Friday, February 13, 2009

The Onion takes the checkers at Daytona

Todd Bodine won the NextEra Energy 250 season opener in the Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, holding off a hard-charging Kyle Busch on the final lap.
"Man, I don't know what to think. It's just incredible. Terry (Cook) hit it right. It's the truck," Bodine said in reference to a comment that Cook made about this being the truck Bodine has driven to four-straight superspeedway wins. "That thing, it drives so good. Especially here at Daytona, it's all about getting your truck to drive good, not bounce through the bumps, not be loose, not be tight. That truck just does whatever we ask it to do."
Going down the backstretch Busch gave Bodine a shot to the bumper but it ended up getting Busch's No. 51 Miccosukee Toyota Tundra loose in the process. That allowed Bodine to coast the rest of the way to the finish line.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good pictures and story but for some reason it got chopped off. What is the weather like and how is the crowd atmosphere? Keep up good work. Show some fans and there costumes.