Ron Hornaday Jr. got his record 48th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in the caution-filled race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth despite crossing the finish line in second place Friday night.
Johnny Sauter took the lead off the final restart with two laps left but was black-flagged by NASCAR after he dropped from the outside lane to the inside in front of Hornaday before crossing the start-finish line.
Sauter, the series points leader, was scored 22nd, the last vehicle on the lead lap.
“He’s got a lane to race down there,” Sauter said as he walked to his hauler. “We both spun the tires.”
Asked if he would confront NASCAR officials over the decision, Sauter said, “It’s official, isn’t it?”
David Mayhew’s third-place run easily eclipsed his previous best series finish of 14th. Brian Ickler and rookie Joey Coulter rounded out the top five.
Contact between Austin Dillon and Matt Crafton—fourth and fifth in the point standings, respectively—ended Crafton’s night after a grinding crash into the outside and infield retaining walls on Lap 90. The two were entering the quadoval off Turn 4 when Dillon hooked the right rear quarter panel of Crafton’s truck and sent it spinning.
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RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Johnny Sauter 326 Leader 2 Cole Whitt* 306 -20 3 Ron Hornaday 293 -33 4 Austin Dillon 291 -35 5 Matt Crafton 285 -41 6 Timothy Peters 280 -46 7 James Buescher 279 -47 8 Parker Kligerman* 270 -56 9 Joey Coulter* 254 -72 10 Brendan Gaughan 245 -81 11 Max Papis 243 -83 12 Ricky Carmichael 239 -87 13 Todd Bodine 237 -89 14 Nelson Piquet Jr.* 235 -91 15 Clay Rogers 230 -96 16 Justin Marks 228 -98 17 Jason White 228 -98 18 Justin Lofton 221 -105 19 Miguel Paludo* 220 -106 20 David Starr 220 -106 21 Craig Goess* 218 -108 22 Travis Kvapil 218 -108 23 Ryan Sieg 204 -122 24 Brad Sweet 193 -133 25 Johanna Long* 187 -139 26 Shane Sieg 174 -152 27 Norm Benning 98 -228 28 Jeffrey Earnhardt* 96 -230 29 Justin Johnson* 88 -238 30 Chris Fontaine 77 -249 31 Chase Mattioli* 68 -258 32 Dusty Davis* 60 -266 33 David Mayhew 56 -270 34 Jamie Dick 50 -276 35 T.J. Bell 48 -278 36 Mike Garvey 44 -282 37 Nick Hoffman 29 -297 38 Caleb Roark 25 -301 39 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 22 -304 40 Steve Arpin 22 -304
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