the chevy silverado hd 250 was held february 15 at daytona international speedway. erik darnell won the pole. anticipating another three wide finish such as the ones in 2003 and 2007, darnell hoped to squash those hopes, and nearly did so by dominating the early portions of the race. during the early stages, multiple wrecks came about, including "the big one" on lap 20, which was started when brendan gaughan made contact with an extremely tight mike skinner, forcing him up the racetrack and into the path of matt crafton, who also collected ted musgrave, jon wood, chad chaffin, and most notably p. j. jones whose no. 63 truck caught fire trying to avoid the wreck, forcing a red flag. only three laps later did the next wreck strike, with joey clanton getting loose and spinning, collecting outside polesitter terry cook, mike bliss, and roty contenders colin braun and justin marks. darnell had the race in hand until green flag pitstops began at lap 84. todd bodine grabbed the lead from the dominant darnell, who thought he had a loose wheel. while slowing to enter pit road, marks was unaware that darnell was pitting and the two made contact, ending darnell's night. after the pit stop, bodine would not look back, holding off a hard charging kyle busch and johnny benson, jr. for his first ever win at daytona.