Todd Bodine, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota, crosses the finish line to win the Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. (Photo: Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
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The tangle between Bodine and Kvapil pushed another strong run by Ron Hornaday out of the spotlight. Hornaday dominated the race, leading a race-high 117 laps and at times opening up a five-plus second advantage on the second place driver. He had lapped up to sixth place during the round of green flag stops when he ran out of fuel on lap 149.
"We ran out of gas at the start-finish line," Hornaday said. "We knew everyone else had pitted and we were coming. It's just one of those things that happens. It doesn't matter. This truck was fast again, and we get to take the same one to Michigan next week."
After tangling with Kvapil, Bodine was forced to deal with current series championship leader Mike Skinner on the two-lap dash to the flag. Bodine got a strong restart, but Skinner did too. The driver of the No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota dispatched Rick Crawford just after taking the green flag and tried to chase down Bodine, but fell about five truck lengths short at the finish.
"I got greedy," Skinner said. "I tried to run that last lap wide open, and I probably should have breathed it a little. It just pushed up slightly and that was the difference. It was a lot of fun those last laps. Rick Crawford raced us like a gentleman and we tried to chase down Todd. The results might have been the same as last season, but we didn't have nearly the truck we did last year. Last year Todd came down and got fresh tires with a handful of laps to go and beat us. If we had another lap this year, we might have been able to get him."
Crawford finished third in the No. 14 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford, rebounding after a couple of weeks of bad luck. Hornaday was able to rebound to finish fourth in the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet, and Texas native David Starr rounded out the top five in the No. 10 International MaxxForce Diesel Ford.
Kvapil finished sixth, the last driver on the lead lap, with Matt Crafton, Ken Schrader, Ted Musgrave, and Stacy Compton
rounding out the top ten.
There were 12 lead changes among six drivers, and the six cautions consumed 35 laps. The average speed was 118.057 miles per hour.
Skinner continues to lead the series standings by 82 points over Hornaday entering the next race at Michigan International Speedway on June 16.
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Unofficial Results: Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway
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