Ron Hornaday Jr., the three-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, rattled off his third straight win and his fourth victory this year when he held off a charge from Skinner during the final four laps to capture Saturday night’s Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
These days, it appears one would have to wreck Hornaday to keep him out of Victory Lane. When Skinner resisted the urge to do so on the final lap, Hornaday proceeded to pad his overall lead in the Truck Series standings. Kentucky.com
The three-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points champion won his third straight race, but this one might never have happened if not for some timely spinouts that caused 10 of the last 20 laps to be run under a caution flag.
Hornaday was the beneficiary. He was losing ground at a rapid pace to Mike Skinner, who finished 0.135 seconds behind — the narrowest margin in the 10-year history of the Built Ford Tough 225 at the 1 1/2-mile track in northern Kentucky.
“If it wasn’t for restarts, I hate to say, but it’s really hard to pass here if your truck’s not right,” Hornaday said. “You bottom out. If there were a couple more laps, we probably would have been second.” The Associated Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 2 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 3 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 4 117 Timothy Peters Toyota 5 15 Aric Almirola Toyota 6 16 Brian Scott Toyota 7 4 Ricky Carmichael * Chevrolet 8 10 James Buescher * Ford 9 24 David Starr Toyota 10 8 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 11 7 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet 12 60 Stacy Compton Toyota 13 81 Tayler Malsam * Toyota 14 23 Jason White Dodge 15 25 Terry Cook Toyota 16 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 17 14 Rick Crawford Ford 18 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet 19 139 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 20 6 Colin Braun Ford 21 51 Brian Ickler * Toyota 22 13 Johnny Sauter * Chevrolet 23 11 T.J. Bell Toyota 24 148 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet 25 273 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 26 187 Chris Jones * Chevrolet 27 212 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 28 47 Brandon Knupp Chevrolet 29 165 Jamie Mosley Chevrolet 30 121 Nick Tucker Dodge 31 8 Sean Murphy Chevrolet 32 172 Michelle Theriault Chevrolet 33 176 Ryan Hackett * Ford 34 293 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 35 63 Ben Stancill Ford 36 85 Brent Raymer * Ford
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