Ron Hornaday Jr. moved right back into the championship battle in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with a win in Saturday’s Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Hornaday, the four-time series champion, started on the pole and put on a dominating performance by leading 107 of 146 laps for his fourth win of the season and the 51st of his career. He won two weeks ago at Kentucky. Hornaday also benefited from Austin Dillon and James Buescher’s wrecks early in the race to move him from 42 points to 21 out of the lead. Fox News
Hornaday never really had a chance to maintain a sizeable lead because of the 10 caution periods in the race. But it was clear he had the dominant truck since Friday’s first practice session.
“I know I stunk up the show for the fans, but I wanted this win really, really bad,” Hornaday said. “I finally won in Vegas.”
Hornaday was driving the No. 2 Chevrolet for the second race in a row for Kevin Harvick Inc. owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick. The truck is leading the series’ owner points, and the decision to move Hornaday from the No. 33 to the No. 2 was made to help bolster that championship effort. Hornaday won two weeks ago at Kentucky Speedway in his first start this season in the No. 2. NASCAR.com
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Ron Hornaday Jr. Wins Saturday’s Smith’s 350 NASCAR Truck Race at Las Vegas
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Austin Dillon 731 Leader 2 Johnny Sauter 726 -5 3 James Buescher 724 -7 4 Ron Hornaday 710 -21 5 Timothy Peters 706 -25 6 Matt Crafton 673 -58 7 Todd Bodine 671 -60 8 Cole Whitt* 668 -63 9 Joey Coulter* 656 -75 10 Parker Kligerman* 642 -89 11 Nelson Piquet Jr.* 623 -108 12 David Starr 611 -120 13 Brendan Gaughan 604 -127 14 Justin Lofton 566 -165 15 Ricky Carmichael 562 -169 16 Miguel Paludo* 550 -181 17 Jason White 547 -184 18 Max Papis 530 -201 19 Ryan Sieg 470 -261 20 Clay Rogers 371 -360 21 Norm Benning 293 -438 22 Justin Marks 292 -439 23 Johanna Long* 282 -449 24 Travis Kvapil 252 -479 25 Shane Sieg 233 -498 26 Craig Goess* 218 -513 27 Brad Sweet 193 -538 28 Blake Feese 178 -553 29 Mike Garvey 152 -579 30 Steve Arpin 144 -587 31 David Mayhew 135 -596 32 Dakoda Armstrong 125 -606 33 Josh Richards 119 -612 34 Chris Fontaine 105 -626 35 Jeffrey Earnhardt* 96 -635 36 Jack Smith 96 -635 37 Justin Johnson* 88 -643 38 Brian Ickler 86 -645 39 Ross Chastain 81 -650 40 B J Mcleod 72 -659
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