Todd Bodine won his fourth race of the 2010 season in Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
(NCWTS) at Kentucky Speedway.
Bodine led twice for 18 (of 150) laps and recovered from a spin on lap 81 to earn his 21st series triumph in a Toyota.
It marked the 11th NCWTS victory for a Tundra in 18 races this year.
Tundra drivers have now won five straight races this season with Bodine also winning at Nashville (August 7) and
Darlington (August 14) and Kyle Busch was victorious at Bristol (August 18) and Chicagoland (August 27).
Aric Almirola (third), Timothy Peters (sixth), Busch (seventh) also scored top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile tri-oval.
Tundra drivers Justin Lofton (11th), Mike Skinner (13th), David Starr (14th), Donny Lia (18th), Miguel Paludo (20th)
and Steve Park (25th) were also in the field.
Bodine continues to lead the unofficial NCWTS standings following Kentucky, leading Almirola by 261 points. Peters
(fourth), Skinner (eighth) and Starr (ninth) are also in the top-10 in points after 18 of 25 races.
TODD BODINE, No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing
Finishing Position: 1st
How does it feel to get your first win at Kentucky?
"The first person I have to thank is Kyle Busch for driving dirty, sucking me down and getting me spun out to give us the gas.
That's why we won the race. We had a great truck, don't get me wrong, this Toyota Tundra was incredibly fast. When I got
up behind Kyle (Busch), we got aero tight, which that's what happens. I backed off kind of riding there trying to keep the
right front out and wait for later. Low and behold we got sucked around, got some fuel and here we are in victory lane. This
is awesome. I have to thank all the fans -- Kentucky fans here are awesome. Everybody watching on T.V., thank you. This
Toyota Tundra is awesome."
How was your crew able to repair your truck and get you back to the front of the field?
"That's every week. I say it every time we get up here, but these guys are incredible. We beat everyone out when we took
fuel only. That was part of what got us out front. These guys are awesome. They do a great job in the shop, they do a great
job on pit road every week. That's what makes a great championship team is consistency. They may not be the fastest,
although they are, but they're consistent. They don't make mistakes. That's what you have to do, not make mistakes."
Does this win affect your championship chances for this season?
"No, you can't because anything can happen. Just like getting sucked around, luckily we didn't back it into the wall. If we
would have backed it into the wall, we wouldn't be sitting in victory lane, that's luck. That's racing luck. That's what you
have to have to be able to get a championship. It was an incredible night. Believe it or not, this is the first time that all of my
owners have been at a race that we've won. All three Germain brothers are here and it's awesome."
What did Kyle Busch tell you when he came to victory lane after the race?
"He wasn't happy that I called him out on T.V. It's a shame, he's such a good kid. When you get him away from this racing
atmosphere and he's off just being Kyle (Busch), he's a good kid and he's a lot of fun. I've been there with him. You put
him behind the wheel and he thinks he owns the race track. He doesn't cut anybody a break. If this was an isolated incident,
I'd let it slide and wouldn't worry about it, but he drives that way in every division, every week."
How were you able to recover from a spin and still win the race?
"That's the way the trucks are. If somebody runs down tight on your quarter panel, you get loose. We got a great run on Kyle
(Busch) on the restart and he ran me tight through (turns) three and four and I was just hanging on and finally just came
around on me. That's our misfortune turned into our fortune because that's what gave us the little extra fuel that we needed to
get to the end. I pedaled pretty hard about 20 laps to go and (Mike Hillman) Junior (crew chief) kept reminding me to pedal
and about the last 10 laps I just rode around here half throttle. We had such a big lead and he was telling me how far we had.
I just kept pedaling and going and we had enough fuel. We had a great truck. The Germain Tundra was incredible. We
struggled in practice and couldn't get it to drive the way I wanted it. We kept working on it and working on it. We did some
serious stuff before the race and we didn't touch it all night. It was that good. It's unusual to have that. We had that good a
Tundra all night."
MIKE HILLMAN JR., crew chief, No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing
How were you able to keep Todd Bodine calm after he spun out during the race?
"You don't have to keep Todd (Bodine) calm. He does a great job. He took a deep breath, took his time coming back
through there. We lost a panel when we spun out and the guys did a great job of getting it put back together and making sure
it would make it the rest of the way and conform to the rules so we wouldn't have any issues. I'm just so proud of the guys.
They worked so hard this week. We had a little damage after Chicago on Saturday night, met the truck driver at the shop and
before we went home Saturday night it was ready for the body shop. The body shop came in Sunday painted it and Monday
we were putting a motor back in it. Some people would have said let's take the other truck but these guys won't. They never
stop working -- they give you 110 percent all the time and I'm proud to be a part of it."
STEVE GERMAIN, crew chief, No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing
What is it like for this to be the first time that all three Germain brothers to be together for one of Todd Bodine's wins?<
"It was fun to have both my brothers there and a couple of wives were there as well. It was a lot of fun and I'm very proud of
Todd (Bodine), Mike (Hillman Jr., crew chief) and the whole team. We've got a great team this year. The pit crew does a
wonderful job. To have all of us here tonight was a lot of fun."
ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 51 Zyclara/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports
Finishing Position: 3rd
Are you satisfied with a third-place finish at Kentucky?
"It's frustration for sure. We didn't have a good enough truck anyway tonight. We struggled with our truck just being real
up on top of the race track. We didn't have the grip we needed all night. I'm more disappointed in how our truck handled
than Todd (Bodine) winning or us finishing third. It was a great call to come in and get tires and gas right there when we
were in our fuel window. I'm proud of Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and all the guys on our Graceway Pharmaceuticals
team. We had a decent truck tonight, it just wasn't good enough."
TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Finishing Position: 6th
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Dollar General Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 7th
JUSTIN LOFTON, No. 7 VisitPit.com Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Finishing Position: 11th
MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 International Trucks/Monaco RV's Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports
Finishing Position: 13th
DAVID STARR, No. 81 Allegro Marinade Toyota Tundra, Green Light Racing
Finishing Position: 14th
DONNY LIA, No. 90 Dave Dayton's Racers Auctn & Trade Show Toyota Tundra, Stringer Motorsports
Finishing Position: 18th
MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 77 Stemco Duroliner Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing
Finishing Position: 20th
STEVE PARK, No. 41 Bollegraaf Toyota Tundra, Sharp Hartman Racing
