Todd BodineTodd Bodine barely held off Rick Crawford and Johnny Benson in a three-wide finish Saturday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Bodine, the reigning truck champion, was out front for a restart with two laps to go on the 2.66-mile oval, with Crawford and Benson close behind in a single-file line of competitors. It stayed that way until the final corner of the 94-lap race, when Crawford drove high on the steeply banked track and Benson, a former series champion, ducked below Bodine.

That’s the way they finished, with Bodine beating Crawford by 0.014 seconds.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS

1 1 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 195/10 94 Running
2 22 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel 175/5 94 Running
3 17 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 165/0 94 Running
4 9 1 Jason Leffler Toyota RFMS / RedHorseRacin-g.net 160/0 94 Running
5 23 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Fastenal 155/0 94 Running
6 16 13 Willie Allen * Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 150/0 94 Running
7 13 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World / RVs.com 146/0 94 Running
8 33 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 142/0 94 Running
9 28 47 Regan Smith Chevrolet Ginn Resorts 138/0 94 Running
10 20 21 Jon Wood Ford Bush’s Beans / Winn-Dixie 134/0 94 Running
11 18 10 David Starr Ford Maxx Force Diesel 130/0 94 Running
12 35 16 Derrike Cope Ford Xpress Motorsports 127/0 94 Running
13 8 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 129/5 94 Running
14 29 51 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Flanders Beef Patties 126/5 94 Running
15 34 75 Clay Rogers Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing 118/0 94 Running
16 31 77 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet South Point Resort 115/0 94 Running
17 4 103 Mike Wallace Toyota Southeast Toyota Dealers 112/0 94 Running
18 21 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet PEAK / Menards 109/0 94 Running
19 24 09 Joey Clanton * Ford Zaxby’s 111/5 93 Running
20 25 15 Shane Sieg Chevrolet Red Top Auto Auction 103/0 93 Running
21 26 07 Tim Sauter * Chevrolet Lester Buildings / ASI Limited 105/5 92 Running
22 19 2 Cale Gale Chevrolet Camping World / RVs.com 97/0 91 Running
23 11 00 Josh Wise Toyota Aaron’s Lucky Dog 94/0 85 Accident
24 15 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet The GPS Store / Garmin 91/0 85 Running
25 7 9 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Germain Mtr Co. 88/0 80 Accident
26 5 6 Travis Kvapil Ford K&N Filters 90/5 78 Running
27 2 60 Jack Sprague Toyota Con-way Freight 87/5 73 Accident
28 12 59 Terry Cook Toyota Harris Trucking 79/0 73 Accident
29 3 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 76/0 72 Accident
30 10 27 Jacques Villeneuve Toyota UNICEF 73/0 60 Accident
31 6 50 T.J. Bell Ford Heathcliff’s Cat Litter 70/0 53 Accident
32 32 171 Bryan Silas Chevrolet PBG / Rockingham Speedway 67/0 52 Accident
33 27 08 Marc Mitchell Chevrolet People Against Drugs 64/0 12 Vibration
34 14 4 Mike Bliss Dodge Open Joist 61/0 6 Accident
35 30 7 Jason White * Dodge Gunbroker.com 58/0 6 Accident
36 36 306 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet People Against Drugs PE 3 Vibration

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