Bodine outfoxed pole-sitter Erik Darnell during the race's final pit stop on Lap 86 to take a lead he would never surrender, bringing his Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra across the start-finish line 0.077 seconds over Busch's NOS Energy Drink Toyota. Benson drove from the 35th starting position to finish third, while David Starr was fourth in the Red Horse Racing Tundra, making it an all-Toyota sweep of the top four positions. Rounding out the top five was Rick Crawford in the Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford.

"This is my 20th year coming to this speedway," said an exuberant Bodine, who was joined in victory lane by brother Geoffrey, the 1986 Daytona 500 winner. "I came here three years as a crew member, 17 years as a driver. Finished second and third, crashed hard, burned a couple times. Finally!"

The night began with fireworks early in the race. On Lap 19, a massive accident on the backstretch occurred as Busch came all the way down from the top lane at the exit of Turn 2 and hit Mike Skinner, who was on the bottom, with the contact triggering a massive pileup. The Ford of F-150 of P.J. Jones erupted in a huge fireball, but he exited his blazing truck unscathed.

Busch spun and didn't hit anything, but the others were not so lucky, as the accident knocked out Skinner, Brendan Gaughan, Jon Wood, Matt Crafton, Chad Chaffin, Ted Musgrave and Andy Lally. The crash brought out a red flag that lasted 17 minutes and 23 seconds. Asked what he saw, Wood said, "Smoke. That's about it."

The NCTS regulars affixed the blame on Busch for the contact. "Kyle will race tomorrow," said a disgusted Gaughan. "He doesn't care about this. This is his fun time."

"Awfully early in the race to be making moves like that all over the race track," opined Skinner.

"They were way too stupid out there," added Crafton.

"I apologize if I was to blame for that," said Busch.

The track went green again on Lap 24, with Bodine leading Darnell, Mike Bliss, Justin Marks and Joey Clanton. Going into the entrance of Turn 3, there was a three-way battle for third place, with Bliss on the bottom, Clanton in the middle and Terry Cook on top. Bliss and Clanton bumped and went into the outside wall, taking Cook out and Colin Braun behind them. It was the start of a disastrous night for Roush-Fenway Racing, owners of the Braun and Clanton trucks.

The incidents meant that one-fourth of the race distance, 11 of 36 trucks in the field had been eliminated totally or heavily damaged. There would soon be more to fall by the wayside. On Lap 44, defending series champ Hornaday saw his Chevrolet smoking heavily, sending him to the garage for lengthy repairs.

At the midway point, Bodine led, but was complaining of looseness in his Toyota. He was trailed at that point by Darnell, Marks, Benson and Crawford. Two laps later, Bodine moved out of the way and let the three trucks behind go around him.

Next to encounter problems was Scott Lagasse Jr., who lost a right-front tire and hit the Turn 2 wall, bringing out a caution on Lap 55. The field pitted a lap later for tires and fuel, with Darnell emerging in the lead ahead of Bodine, Busch, Marks and McCumbee.

The green flag flew on Lap 58 and after an erratic and uneven beginning to the race, the drivers settled down to a more measured pace, with Darnell leading lap after lap, as Bodine doggedly sat on his bumper.

The top six trucks all stopped for fuel and tires on Lap 85, Marks, Bodine and Darnell taking gas and right-side tires, Busch opting for all four fresh tires. It was here that the race turned. Bodine passed Darnell just past the exit of pit road to take over first place. Darnell had the point when they crossed the end line, but Bodine accelerated hard on the gas to take a lead he would never surrender.

On Lap 87, Darnell encountered a right-side vibration and attempted to turn down onto pit road, when Marks ran into the back of him, wrecking both trucks and meaning that all three Roush Fenway Racing trucks were heavily damaged during the race. Darnell said he tried to waive off Marks, but to no avail. "I'm frustrated right now."

The wreck left Bodine in the lead ahead of Benson, Busch and Starr, which is how they would finish. Bodine was never passed after that, as he held on to score his 13th career victory in 91 NCTS starts, and his first in 34 Daytona attempts in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and NCTS series. He led a total of 49 of 100 laps.

"Finally, to get it done, it was incredible," said Bodine.

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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 numerous television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association.