Johnny Benson in Victory Lane at Kentucky (Ronda Greer/NASCAR Photo)

Johnny Benson dominated Saturday night's Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway, winning his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race of the year and 11th of his career, cruising to an easy victory in event No. 13 of 25 on the NCTS schedule.

Finishing second behind Benson was his Bill Davis Racing teammate, youngster Michael Annett, in just his third NCTS start of the season. Then it was Matt Crafton, Dennis Setzer and David Starr rounding out the top five.

Second-qualifier Kyle Busch took the lead on the opening lap in his No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra, ahead of the Toyota Tundra-sponsored No. 5 of Mike Skinner, Skinner's teammate Benson in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra, and points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. in the Camping World No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado.

Shelby Howard spun on Lap 4, bringing out the first caution of the race. Under yellow, Jack Sprague pitted with engine problems in his American Commercial Lines Chevy. He had to pit again for a missing hood pin, which dropped him to the end of the field and he would never be a factor in the outcome of the race.

Busch held sway when the green flag flew on Lap 8, but pole-sitter Skinner began to pressure him heavily. It took just five laps for another yellow to fly, as Ryan Lawler spun the Manheim Dealers Auto Auction Chevrolet at the exit of Turn 2, in an incident that also involved Timothy Peters's Dodge Ram.

The top four remained unchanged when the green flew to start Lap 16, as Matt Crafton moved his No. 88 Menards Chevrolet into fifth ahead of Justin Marks in the No. 9 Construct Corps Toyota.

On Lap 22, Caution No. 3 came out as J.C. Stout lost a motor in his No. 91 American Classic Outfitters Chevrolet. Under the ensuing caution, nine trucks stayed out, while third-place Benson was the first of the leaders to pit. When the green waved on Lap 25, the order was Busch, Skinner, Marks, Annett in the No. 22 Pilot Travel Center Toyota and Jason White in the No. 08 Gunbroker.com Dodge.

At the one-third mark, Lap 50, Busch pitted, turning the lead over to Skinner, who was trailed by Marks, Annette and Hornaday. Two laps later, the caution flew for the fourth time when Chrissie Wallace backed her GEICO Toyota into the wall at the exit of Turn 4.

The caution pinned Busch a lap down, while the lead-lap trucks pitted. Benson won the race off pit road ahead of Erik Darnell in the Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150, Skinner, Marks and the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota of Todd Bodine. Busch got the Lucky Dog, which put him back on the lead lap, but all the way back in 26th place. The race was red-flagged on Lap 57 to allow track workers to repair the damage that Wallace's truck did to the SAFER barrier.

The track went green on Lap 59, and Busch immediately began charging towards the front, with Skinner quickly taking second from Darnell and closing on leader Benson. On Lap 67, Bodine pitted with loose lugnuts on the right-front tire of his Toyota.

Caution No. 5 for debris was displayed on Lap 74, one lap before the halfway mark. This time is was Bodine who got the Lucky Dog and got back on the lead lap for the Lap 78 restart, as Benson led Skinner, Darnell, Marks and Crafton.

Four laps later, points leader Hornaday made an unscheduled pit stop with a loose left-rear wheel on his Kevin Harvick Inc.-owned Chevrolet. That dropped him to 27th, one lap behind the leaders.

At the 100-lap mark, Benson held sway over Skinner, Darnell, Marks and Crafton. Benson's Toyota clearly liked the clean air out front, while behind him Crafton took over fourth place on Lap 108.

The next caution came on Lap 114 for debris, sending most of the leaders scurrying down pit road a lap later. Annett led the race off pit road, followed by Setzer's Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge, both taking only two tires. Benson came out third, but with four fresh Goodyears, which was a decided advantage. Behind them were Marc Mitchell's Hyprene-Ergon Toyota and Skinner.

On the restart, Benson jumped into the lead, while behind them, Marks, Darnell and Chad McCumbee's Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet crashed in Turn 3. The accident began when Ted Musgrave's Team ASE Toyota bumped Busch, who drifted into McCumbee, sending him into the wall, where he got hit by first Darnell and then Marks.

The order after the carnage was Benson, Annett, Setzer, Crafton and David Starr's Red Horse Racing Toyota. But on the Lap 127 restart, there was a huge crash at the end of the backstretch as Bodine made contact with first Jon Wood's Barnhill Group Ford and the Fords of Colin Braun (Con-Way Freight) and Brendan Gaughan (International Maxx Force Diesel).

On Lap 131, the green came out, with Skinner fending off his Bill Davis Racing teammate Annett. Crafton got past Setzer for third, but no one was going to catch Benson, as he scored a dominating victory.

Tom Jensen is the Senior NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com.  He is the author of "Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED," and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association.  Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing.