Bodine on the Pole in Nashville

NASHVILLE, TN (August 9, 2008) - With 7,000 Toyota associates in the stands rooting him on, Todd Bodine got the job done during Keystone Light Pole qualifying for tonight's Toyota Tundra 200 on SPEED starting at 7 pm Eastern. 

Bodine wheeled his No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota to the top of leaderboard in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualifying session at Nashville Superspeedway. 

Bodine posted an average lap speed of 158.669 mph with a 30.244 second lap around the 1.33-mile, D-shaped concrete oval in Lebanon, Tennessee.  Bodine scored his fourth pole in 105 races, a first amidst seven top-10 starts this season.  This is Bodine's first pole award in four truck series starts at Nashville Superspeedway.

Dodge driver Stacy Compton qualified second and last year's polesitter Mike Skinner will start third. 

Raybestos Rookie of the Year point leader Colin Braun qualified fourth in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford with Toyota driver Michael Annett rounding out the Top-five.