the aaa insurance 200 was held on may 30 at dover international speedway. mike skinner won the pole. skinner would not lead for long as the dominant kyle busch would take the top spot and stay there for the first 96 laps. however, heavy smoke was billowing from busch's no. 51 truck, forcing him to the garage with transmission troubles and knocking him out of contention. taking over the top spot would be todd bodine, who would stay out on a lap 133 restart with shane sieg. making only his sixth start in nascar competition and running on two tires, ex-formula one driver scott speed lived up to his name and opened up a four-second lead on ron hornaday. although speed's lead would be cut due to bodine crashing on lap 170, he would hold off veterans hornaday and jack sprague to become the third consecutive first time winner for the 2008 season. the other time this happened was in 1998, with andy houston (loudon), terry cook (flemington), and jimmy hensley (music city)