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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: Lia Wins at Mansfield
Rookie Donny Lia drove with the savvy of a veteran and the tenacity of a bulldog to win the Ohio 250..
Tom Jensen  |  Posted May 24, 2008   Mansfield, Ohio
Donny Lia holds the checker flag after winning the Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motorsports Park. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images Photo)

Rookie Donny Lia drove with the savvy of a veteran and the tenacity of a bulldog as he knocked David Starr out of the way on the 250th and final lap to win the Ohio 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Mansfield Motorsports Park Saturday afternoon.

On the final lap, Lia went into Turn 1 with his NationRides.com/ AutismSpeaks.org Chevrolet Silverado underneath leader David Starr’s Pit-Now.com Toyota Tundra from the Red Horse Racing stable. As the two continued into Turn 2, Lia gave Starr’s truck a hard shove, knocking it out of the way as the New England native grabbed the lead for the first time.

They headed into Turn 3 three-wide, as Todd Bodine joined the fray on the bottom, trying to nose his Lumber Liquidators Tundra under Lia on the bottom, but as the trio exited Turn 4, Lia held off Starr, with Bodine losing traction and finishing third. Completing the top-five finishers were Terry Cook’s Wyler.com Tundra and Mike Skinner’s Toyota Tundra Toyota.

Lia, who had never even scored a top-five finish in his prior seven NCTS starts, claimed victory for the first time in a Truck, also giving TRG Motorsports its first victory as a team. It was the 22nd time in series history that the race-winning pass was made on the final lap.

“With 25 laps to go, I got on the radio because I could see what was going to happen,” said Lia, 27, the reigning NASCAR Whelan Modified Series champion from Jericho, N.Y. “I knew we could do it. I wouldn’t be driving this truck if I didn’t think I could do it. But so soon? No. I can’t believe it.”

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