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Truck season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Courtesy of Toyota

The Toyota trucks were tough, and swept the top four positions in the NASCAR Craftsman truck series 2008 season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

Overall, Todd Bodine won Friday night in the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra by just a truck length after 250 miles of racing. Bodine's victory is the 13th of his NCTS career and his first-ever NASCAR victory at Daytona. His victory came in the same truck he won in last October at Talladega Superspeedway.

For Toyota, this is the second-consecutive NCTS win for the manufacturer at Daytona. Last year, Jack Sprague won the event for the brand. The win was the 39th win for Toyota in the Truck Series since the start of the 2004 season.

NASCAR Sprint Cup regular Kyle Busch finished second to Bodine in his No. 51 NOS Energy Drink Toyota. Johnny Benson and his Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota was third and fell just short of beating Busch to the finish line.

David Starr finished off the Toyota sweep of the top four positions in his Red Horse Racing Toyota.

Rounding out the top five was the no. 14 Power Stroke Diesel by Intl. Ford driven by Rick Crawford.
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