Veteran driver Ron Hornaday Jr. has turned the Texas Motor Speedway into his personal path to another possible championship.
Hornaday swept the season’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck races at Texas Motor Speedway when he ran away from young gun Kyle Busch to win the Chevy Silverado 350K Friday night before an unofficial crowd of 65,500. Hornaday has been a perfect fit for the cowboy hat in Victory Lane.
“No matter what I do, Benson’s right there,” Hornaday said after the race. “So it’s going to come down to the end of it.”
“I’m pretty good at Phoenix, and Johnny’s pretty good there, too, so we’ll just see what happens,” Hornaday said. “This is pretty cool. Two more races and we’ll see.”
His point has to be considered well taken when it comes to producing year-end, championship-determining excitement. Even without a Chase, the trucks series has been, and is again, NASCAR’s champion of championships.
With three races left, starting with tonight’s Chevy Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway, Johnny Benson leads Hornaday by 31 points.
Better than that, the lead has gone back and forth between the two, three times over the last three races.
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE
1 7 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet
2 3 51 Kyle Busch Toyota
3 20 23 Johnny Benson Toyota
4 10 30 Todd Bodine Toyota
5 9 6 Colin Braun * Ford
6 26 59 Terry Cook Toyota
7 4 9 Travis Kvapil Ford
8 17 5 Mike Skinner Toyota
9 25 16 Brian Scott * Toyota
10 18 22 Scott Speed * Toyota
11 1 14 Rick Crawford Ford
12 24 11 David Starr Toyota
13 11 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge
14 15 81 Donny Lia * Chevrolet
15 19 60 Jack Sprague Toyota
16 21 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford
17 13 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet
18 12 99 Erik Darnell Ford
19 27 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet
20 22 9 Paul Tracy Toyota
21 23 63 Jack Smith Ford
22 14 15 Ryan Lawler Toyota
23 16 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet
24 29 40 Jeff Green Chevrolet
25 28 8 Jason White Dodge
26 31 136 J C Stout Ford
27 30 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet
28 32 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet
29 5 7 Max Papis Toyota
30 2 2 Cale Gale Chevrolet
31 6 21 Jon Wood Ford
32 8 7 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
33 34 41 Ryan Mathews Dodge
34 33 189 Mike Harmon Chevrolet
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