Ben Rhodes endured three overtime attempts to win Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Daytona International Speedway track.
Truck Series Daytona Road Course Results
Rhodes becomes the third rider in Truck Series history to start a rugby season, joining his ThorSport Racing team-mate Johnny Sauter (2013 – Daytona, Martinsville) and NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin (2006 – Daytona, Fontana ).
Sheldon Creed, John Hunter Nemechek, Todd Gilliland and Riley Herbst made up the rest of the top five contestants.
Hailie Deegan was in contention for a top-10 final in the third overtime attempt, but turned off the track in the final laps and finished 28th. She later mentioned on social media that she had it sustained a flat tire.
Mark report
Rhodes remains at the top of the Truck standings and comes out on Friday night’s race with a nine-point lead over Nemechek (100-91).
Truck Series Scoreboard to Daytona Road Course
Creed is now in third place with 87 points. Chandler Smith is fourth with 70 points; Matt Crafton is fifth with 63 points.