MADISON, Ill. -- Todd Bodine raced to his fifth victory in the last eight NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events, leading a group of five Toyotas across the finish line Saturday night in the Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway.

Bodine, a winner in two of the last three races, was followed by Ted Musgrave, David Reutimann, Jack Sprague and Johnny Benson before an estimated crowd of 40,000 fans who braved rainy and windy conditions.

Bodine, a former Nextel Cup regular, has a 12-point lead over teammate Musgrave in the season standings. "I'm having a ball," Bodine said.

"If you listen to what Mark Martin's been saying the last few weeks, you understand that this racing is competitive as you can get. There's incredible teams in this series, and it's so much like where we grew up racing -- short track, Saturday night, good, hard, go get 'em racing. It's just enjoyable.

"It's just a really great place to be. I still feel like I want to get in the Cup Series and prove that we can do it there. But right now we're enjoying what we're doing. We're running good and we're going after a championship for Toyota."  More