Germain Racing's No. 30 Tundra was last seen in "Copart Blue" at Kentucky Speedway in July. The Copart Tundra returns to action at Talladega Superspeedway, dressed in an appropriately slick paint job for the Halloween Day action in Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 fueled by Fred's. The race marks the final chapter in the Copart "Challenge of Champions."
"In the Copart 'Challenge of Champions,' Copart gave race fans that voted for Todd Bodine at Copart.com a chance to win a trip to see him compete in the Copart Tundra at Talladega Superspeedway. Darlene Coleman of Beloit, WI, will be in Talladega with the Copart Tundra crew this weekend and we're looking forward to having her be a part of our team," said Bodine's crew chief, Mike Hillman Jr.
Another part of the Copart Challenge of Champions is to crown a Copart Champion driver and give a special award on behalf of the champion that wins the Copart Challenge of Champions. Copart sponsors 2006 Truck Series champion Bodine, as well as 2007 Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday Jr.
"It's great to see Copart stepping in with the offer of the donation to the champion's charity of choice. I picked the American Cancer Society—it is a great cause. We all need to do what we can to help. Hopefully we can win the American Cancer Society a little bit of money," said Bodine, who will wear a pink helmet in the Talladega race to help promote National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Hillman and the Copart Tundra crew have prepared chassis TRD-058 for racing at Talladega. This chassis kicked off the 2009 season with a win at Daytona becoming the first unsponsored truck to win in 62 Truck Series races. Bearing "Copart Blue," TRD-058 will defend a superspeedway win streak that dates back to Talladega, 2007, and features back-to-back wins at Talladega and Daytona as well as one pole award at Talladega. TRD-058 is the only Toyota Tundra to win at Talladega.
Racing action at Talladega Superspeedway gets underway at 4:00 PM Eastern on Saturday, October 31st preceded by qualifying on Friday afternoon at 5:10 PM Eastern. Make plans to watch the 94 laps/250 miles of racing in the Mountain Dew 250 fueled by Fred's on Saturday on SPEED or tune in to your local MRN affiliate.
