapped trucks. We came up on a three-wide pack of trucks and they were all in their own race. That's what chopped down that lead, and Todd saw an opening and he went for it. It was a great race, these Truck Series drivers do a heck of a job." While Bodine and Martin were engaged in their own battle, just behind them lurked Johnny Benson looking for any opportunity to sneak past and collect his first career Truck Series victory.

A pileup in turn four on the last lap threw everyone for a loop, and held up the unofficial results while NASCAR officials reviewed video and scoring data.  Aric Almirola got loose exiting the final corner and collected Jack Sprague, Brendan Gaughan, Bobby Hamilton, Jr., and Steve Park. Sprague and Gaughan both went hard into the outside wall head on, demolishing their trucks, while Hamilton, Jr. slid up into Park's path at the last moment, leaving Park no where to go and doing major damage to both vehicles.