Bodine extends points lead in truck series with victory in Nashville

Bodine extends points lead with win in Nashville

GLADEVILLE, Tenn. — Points leader Todd Bodine earned his second victory of the season, winning the Nashville 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday.

Rookie Austin Dillon, the grandson of car owner Richard Childress, finished second, followed by Aric Almirola.

Timothy Peters, who led 57 laps early before trouble with his left front tire, came in fourth.

Bodine, who was the pole-sitter, extended his series lead over Almirola to 174 points.

The third caution of the race triggered tempers when Mario Gosselin was spun by Joe Aramendia along the front stretch on lap 66. Gosselin hit the wall hard and was forced out of the race. After getting out of his truck, Gosselin picked up what looked to be a brake hose laying on the track and threw it at Aramendia’s truck as it passed, just missing the roof.

Kyle Busch won the April Nashville truck race, which was his first as an owner. No current Sprint Cup drivers participated in Saturday’s event.