NCWTS Recap: Hornaday Outruns Busch For 40th Truck Win
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

CONCORD, N.C.—As strong as Ron Hornaday Jr.’s truck was Friday night, a lost lap was merely a temporary inconvenience.

Trapped a lap down after a green-flag pit stop on Lap 86 of 134, Hornaday recovered to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch survived a succession of adventures to run second, crossing the finish line 1.669 seconds behind Hornaday.

The win in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was Hornaday’s first of the season and the series-best 40th of his career. Matt Crafton finished third, followed by Ryan Newman and Terry Cook.

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Kerry chatted with Jay Bedford of new Final Lap affiliate radio station 103.5 The Eagle Todays Best Country CKCH FM / 1035 The Eagle on Thursday.  We talked about everything from racing to the radio show.

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Jimmie Johnson and his #48 crew knocked off 3 laps and a pit stop in a total time of 121.416 seconds to grab the pole for Saturday night’s All Star event.

1 48 Jimmie Johnson
2 2 Kurt Busch
3 17 Matt Kenseth
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 5 Mark Martin
6 24 Jeff Gordon
7 96 Bobby Labonte
8 9 Kasey Kahne
9 29 Kevin Harvick
10 09 Brad Keselowski
11 16 Greg Biffle
12 39 Ryan Newman
13 18 Kyle Busch
14 99 Carl Edwards
15 14 Tony Stewart
16 31 Jeff Burton
17 33 Clint Bowyer
18 11 Denny Hamlin

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1 27 Kirk Shelmerdine
2 46 Carl Long
3 12 David Stremme
4 66 Dave Blaney
5 36 Scott Riggs
6 1 Martin Truex Jr.
7 6 David Ragan
8 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
9 13 Max Papis #
10 44 A J Allmendinger
11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
12 37 Mike Wallace
13 00 David Reutimann
14 47 Marcos Ambrose
15 51 Dexter Bean #
16 21 Bill Elliott
17 75 Derrike Cope
18 57 Norm Benning
19 20 Joey Logano #
20 82 Scott Speed #

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – May 12, 2009 – Sprint announced the names of the top 10 drivers leading the Sprint Fan Vote, a voting competition driven by fans awarding one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team a position in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday, May 16.

The top 10 drivers in the Sprint Fan Vote as of May 12 (in alphabetical order) are AJ Allmendinger, Bill Elliott, Joey Logano, Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya, David Ragan, David Reutimann, Elliott Sadler, Martin Truex Jr. and Michael Waltrip.

The top eight in the standings are separated by less than 20,000 votes and the top two are separated by less than 4,000 votes. Votes placed on Sprint phones count double, which could cut the margin in half.

Close competition among drivers has sparked personal messages to fans for last-minute support. The Sprint Fan Vote closes at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) May 16.

Richard Petty, team owner of Richard Petty Motorsports – “I guess if there is any team in NASCAR that’s more thankful to the fans, it is us. The fans voted Kasey (Kahne) into the race last year, and he went and won the thing. It wouldn’t be too bad if that happened again. I don’t care if it is AJ (Allmendinger), Reed (Sorenson) or Elliott (Sadler). Once you are in, anything can happen.”

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