Bodine Leaves Kentucky with a Top 10 Finish

07-11-2006 | TruckSeries.com Report

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points leader, Todd Bodine took home a 10th place finish in Saturday's Built Ford Tough 225 after he worked his magic with an ill handling race truck. Bodine and his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra crew worked all race long to take away a notable top 10 finish.

Bodine began the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway in the ninth starting spot, but had handling problems early on in the race and brought his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra into the pits for some early adjustments, which put Bodine toward the back of the pack. He wasted no time getting his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra back in the middle. Bodine's Tundra started to come around on lap 50 and he went from 25 th to ninth by lap 110.

As the laps began to wind down Bodine did all he could to keep his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra in line and held on to finish the Ford Tough 225 in the 10 th position.

"This No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra was tough at the start of the race. My truck was just so tight that I needed to bring it in as soon as I could so we could get it drivable. It took a couple of pit stops early on to get my truck back on track. Mike Hillman, Jr. and the crew kept chipping away to get it right. It was just one of those races and one of those nights. Even with all of the adjustments we were still able to come away with a top 10 finish, which is what we needed to do. My crew worked so hard to get this truck handling well again. To have problems early on and still get a top 10 finish says a lot about this whole team.

Bodine leads the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver points standings at the season's mid-point with a 112 point margin over Benson, who took the runner up spot from David Reutimann. This week the series heads to a short track for Saturday's O'Reilly 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park.