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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Starr crews start huge fight on pit road after truck race

Todd Bodine, left, and David Starr get together at the end of Saturday's truck race.
The crews of Todd Bodine and David Starr fought for several minutes on pit road at the end of today's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway -- overshadowing somewhat Ron Hornaday's victory.

Starr was a menace on the track Saturday. He wrecked three different trucks by driving underneath them, getting loose and driving each up into the wall. The third time he did it to Todd Bodine to bring out the last caution of the race.

Bodine didn't appreciate it much and when the race was over he hit Starr from behind at the entrance to pit road. That prompted Starr to drive up next to Bodine on pit road.

That's when the melee ensued -- looking a whole lot like a benches-clearing baseball brawl -- and it took a phalanx of NASCAR officials to separate everybody.

Everybody got called to the NASCAR Hauler of Doom -- and a good time was had by all. Stay tuned Tuesday for penalties, fines and suspensions.

Oh yeah -- Hornaday won his second straight race just a few days after admitting he took testosterone for a medical condition. Johnny Benson was second, followed by Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell and Rick Crawford.

Kyle Busch took himself out of a chance to win by speeding on pit road and getting sent to the back of the field.

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