*Todd Bodine won the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
*Bodine posted his 16th Truck Series victory in his 116th start. The 16 wins ties him with Greg Biffle for sixth all-time.
*Bodine won the last four Superspeedway races (Talladega ’07, Daytona, Talladega ’08 and Daytona ’09). It was his second consecutive NCWTS victory at Daytona, the first repeat winner at Daytona.
*Bodine was penalized on Lap 10 for passing for the lead below the double yellow line, and he never went a lap down.
*Bodine has finished in the top 5 for the seventh consecutive Truck race, the longest current streak.
*Germain Racing posted its 17th career win, which includes all of Todd Bodine’s wins.
*Bodine’s truck was unsponsored. The last time an unsponsored truck won a race was 62 races ago at Kentucky, when Ron Hornaday won in July 2006.
*Bodine became the ninth Daytona race winner over the age of 40. Carl Edwards was 24 years, 5 months, 29 days when he won at Daytona in 2004, the only Daytona winner under the age of 40.
*Kyle Busch finished second to Todd Bodine for the second consecutive year.
*J.R. Fitzpatrick finished fourth, the highest finisher of the six rookie of the year contenders in the race. Fitzpatrick’s previous best finish was 21st at Martinsville (October 2008).
*Ricky Carmichael, 24th, and Chase Austin, 13th, made their Trucks debut.
*Rick Crawford is now the all-time leader with 298 series starts. Crawford was tied with Jack Sprague going into this race.
*The top 10 consisted of six Toyotas, three Chevrolets and one Ford. The highest-finishing Dodge was Dennis Setzer in 18th.
(ESPN.com)(2-16-2009)
