Trucks kick off NASCAR's week at Bristol

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08/17/2010 - Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck. Date: Wednesday, August 18. Race: O'Reilly 200. Site: Bristol Motor Speedway. Track: .533-mile oval. Start time: 8:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 200. Miles: 106.6. 2009 winner: Kyle Busch. Television: SPEED. Radio: Motor Racing Network(MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

The Camping World Truck Series will run on Wednesday night at Bristol, and what a treat this race should be. Todd Bodine will attempt to win his third truck race in a row, while Kyle Busch will try to win at Bristol for the third consecutive year.

Bodine, the current points leader, won at Nashville on August 7 and then took Darlington one week later.

But short-track racing has not been one of Bodine's specialties in the series. He has yet to win in 40 short-track starts. The 2006 series champion does have six runner-up finishes on short tracks, including three at Bristol.

Bodine now holds a 231-point advantage over Aric Almirola, which is the largest points lead after the first 15 races of the season in series history. If you think the champagne already is on ice for Bodine's second truck title -- guess again.

"It's never over," Bodine said. "We're not going to approach it that way. I say this every week, there's just too many good race teams. Fortunately for us, every week somebody is having a problem. That's kept helping us build this points lead. Somewhere along the line it could be our week to have the problem. We can't look back. We got to keep doing the things we know how to do and control the things within in our control and try to control our destiny."

Bodine finished 32nd in the 2009 race at Bristol.

After the 15th race during the 2005 season, Dennis Setzer held a 227-point lead over Ted Musgrave, but Musgrave rallied in the final 10 events to win the truck championship by 58 points over Setzer.

Busch is the two-time defending race winner at Bristol. Last year, Busch led the final 75 laps and beat Matt Crafton by nearly three seconds for the win. He also prevented Ron Hornaday Jr. from extending his series record to six consecutive victories. Hornaday finished third.

"I love the place," Busch said. "It's fun for the drivers, and it's fun for the fans. For some reason, I have really taken to the new surface. I loved the old surface, but I really like the new one, too. We've been fast every time we've been at Bristol in a truck, and we've been able to capitalize on that in the last two years and go to victory lane. Obviously, we would like to make it three in a row."

Busch has two truck wins so far this season -- Nashville in April and Charlotte the following month.

Forty teams are on the preliminary entry list for the O'Reilly 200.

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