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[/media-credit]Todd Bodine
No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race 2 of 22
Martinsville Speedway – Kroger 250
TWO-TIME CHAMPION BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL: Two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) champion Todd Bodine will once again climb behind the wheel of the No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra for the Kroger 250 this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.
LOOKING BACK ON DAYTONA: In the season opener, the two-time Truck Series champion started on the outside of the fifth row and used his veteran driving skills to bring home a sixth-place finish in his first outing with Red Horse Racing. Bodine currently sits in fifth place in the championship point standings, nine points behind leader and teammate John King.
AT THE VIRGINIA PAPERCLIP: The NASCAR veteran has a total of 16 starts at the Virginia paperclip-shaped track, accumulating five top-five and eight top-10 finishes along with 158 laps led in his Truck Series career. Additionally he has 14 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts, earning one pole and one top-10 finish. Bodine also has eight NASCAR Nationwide Series starts with one top five and two top-10 finishes.
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 11 team will utilize Chassis No. 003 this weekend at Martinsville. This chassis was driven by Timothy Peters last season at Michigan International Speedway where he started 12th and brought home a second-place finish. Chassis 003 was also run at Atlanta Motor Speedway with Peters behind the wheel and brought home a 16th-place finish.
FOLLOW: Be sure to follow @RedHorseRacing and Todd Bodine @TeamOnion on twitter for all of the latest updates and news.
Todd Bodine talks about Martinsville Speedway:
Martinsville is such a unique track, what does it take to be successful at the end of the day?
“The first thing is that you have to stay out of trouble. You can be doing a great job all day and racing for position and trouble will have a way of finding you. You have to make sure to always put yourself in a position on track to not get caught up in the trouble.”
What is so special to you about racing at Martinsville?
“I have been going to Martinsville since I was eight years old. I grew up in Rocky Mount, VA. and went to school at Franklin County High School, which is about 30-40 minutes from the race track. My brothers Brett and Geoffrey both have multiple NASCAR wins at the track and also multiple wins in the modified series. I was part of the team and even changed tires back when they were racing modifieds. There is a lot of family history in southern Virginia and its very much a “home track” for me.”
MEDIA ACCESS: Members of the media can now follow Red Horse Racing on Twitter and Facebook. Twitter: @RedHorseRacing; Facebook: Red Horse Racing. For more information, contact Katey Hawbaker at khawbaker@redhorseracing.com.
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About Red Horse Racing: Founded in 2005 by former Mobil Corporation executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR veteran Jeff Hammond, Red Horse Racing aims to be a professional racing team that strives for excellence on and off the race track. Red Horse Racing hopes to build and maintain solid, mutual relationships with its partners to win races and championships and to represent itself in a professional manner. The team has six victories and five poles in its brief existence. DeLoach and Hammond also own Performance Instruction Training (PIT), the number one pit crew training center in the world that also has many corporate training options that include team-building, lean manufacturing, motorsports demonstrations and more.
Quick Facts
Todd Bodine
Martinsville Speedway
Starts: 16 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 8 Laps Led: 158 Average Start: 14.8 Average Finish: 10.6
Race Info
March 31, 2012
Martinsville Speedway
0.526-mile Oval
Kroger 250
250 Laps, 131.5 Miles
Broadcast Info
TV: SPEED will broadcast live at 1:00 p.m. ET
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will broadcast live at 1:00 p.m. ET
Truck Specs
Chassis: 003
Engine: Joe Gibbs Racing Engine
