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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: One Champion Up, Two Others Down
2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Todd Bodine is leading the points race…
SPEED Staff  |  Posted March 09, 2010   Charlotte, NC
Todd Bodine (Pictured) appeared poised to steal a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win last weekend at Kansas Speedway when Johnny Sauter and Ron Hornaday tangled. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Todd Bodine is off to his best start in a couple of years, finishing fifth in Saturday’s E-Z-GO 200 to become the NASCAR Camping world Truck Series points leader.

“That’s the key to any series, any points race,” said Bodine, backing up a runner-up finish at Daytona.

Bodine, the 2006 champion, last topped the standings after last year’s season-opening race.

There’s joy in the Germain Racing camp but Bodine added that two other former champions - Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Skinner – have their backs to the wall after just two races.

Hornaday, involved in an early accident, finished 34th. Skinner also had problems but salvaged a 14th.

Skinner, the 1995 champion, heads to Martinsville Speedway later this month 17th in points. Hornaday, mired in a huge hole as he bids for a fifth championship, is 28th.

“I’ve come out of Daytona 38th before and it’s a long, hard struggle to get back to the top,” said Bodine. “Normally, you never get to the top. You get to the top five; that’s about it.”

Timothy Peters successfully backed up his Daytona victory. Peters finished seventh to trail Bodine by just four points. Considering Peters was the winner of Martinsville’s fall race a year ago, his Red Horse Racing team no longer is flying below the radar as far as the championship is concerned.

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