Rain was an issue in the early years at Kentucky Speedway. It seemed that every weekend a race was to be held at the track during the year, the rains would find a way to dent the plans in some form or fashion.
The Busch series weekend in June 2002 was no different. The feeder series raced on Friday night. Rain washed it out until Saturday. The Busch series only raced 82 laps on Saturday night before the rains came. I remember sitting there enjoying the race one moment and then having a completely-soaked t-shirt the next. It was raining that hard.
The rain set up for the completion of the race for Sunday afternoon on Father's Day. Sunday was a beautiful sunny day. Jason Keller led the race before blowing his engine. Todd Bodine, driving the #92 Execedrin Chevy, began to race towards the front. Greg Biffle was the best car as the race wore down. Biffle was committed to the bottom and Bodine was for forced to find another line if he wanted to win. He decided to move up to the top groove and started eating up Biffle's lead. Bodine and Biffle were side by side coming to the finish line and Bodine took the win by .036 seconds.
I didn't know who had won. Biffle bounced off Bodine and spun into the grass as he crossed the finish line. What a finish!
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