Hornaday's team owner in a second Kevin Harvick, Inc. Silverado entry, finished eighth from the 21st starting spot. Harvick, No. 2 Camping World Silverado, fresh off his Daytona 500 victory, battled a tight truck but continued to make steady progress through the field in his first NCTS race since 2005.

Mike Bliss, No. 40 Curtis Key Plumbing Silverado, finished 10th followed by Matt Crafton, No. 88 Menards Silverado in the 11th postion.

The next NCTS event is March 16, 2007 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Ron Hornaday, No. 33 AES HR Solutions Silverado, Qualified 6th, Finished 2nd:
"Our AES Chevrolet ran good all night and I have to thank Rick Ren and the guys for working their guts out. To come out of here with a top-five with all these guys in competition here, it tells you how much homework Chevrolet has done over the winter time and what Kevin and DeLana (Harvick) have done with the second truck to help our program out for the AES Chevrolet."

"It was a great run until the last three or so laps there when Mark (Martin) went spinning. We were really good off the trailer. We started changed a few things to try them and then luckly went right back to where we started. Rick Ren (crew chief), Danny and all the guys on our AES Chevrolet Silverado did a great job all night long. To run with those guys all night and running up front. It says a lot for our team for what they have overcome since last year."

"Starting off at Daytona finishing seventh when last year we had a lugnut loose, then we came here, I don't remember where we finished but a carbureator shaft busted so it wasn't good, to finish second now is great. We had a truck to run up front all night long. We were kind of savinga little bit running in third."

"I know the question is going to be what happened to Mark (Martin). There are only two people who really know what happened and that is Mark and I. Mark knows he tried to get me to get out of the gas. When the second place guy gets out of the gas and when the leader goes and you get back in the throttle, all you are going to do is spin the tires. I am the type of person, when you see the book I write someday, I ride the brake a lot and if you get out of the gas, that just puts more fuel in the carbureator and spins the back tires. If I had done that, we would have had a big stack up and I probably would have been the one spun out in second. I touched Mark, it looked like he tried to come back up to block me from passing him. When he did, he was still off the ground a little bit and it spun him out.

"I hate to see that, because Mark is such a clean racer and great competitor. I wouldn't race him that way and he wouldn't race me that way, it just happened. I wish it hadn't or it was somebody else. If it was Sprague or somebody, I wouldn't feel bad about it (laughs as Sprague comes in).

"Mark races usclean and things happen in racing. It was just one of those racing things and I was excited because I had such a good truck.

On if Skinner got by him before the yellow came out: "(Mike) Skinner got by me before the yellow came out. That is how much Mark slowed the field down. I got in the back of him, I had to get back out of it. Mike just enough of a run. Mike saw what was going on and he was smart enough to get out of it and let us dice it out and then we touched. He got a good sling slot. I did all I could do, he did a great job those last two laps. If he had pushed up just a little bit, and I got clean air, I could have got him but it just happened the way it happened.

On contact with Martin: "In the driver's meeting, Wayne Auton said 65 guys, 65. I think he said it three times, don't slow it down. Mark knows I am pretty good on restarts and I ride the brake, I was trying not to spin the tires.

"The deal is if you can get anybody behind you to get out of the gas, it is almost like a brake check. If you are going 65 and slow it down to 55, and get the guy to run up on you and you get out of the gas again, he spins the tires. That is what I didn't want to happen. I was a little closer and our bumpers didn't line up. I would have shoved him forward, but I actually had his back tires off the ground. They said go go go, I said I can't, my bumper is hooked to his bumper. It is one of those sad things. It took a great day and hate to see it for anybody, especially Mark Martin. He races everybody clean.

Kevin Harvick, No. 2 Camping World Silverado, Qualified 21st, Finished 8th:
"I had a lot of fun out there tonight. Kind of got the front all torn up, which caused it to push getting in. The guys did a great job on our Camping World Silverado from practice getting everything turned around. It was fun and not bad for our first race back in a couple of years. Good place to start for our second team.

"The trucks are just so much fun to drive. I am merely Ron Hornaday's nuisance here in the truck series. What ever we have to do to help him when the championship this season is what we are going to do."

Mike Bliss, No. 40 Curtis Key Plumbing Silverado, Qualified 13th, Finished 10th:
"We had a good time. It is great therapy actually after the disappointment on the Cup side. Our Silverado really ran good, I was really happy with it. Barry (Dodson, crew chief) and the team did a good job on it. This team is just getting going and we out ran a lot of good trucks out there tonight. It was fun, I need some of this."

Matt Crafton, No. 88 Menards Silverado, Qualified 20th, Finished 11th:
"We started out too tight, then got it loosened up then had a tire going down. But it was all in all a good night for our Menards Chevrolet team. We made our way up to run in the top-10 most of the race and keep good track position. We didn't take tires under the one caution to improve our track position, which I think was a good call at the time. It has been a pretty good start to the season for us so far."

Dennis Setzer, No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Silverado, Qualified 10th, Finished 19th:
"We just couldn't quite get our Spears Silverado to handle like we needed it to tonight. We got a lap down there on that long green run, but got the lucky dog and with the adjustments Dave McCarty (crew chief) and the guys made, we started to work our way forward a little bit there toward the end. Not the best night, but not the worst either, we will just head to Atlanta now and keep improving as we go along."

Bill Lester, No. 15 Bowen Family Homes Silverado, Qualified 15th, Finished 20th:
"I am disappointed with our finish. I really wanted to bring home a top-10 in this Bowen Family Homes Chevy. We were all over the board tonight - from loose to tight, back to loose and then tight again. I know it is just some adjustments that we need to work on and it is only our second race of the season as we go forward I know we'll be able to increase our communication on what adjustments we need during the race. Like I said a little disappointed with finish but we brought it home in one piece without any damage. We'll head to Atlanta next and see what we can do there."

Brendan Gaughan, No. 77 South Point Silverado, Qualified 5th, Finished 21st:
"As happy as I was this afternoon, I am that frustrated now after this race. No team is good enough to lose as much practice as we did this weekend and rebound from it. My guys did an amazing job this morning. They changed everything on the truck and we qualified fifth. We had to use the race as practice. And my guys threw everything they could at this South Point Silverado. We just couldn't get it right.

"We apologize to Chevrolet because we can be better than this. We're going to come back to Atlanta and be the team that Chevrolet knows we can be."

Other Silverado Finishers
Kraig Kinser, No. 47 Ginn Resorts Silverado, Qualified 12th, Finished 17th
Willie Allen, No. 13 Thorsport Silverado, Qualified 25th, Finished 22nd
Tim Sauter, No. 07 Lester Buildings Silverado, Qualified 28th, Finished 26th
Chad McCumbee, No. 08 GPS Store-Garmin Silverado, Qualified 30th, Finished 27th
Blake Bjorklund, No. 8 MRD/HAAS CNC Tools Silverado, Qualified 31st, Finished 31st
Casey Kingsland, No. 7 Hooter's Energy Drink Silverado, Qualified 33rd, Finished 32nd
Morgan Shepard, No. 44 Key Motorsports Silverado, Qualified 32nd, Finished 34th