If you look at Ron Hornaday Jr., he doesn't look a whole lot different than any other 51-year-old guy of medium build and average features. There's no "S" emblazoned on his chest and certainly nothing in his appearance that would tell you he possesses unique or remarkable powers.

But for last four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, Hornaday has been nothing less than Superman. Friday night at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Hornaday became the first driver in the history of the Truck Series to win four consecutive races by capturing the AAA Insurance 200. It was his third win at ORP and the 44th of his career.

In the process, he extended his points lead to 174 over Mike Skinner and established himself as the prohibitive favorite to win a fourth series title, which would also be a record. With 13 of 25 NCWTS races in the books, Hornaday's lead is basically one full race.

Friday night at ORP, Hornaday led the last 32 circuits of the race, and in the closing laps his Kevin Harvick Inc. No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado was under suffocating pressure from Skinner, Aric Almirola and Dennis Setzer, yet he never flinched, never put a tire wrong. Skinner had fresher tires and mounted a withering assault, but Hornaday kept the No. 5 Exide Toyota pinned to the bottom of the track, where it couldn't hold momentum through the corners of the short track. Hornaday held the high line all the way to victory lane.

"We were just really tight on those long runs and I just kept playing with the rear brake and all that stuff," said Hornaday. "Then Skinner put those tires on and I thought he had us. Once I found a groove that worked. I saw Kyle Busch run up and you can get a good run off. If you miss it by a half inch, you are going to get loose up off."

Hornaday and Skinner raced each other the way champions are supposed to — hard and clean.

"I concentrated every time and when Mike got that good run off of there and he could have put me up against the fence, but he didn't," said Hornaday. "We haven't got a mark on this truck. I have to thank Mike for that."

"I could've hit him," Skinner acknowledged. "I ain't made like that. Ronnie is a friend of mine. He might've done it to me but it's all right. When I shave in the morning I'll like who I see."

For Hornaday, it was a special evening. And in these turbulent economic times, he was especially grateful that his team owners gave him the tools to win with.

"Well I'm going to keep taking my hat off to Kevin and DeLana (Harvick)," said Hornaday. "(And) everybody back at the track that are working real hard to get these sponsors. I mean there are a lot of them and I know I'm forgetting some of them. Copart and VFW. Again, there's just a lot of them. Just to see how everything is working and Kevin and DeLana working hard to keep everybody together. We've got nine trucks that they've put bodies on. This just says a lot for KHI. Kevin and DeLana have just really built the program up where its a lot of fun to race and a lot of fun to drive their stuff. When you win four in a row you can't get tired of nothing."