Hornaday Wins 29th Career Truck Series Race in Kentucky

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Charles Krall, Trackside Editor

Ron Hornaday waves the checkered flag as he climbs from his truck in victory lane. (High Sierra Photo)

Ron Hornaday drove the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet to victory in Saturday night's Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. Hornaday started 22nd on the night, avoided trouble when leader Mike Skinner was involved in a turn two crash with lapped traffic, and held off a determined Rick Crawford to take his second victory of 2006. Hornaday's previous victory came at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in May.  For Crawford, he picks up his second consecutive runner-up finish in Tom Mitchell's No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford, and it comes at the track which jumped up and bit him last season.  For Gaughan, his third place finish in the No. 77 Orleans Racing Dodge was his best finish since a third-place run at Memphis last summer.

The race was slowed by eight cautions for 33 laps, holding the average speed to just 118.110 miles per hour. The race got off to a slow start when Kraig Kinser had trouble in turn one on lap 2, collecting Justin Allgaier and Wayne Edwards in the process. Edwards was able to continue but brought out the second caution of the night when he crashed on his own in turn two on lap 23. Bobby East crashed in turn three on lap 29, while solo spins by Chad Chaffin and then Michel Jourdain on laps 59 and 123 also brought out the caution. After the Skinner and Setzer incident on lap 130, the final caution was caused by a slide through the frontstretch grass by Brad Keselowski on lap 139. All drivers involved in incidents were seen and released at the track's infield care center 

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