Bliss, who started second in the 36-truck field, pitted on the 92nd lap and dropped to 13th place.

But, in a race slowed by a series-record 88 laps of caution, Bliss slowly worked his way back to the front of the pack. He caught and passed Coy Gibbs on lap 199 and held a 6-second lead when the 10th and final caution flag waved at lap 248 for Randy MacDonald's spin into the third-turn wall on the 0.4-mile track.

The yellow extended the scheduled 250-lap distance to 257 -- capped by a two-lap shootout between Bliss's Chevrolet Silverado and a Chevy driven by Dennis Setzer. More