Bodine Set For 200th Truck Start at Chicagoland

Bodine is nearing a milestone

Todd Bodine will reach a major milestone next weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, when he makes his 200th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start

When Bodine takes the green flag to start the race, he will become the first driver in NASCAR history to record 200 starts in each of NASCAR's three national touring series. Along with his 200 starts in the Camping World Truck Series, Bodine has 325 Nationwide Series starts and 241 Sprint Cup Series races.  The Chemung, N.Y. native made his first appearance in a NASCAR National Touring Series in 1986, when he took the green flag in what is now the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 27^th for legendary car owner “Tiger Tom” Pistone. 

He has been a regular in the NCWTS since 2004, recording 22 victories, 90 Top-5 and 121 Top-10 results, along with seven poles. He also claimed a pair of NCWTS driver's championships, in 2006 and 2010.  All but seven of his 198 career Truck starts have been in a Toyota.    

Bodine drives the No. 11 Red Horse Racing Tundra in this, his eighth full season in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition. The 48-year old New York native has 22 career Truck Series wins, 90 Top-5 and 121 Top-10 finishes in 198 career series starts. He has already been to Victory Lane this season, winning on the Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway, and has three Top-5 and four Top-10 finishes in the first eight races. He is currently 12^th in championship points,  78 behind leader Timothy Peters. 

Bodine will become the first driver in NASCAR history to make 200 starts in each of the sanctioning body’s National Series; Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks. He ranks 20^th in all-time career starts , trailing seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt by just 48 starts. 

1.     Richard Petty -- 1,185 starts

2.     Mark Martin -- 1,103 starts

3.     Michael Waltrip -- 1,057 starts

4.     Terry Labonte -- 1,007 starts

5.     Dale Jarrett -- 997 starts

6.     Joe Nemechek -- 984 starts

7.     Ken Schrader -- 961 starts

8.     Jeff Burton -- 947 starts

9.     Darrell Waltrip -- 921 starts

10.  Ricky Rudd -- 909 starts

11.  Morgan Shepherd -- 903 starts

12.  Dave Marcis -- 888 starts

13.  Kenny Wallace -- 885 starts

14.  Kyle Petty -- 885 starts

15.  Bobby Labonte -- 884 starts

16.  Bill Elliott -- 873 starts

17.  Sterling Marlin -- 825 starts

18.  Kevin Harvick -- 815 starts

19.  Dale Earnhardt -- 812 starts

20.  Todd Bodine -- 764 starts