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07/19/2008 - 09:31 PM
Sparta, Kentucky
Johnny Benson dominated Saturday night’s Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images) » More Photos
The next caution came on Lap 114 for debris, sending most of the leaders scurrying down pit road a lap later. Annett led the race off pit road, followed by Setzer’s Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge, both taking only two tires. Benson came out third, but with four fresh Goodyears, which was a decided advantage. Behind them were Marc Mitchell’s Hyprene-Ergon Toyota and Skinner.
On the restart, Benson jumped into the lead, while behind them, Marks, Darnell and Chad McCumbee’s Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet crashed in Turn 3. The accident began when Ted Musgrave’s Team ASE Toyota bumped Busch, who drifted into McCumbee, sending him into the wall, where he got hit by first Darnell and then Marks.
The order after the carnage was Benson, Annett, Setzer, Crafton and David Starr’s Red Horse Racing Toyota. But on the Lap 127 restart, there was a huge crash at the end of the backstretch as Bodine made contact with first Jon Wood’s Barnhill Group Ford and the Fords of Colin Braun (Con-Way Freight) and Brendan Gaughan (International Maxx Force Diesel).
On Lap 131, the green came out, with Skinner fending off his Bill Davis Racing teammate Annett. Crafton got past Setzer for third, but no one was going to catch Benson, as
Built Ford Tough 225 RACE RESULTS
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Tom Jensen is the Senior NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,” and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to
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