Ron Hornaday and the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado team were looking at a possible top-five finish and a gain in the NASCAR Truck Series point standings on Wednesday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in the O'Reilly 200 presented by Camping World RV Sales. But a late-race accident relegated the team to a 24th-place finish.

"It is just Bristol," Hornaday said. "I thought I checked up. I don't know who got in the back of me and lifted the back tires off the ground. I had no control. I was going to go low. It is a shame. The Camping World Chevrolet was good. We knew Johnny (Benson) pitted and we were just trying to gain some points on him, I didn't know he was running sixth, but with 20-something laps to go, we had to stay out. We needed one more stop to make the truck good enough to beat those guys, but we still had a good enough truck to run in the top five. It's a shame and I hate to see that happen. It's tough on the points."

Hornaday started from the sixth position when the green flag flew on the first of 200 scheduled laps and quickly took over the fifth position by lap 10. With the truck's handling on the loose side, he battled to hold on to the fifth spot before settling into sixth by lap 30, where he ran for the next 11 laps.

When the caution flag came out on lap 40, crew chief Rick Ren called Hornaday to pit road for the first pit stop of the night for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. Because four of the top-10 trucks opted to stay out under caution, Hornaday restarted from the 11th position on the lap 45 restart.

Hornaday took the fifth position on lap 78, where he continued until taking the fourth spot on lap 110.

On lap 179, with Hornaday still running in the fourth position, the trucks of Shelby Howard and Bryan Silas got together and spun going into the middle of turns one and two. As Hornaday and KHI teammate Jack Sprague slowed to avoid the wreckage, but unfortunately they got collected in the accident, forcing NASCAR officials to red flag the race for 10 minutes to clear the track of debris.

The No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado was taken behind the wall for repairs and Hornaday was evaluated and released from the infield medical center. Once the caution was displayed, the crew instantly went to work repairing the truck. Hornaday got back behind the wheel and returned to the track on lap 196 and was able to gain a position before finishing the race in the 24th position.

After the race, Hornaday remains in second place in the NASCAR Truck Series point standings, 119 points behind leader Johnny Benson with nine races remaining in the season.