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| Clint Bowyer celebrates winning the Lucas Oil 150 |
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| Todd Bodine celebrates his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship |
| Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR |
Clint Bowyer didn't lose his touch during a three-year hiatus from NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series.
Driving Kevin Harvick's No. 2 Chevrolet, Bowyer won Friday night's Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway in his first start in the series since Oct. 20, 2007 at Martinsville.
Todd Bodine also had reason to celebrate. With a 12th-place finish at Phoenix, Bodine wrapped up his second truck series championship. He leads Aric Almirola by an insurmountable 202 points entering next Friday's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Bowyer beat race runner-up Kyle Busch to the line by 1.039 seconds. Johnny Sauter finished third, followed by Matt Crafton and Almirola.
"Everybody back at the shop did such a great job building this thing," Bowyer said. "They were excited about it before we came down here, and any time these guys get excited about building a truck back at the shop, you know as a racecar driver that you're going to have a good hot rod, and we certainly did.
"I love this series, and I think this is some of the best racing we have in NASCAR. It's fun to be back in it."
Bowyer had the dominant truck in the early going. After taking the top spot from polesitter Austin Dillon following a restart on Lap 24, Bowyer opened a lead that reached 6.626 seconds before NASCAR called the second caution of the race on Lap 53 because of fluid on the track.
Busch led 25 laps in the middle of the race, but Bowyer reasserted his superiority after beating Busch out of the pits for a restart on Lap 67.
Bodine added the 2010 crown to his 2006 truck series title.
"Along the way, we had a lot of good luck," Bodine said. "Along with good performance, along with hard work, you've got to have good luck, and we had it this year. We did that. But the old adage is 'You make your own luck,' and this team has done a great job all year of doing that."
Note: Busch, who drives his own No. 18 Toyota, holds a 120 point lead over Bodine's No. 30 Toyota, fielded by Germain Racing, in the battle for the owners' championship.
Results
| FIN |
ST |
CAR |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
PTS/BNS |
LAPS |
STATUS |
| 1 |
3 |
2 |
Clint Bowyer |
Chevrolet |
Kroger |
195/10 |
150 |
Running |
| 2 |
4 |
18 |
Kyle Busch |
Toyota |
Toyota Tundra / Z-Line Designs |
175/5 |
150 |
Running |
| 3 |
5 |
13 |
Johnny Sauter |
Chevrolet |
FarmPaint.com / Curb Records |
165/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 4 |
2 |
88 |
Matt Crafton |
Chevrolet |
Australian Gold / Menards |
160/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 5 |
9 |
51 |
Aric Almirola |
Toyota |
Floors By Design |
155/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 6 |
8 |
5 |
Mike Skinner |
Toyota |
International Trucks / Monaco RV |
150/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 7 |
1 |
3 |
Austin Dillon * |
Chevrolet |
Bass Pro Shops / Remington Arms / Tracker |
151/5 |
150 |
Running |
| 8 |
12 |
181 |
David Starr |
Toyota |
Zachry / ASI Limited |
142/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 9 |
7 |
7 |
Justin Lofton * |
Toyota |
VisitPIT.com |
138/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 10 |
11 |
47 |
Bobby Hamilton Jr. |
Chevrolet |
GreetingExpress.com |
134/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 11 |
18 |
31 |
James Buescher |
Chevrolet |
Great Clips |
135/5 |
150 |
Running |
| 12 |
15 |
30 |
Todd Bodine |
Toyota |
Germain.com |
127/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 13 |
6 |
17 |
Timothy Peters |
Toyota |
Lufkin Pro Series |
124/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 14 |
10 |
60 |
Stacy Compton |
Chevrolet |
SafeAuto Ins. Co. / Embassy Suites |
121/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 15 |
13 |
90 |
Brad Sweet |
Chevrolet |
Great Clips |
118/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 16 |
17 |
119 |
David Mayhew |
Chevrolet |
MMI Services / Ron's Rear End |
PE |
150 |
Running |
| 17 |
16 |
162 |
Greg Pursley |
Chevrolet |
Gene Price Motorsports / Star Nursery |
112/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 18 |
23 |
125 |
Tayler Malsam |
Toyota |
Exide Batteries |
109/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 19 |
20 |
46 |
Steve Park |
Toyota |
Van Dyk Baler Corp. / Bollegraaf |
106/0 |
150 |
Running |
| 20 |
27 |
39 |
Ryan Sieg |
Chevrolet |
S&W Towing |
103/0 |
149 |
Running |
| 21 |
32 |
85 |
Brent Raymer |
Ford |
Ford. Drive one. |
100/0 |
147 |
Running |
| 22 |
28 |
22 |
Tim George Jr. |
Chevrolet |
RCR Development |
97/0 |
146 |
Running |
| 23 |
29 |
10 |
Jennifer Jo Cobb * |
Ford |
drivenmale.com / DriverBoutique.com |
94/0 |
145 |
Running |
| 24 |
35 |
57 |
Norm Benning |
Chevrolet |
Centramatic |
91/0 |
143 |
Running |
| 25 |
34 |
01 |
Brian Weber |
Chevrolet |
Koma Unwind |
PE |
142 |
Running |
| 26 |
25 |
186 |
Jamie Dick |
Chevrolet |
Viva Auto Group |
85/0 |
138 |
Running |
| 27 |
22 |
4 |
Ricky Carmichael |
Chevrolet |
Monster Energy |
82/0 |
137 |
Running |
| 28 |
26 |
6 |
C E Falk |
Chevrolet |
Kids Embrace Car Seats |
79/0 |
132 |
Running |
| 29 |
14 |
33 |
Ron Hornaday |
Chevrolet |
E-Z-Go 2Five Street Legal Vehicle |
76/0 |
114 |
Accident |
| 30 |
33 |
172 |
Caitlin Shaw |
Chevrolet |
Oil Medics / Community Healthcare Services |
73/0 |
84 |
Accident |
| 31 |
21 |
9 |
Tom Hessert Jr. |
Toyota |
Cherry Hill Classic Cars |
70/0 |
84 |
Overheating |
| 32 |
19 |
23 |
Jason White |
Toyota |
GunBroker.com / Mule Deer Foundation |
67/0 |
53 |
Engine |
| 33 |
31 |
93 |
Shane Sieg |
Chevrolet |
S&W Towing |
64/0 |
36 |
Overheating |
| 34 |
24 |
12 |
Mario Gosselin |
Chevrolet |
Accell Construction / TireMonkey.com / James Carter Attorney |
61/0 |
30 |
Overheating |
| 35 |
36 |
89 |
Chris Lafferty |
Chevrolet |
Blue Ox / Lafferty Performance |
58/0 |
14 |
Accident |
| 36 |
30 |
07 |
Butch Miller |
Toyota |
Zachry / ASI Limited |
55/0 |
8 |
Axel |
* Denotes Rookie
