Ron Hornaday Jr. pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final restart to score his first Martinsville Speedway victory in an overtime finish Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Instead, he beat Busch to the checkered flag to win for the first time at Martinsville, coincidentally the first time the track’s coveted grandfather clock trophy—in the past the exclusive province of Cup winners—has been awarded in the Truck Series.
“They should have put the clock up earlier—it might have given me a little more motivation,” Hornaday quipped after the race.
Bodine, the current points leader, finished third in what was an emotional race for the 46-year-old driver.
Jason White and Aric Almirola rounded out the top-five. Bodine holds a comfortable 282-point advantage over Almirola with four races remaining.
“We may have had a fifth-place truck, but we finished third,” said Bodine, who led the most laps with 83. “That’s because what [crew chief Mike Hillman] Jr. and the guys in the pits did to get the breaks that we needed. This is how you win championships.”
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Kroger 200 at Martinsville - Race Results
Ron Hornaday Jr. Holds Off Kyle Busch For Truck Series Race Win at Martinsville
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Todd Bodine 3371 Leader 2 Aric Almirola 3089 -282 3 Johnny Sauter 3001 -370 4 Austin Dillon* 2923 -448 5 Matt Crafton 2907 -464 6 Ron Hornaday 2877 -494 7 Timothy Peters 2834 -537 8 Mike Skinner 2699 -672 9 David Starr 2650 -721 10 Jason White 2535 -836 11 Justin Lofton* 2503 -868 12 Ricky Carmichael 2454 -917 13 James Buescher 2422 -949 14 Ryan Sieg 2211 -1160 15 Mario Gosselin 2196 -1175 16 Kyle Busch 2043 -1328 17 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 1956 -1415 18 Norm Benning 1872 -1499 19 Stacy Compton 1614 -1757 20 Brent Raymer 1594 -1777 21 Donny Lia 1500 -1871 22 Brett Butler* 1409 -1962 23 Dennis Setzer 1049 -2322 24 Kevin Harvick 1048 -2323 25 Brian Ickler 980 -2391 26 Ken Schrader 934 -2437 27 Tayler Malsam 922 -2449 28 Mike Garvey 918 -2453 29 Narain Karthikeyan 839 -2532 30 J C Stout 802 -2569 31 Elliott Sadler 782 -2589 32 Mike Harmon 770 -2601 33 Chris Jones 769 -2602 34 Rick Crawford 736 -2635 35 Johnny Benson 735 -2636 36 Clay Greenfield 716 -2655 37 Brad Sweet 705 -2666 38 Carl Long 687 -2684 39 Tony Jackson 659 -2712 40 Nelson Piquet 644 -2727
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