Johnny Benson won the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville. Benson scored his 13th series victory in his 115th start. He has won the last three races and four of the last five. Benson became the fifth different driver to win three consecutive races in the series. Mike Skinner (1996 and 2007), Ron Hornaday Jr. (1997), Todd Bodine (2005), and Greg Biffle (2000) are the others who won three consecutive races.
Bnson scored his series leading fourth win of 2008.
Benson became the only repeat winner at Nashville, also winning in 2006.
Benson only led the last three laps, passing Erik Darnell.
It was the series leading fifth win for Bill Davis Racing in 2008.
It was Toyota’s eighth win of 2008. Chevy has 5 wins, Ford has one and Dodge has one.
Benson extended his points lead to 45 over Hornaday.
Todd Bodine finished third but failed to win from the pole for the first time in his series career. In each of his last three poles he has gone on to win the race.
Colin Braun finished sixth, the highest finishing Raybestos Rookie of Year candidate.
Skinner finished 17th, breaking a streak of 10 consecutive top-10 finishes that began at Kansas.
The race featured five lead changes among six leaders.
The race was slowed seven times for 29 laps.
The top 10 consisted of two Fords, four Toyotas, three Chevrolets and one Dodge.(ESPN)(8-11-2008)
