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.
It’s the first time Hornaday has won at Las Vegas in 11 races here. MiamiHerald.com
Austin Dillon and James Buescher came into Las Vegas as the top two in points but they each had trouble early and the Truck Series championship race has become much closer.
Points leader Dillon spun on Lap 2 and hit the wall. Dillon was never able to recover and finished 17th. About 50 laps later, James Buescher was in the wrong place at the wrong time when Blake Feese got loose and spun into Buescher’s No. 31. Buescher went to the garage and was able to return to the track, but finished 21st. NASCAR.com
Crafton’s second-place run came in his 268th straight truck start, as he surpassed Dennis Setzer for second on the series’ all-time consecutive starts list. Terry Cook holds the record with 296.
Timothy Peters’ third-place finish put him back in the title fight as well. Peters is 25 points behind the leader.
Todd Bodine, the 2010 series champion, finished fifth, followed by Nelson Piquet Jr., David Mayhew and Cole Whitt. Fox News
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 2 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 2 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 3 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 4 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 5 5 Todd Bodine Toyota 6 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 7 119 David Mayhew Chevrolet 8 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 9 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 10 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 11 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 12 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 13 32 Blake Feese Chevrolet 14 23 Jason White Chevrolet 15 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 16 81 David Starr Toyota 17 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 18 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Dodge 19 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 20 33 Cale Gale Chevrolet 21 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 22 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 23 93 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 24 7 Butch Miller Toyota 25 66 Max Gresham Chevrolet 26 73 Brent Raymer Chevrolet 27 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 29 9 Max Papis Toyota 29 18 Brian Ickler Toyota 30 138 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 31 0 Wayne Edwards Ford 32 165 Lance Fenton Chevrolet 33 127 Chris Jones Chevrolet 34 175 John Borneman III Chevrolet
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