DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Timothy Peters watched Todd Bodine dominate the last two truck races at Daytona International Speedway.
Maybe he picked up a thing or two.
Peters passed Bodine on the final lap of Saturday night’s Camping World truck series opener, then edged him at the line for his second career victory. Dennis Setzer finished third, followed by Jason White and Matt Crafton.
“I guess it’s everybody’s dream to win at Daytona,” Peters said. “It just feels different. It doesn’t get any better than winning. I could get used to this.”
Bodine lost control of his Toyota after crossing the finish line and spun into the muddy infield.
Peters, Bodine and just a handful of others avoided two big accidents that took out nearly half the 36-truck field for the rain-delayed race.
Defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr., Kyle Busch and Elliott Sadler were involved in accidents that caused a third of the 100-lap event to be run under caution.
“I dodged a lot of bullets,” Bodine said. “It was a race of survival.”
Mill Creek’s Tayler Malsam finished 17th.
The misfortune of other drivers caught up in wrecks helped Malsam salvage a top-20 through attrition. Malsame was one of eight drivers collected in the third big wreck of the night when Hornaday was bump-drafted into the backstretch wall by Ricky Carmichael. Malsam finished six laps down.
Just 14 trucks of the 36 that started the race were on the lead lap at the end, and about as many were behind the wall.
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