- (Sports Network) - Johnny Benson captured his first NASCAR (
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news) Craftsman Truck Series championship Friday with a seventh-place finish in the Ford 200 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Benson finished the season seven points ahead of Ron Hornaday, Jr., who finished one position behind in eighth. It was the second-closest points battle in the 14-year history of the series.
Meanwhile, Todd Bodine won at Homestead, holding off Brian Scott in a green- white-checkered finish. The victory was Bodine's third of the season and the 15th of his Truck Series career.
Scott finished second, and Kevin Harvick was third. Kyle Busch and Dennis Setzer rounded out the top-five.

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