Lebanon, TN (Sports Network) - Ron Hornaday, Jr. continued his record winning
streak in the Camping World Truck Series by taking Saturday's Toyota Tundra
200 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Hornaday put on a dominating performance, as he led 115 of 154 laps. His near
three-second lead over Brian Scott was erased when a caution in the closing
laps setup a green-white-checkered finish. Hornaday easily pulled away from
Scott on the restart and beat him to the finish line by 0.944 seconds.
"Five, can you believe that?" Hornaday said.
The 51-year-old driver became the first to win five consecutive races in one
of NASCAR's national touring series since 1971. Richard Petty and Bobby
Allison both did it in the Cup Series in 1971. Petty holds the NASCAR record
with 10 straight Cup wins in 1967.
"You can never compare to The King (Petty) and Bobby Allison, but I'm just
glad to be in the same book as they are," Hornaday said.
Hornaday also added to his Truck Series record with his 45th career victory.
He won at Nashville for the first time, in which he finally earned his long
awaited Gibson guitar trophy.
Rick Ren also set a record by becoming the winningest crew chief in the
series. Ren surpassed long-time crew chief Dennis Conner with his 27th
victory.
"I think that's an honor," Ren said. "A lot of people don't realize how hard
that is. It's pretty stressful."
Ren has won with five different drivers as a crew chief. He has 16 victories
with Hornaday so far.
Scott finished second, despite driving with a broken right hand since his
accident five races ago at Michigan.
"I congratulate Ron on five in a row," Scott said. "That's an awesome
accomplishment, and I hope to someday accomplish something like that in my
career."
Colin Braun was third, followed by Timothy Peters, the pole sitter, and Matt
Crafton.
Johnny Sauter, Rick Crawford, Dennis Setzer, Tayler Malsam and T.J. Bell
completed the top-10.
With the victory, Hornaday widened his lead to 216 points over Crafton.
The 200-mile race featured six cautions, including one for rain. A shower
moved through the area earlier in the day, delaying the start of the race by
more than 30 minutes.