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Chevy Silverado 250 post-race quotes
Chevy Silverado 250 winner Todd Bodine, driver of the No. 30 Toyota
“Oh, boy, finally to get it done, it's pretty incredible. You know, we've been coming here for 17 years as a driver, three years as a crew member, 20 years total. Finally to get to Victory Lane, it was incredible.
I mean, I seen my brother here. You know, this racetrack has been pretty cruel to us. Now it's been pretty good to us in a couple ways. To finally get it done, it's just an incredible feeling.
“Daytona is a handling track. This truck won at Talladega, sat on the pole and won the race at Talladega, which is a pure speed track it's so smooth now. Daytona is a handling track. It always has been, always will be. Our truck was driving so good in practice, I knew when those guys got slipping and sliding we would have something for them. Sure enough, we did. Unfortunately, you know, when I was in front of Erik Darnell I got a little loose. When I was behind Erik, I was a little tight. You know, that's part of racing at speedways, and that's part of racing at Daytona. When all that was going on, my truck was still driving good. And when you're truck's driving good, it just makes it a lot easier to pick and choose and do what you need to do to get to the front. “You know, when you watch your brother, or in some cases your father, go to Victory Lane in the Daytona 500, there's a lot of pride in that. There's a lot of pride in knowing that your brother accomplished something that not a lot of people can accomplish or even get the opportunity to accomplish.
So, you know, there's self pride of having a brother accomplish that and understanding what that means. And now to get here as a driver, to accomplish that, it's a whole different feeling. You know, it's pride and almost a little bit of redemption for myself. “34 races here at Daytona and the first time in Victory Lane. And I've been so close before, second and third. I've had bad crashes here before. To finally redeem myself and then do it, that's a whole different feeling. It's a whole different outlook on Victory Lane. You know, the one thing that makes me a little sad is Brett never got here. You know, as deserving as he is as a driver and owner, he deserved to be here also. But they were both in Victory Lane with me.” Second-place finisher Kyle Busch, No. 51 Toyota “I left Todd get out too far on us. Trying to get a run through the last part of the corner I had to breathe it on the exit again. Wasn’t quite able to get the run that I wanted down the last straight chute. We were able to come home second.” Third-place finisher Johnny Benson, No. 23 Toyota “It was pretty exciting at the beginning, that’s for sure. A lot of things going on. Seemed pretty early to have to work that hard. But I think once everybody got into a groove everybody got single file and just rode for quite a while. At the end, these truck races are always extremely exciting. We ended up third. For starting last in the field, I consider that a great day for the Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra.”
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