Todd Bodine is the Camping World Truck Series points leader. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Bodine also has a victory at Texas this season and is fourth in the points, but he isn’t happy with the team’s consistency. He has eight top fives, including second at Martinsville last week, but only one more top 10 in 21 races and he has been 16th or worse in 10.

“One race doesn’t make a season,” Bodine said. “Winning Talladega would be a great victory for the Copart Tundra team, but it wouldn’t make up for the ups and downs we’ve had this year.”

Notes: Mike and Chrissy Wallace will become the first father-daughter team in NASCAR history to race against each other. It’s the first truck start for both this season. ... Kyle Busch returns to the truck series in the Billy Ballew Motorsports No. 51 Toyota. Busch has won his past three starts but hasn’t entered the past two races. He has five wins in 11 races this season.

Fast facts

What: Mountain Dew 250
Where: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway
When: Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT
TV: SPEED, 3:30 p.m. EDT
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128
Track layout: 2.66-mile oval
Race distance: 94 laps/250 miles
Qualifying: Friday, 5:10 p.m. EDT
2008 winner: Todd Bodine
2008 polesitter: Erik Darnell

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