OK, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series fans, try this one on for weird: Ron Hornaday Jr. crashed on the very first lap of the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway, forcing him to the pits for 28 agonizing laps of repairs, en route to finishing 34 laps down in a 150-lap race. And in the process, he cut his points deficit to leader Johnny Benson in half with just one race left in the season. Yes, you read that correctly. Hornaday wrecked on the first lap, lost 28 laps in the pits and gained points in a race won by his teammate, friend and boss Kevin Harvick, who became the third different KHI driver to win in successive races. That made it the first time three drivers from the same team have won three straight Truck races. Needless to say, it was a very, very strange evening as Harvick won over Kyle Busch, Todd Bodine and Brian Scott.
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