Truck Series Produces Another First-Time Winner
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie, Donny Lia, took home his first checkered flags in the series during the Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motor Park with a last lap bump on David Starr to get the win. The race drew a record 15 caution flags throughout the day, the last of which came from a Brendan Gaughan spin with 11 laps to go. At the time, Lia was running in second behind Starr, but was able to nudge him up the track on the final circuit to make the pass successfully. He then had to hold off Starr and Todd Bodine as they got three-wide going into Turn 3, and eventually picked up the win for TRG Motorsports.
Starr went onto finish second, followed by Bodine in third. Fourth place went to Terry Cook, and Mike Skinner completed the top-five. Skinner had an earlier incident with Ron Hornaday, who came into the race with the points lead. As the two battled for the race lead with Johnny Benson back on lap 49, the they made contact, and Hornaday ended up in the wall with a wrecked truck. He went onto finish 35th, and dropped four spots in the standings. Todd Bodine’s third place run bumped him up two spots into the points lead.
Craftsman Truck Series Standings (from nascar.com):
| RANK |
+/- |
DRIVER |
POINTS |
BEHIND |
STARTS |
POLES |
WINS |
TOP 5 |
TOP 10 |
| 1 |
+2 |
Todd Bodine |
1001 |
Leader |
7 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| 2 |
– |
Rick Crawford |
993 |
-8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
| 3 |
+1 |
Matt Crafton |
956 |
-45 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| 4 |
+4 |
Johnny Benson |
943 |
-58 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
| 5 |
-4 |
Ron Hornaday |
937 |
-64 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| 6 |
+4 |
Terry Cook |
920 |
-81 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 7 |
+4 |
Mike Skinner |
918 |
-83 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| 8 |
+6 |
David Starr |
913 |
-88 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 9 |
– |
Erik Darnell |
901 |
-100 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 10 |
-4 |
Chad McCumbee |
899 |
-102 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 11 |
+2 |
Jack Sprague |
896 |
-105 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| 12 |
-7 |
Dennis Setzer |
883 |
-118 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 13 |
+2 |
Ted Musgrave |
841 |
-160 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 14 |
-2 |
Brendan Gaughan |
824 |
-177 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 15 |
+1 |
Colin Braun* |
811 |
-190 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 16 |
-9 |
Kyle Busch |
797 |
-204 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 17 |
– |
Justin Marks* |
736 |
-265 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 18 |
– |
Stacy Compton |
730 |
-271 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 19 |
+1 |
Shelby Howard |
725 |
-276 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 20 |
+7 |
Donny Lia* |
704 |
-297 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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