American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 5 | Page 41

far behind, taking third from 1999 series champ Ryan
Newman after the former Daytona 500 winner slid up and
pancaked the wall, but kept on moving, at the exit of turn
three on lap four.

As had happened time and time again throughout the
night, Kody got a good jump on the restart, pulling away
to create a seven-car-length interval between the two by
the time the pair had crossed under the white flag.

Entangled in traffic on lap 24, Kody chose to split the
lapped cars of David Bryne and Shane Cottle at the exit of
turn two, then slide down below to overtake both Shane
Cockrum and Casey Shuman in turn four to maintain his
gap over a closing Tanner, who chopped Kody's lead by a
half-second.

Kody would not be deterred on the final lap, defeating
Tanner by 0.768 seconds to finally return to victory lane
at Lucas Oil Raceway for the first time since July of 2011
With this victory, Kody retook the point lead by seven
markers over Chris Windom.

Photo | Jeremy Rhoades