Ryan Newman passed Ron Hornaday in Turn 2 on the last lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway to win in his first Truck Series start.
“I’m not sure if I should just retire now,” Newman said. “He raced me clean. He left me room; he could have pinched me off twice, but he raced me like a gentleman. Obviously he’s racing for a championship and I’m well aware of that too.”
Hornaday, who started the day trailing Johnny Benson by 65 points in the standings, trimmed the lead to 31 with three races to go. A victory would have given Hornaday an additional 10 points, but he didn’t fault Newman for not giving him the win.
Denny Hamlin finished third and was followed by Todd Bodine, Scott Speed and Erik Darnell.
Benson was seventh and Kyle Busch, T.J. Bell and Brian Scott rounded out the top 10.
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 10 2 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 2 2 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 3 20 15 Denny Hamlin Toyota 4 5 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 5 11 22 Scott Speed * Toyota 6 7 99 Erik Darnell Ford 7 1 23 Johnny Benson Toyota 8 3 51 Kyle Busch Toyota 9 21 7 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 10 23 16 Brian Scott * Toyota 11 18 9 Travis Kvapil Ford 12 8 14 Rick Crawford Ford 13 12 60 Jack Sprague Toyota 14 14 11 David Starr Toyota 15 13 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet 16 17 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford 17 19 81 Donny Lia * Chevrolet 18 27 8 Jason White Dodge 19 9 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge 20 15 6 Colin Braun * Ford 21 24 21 Jon Wood Ford 22 22 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 23 26 40 Jeff Green Chevrolet 24 29 212 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 25 25 9 Chrissy Wallace Toyota 26 6 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 27 32 185 Brent Raymer Ford 28 16 59 Terry Cook Toyota 29 4 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 30 33 189 Richard Johns Chevrolet 31 31 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet 32 28 7 Butch Miller Chevrolet 33 30 0 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet
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