{"id":1316,"date":"2009-08-20T06:04:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2009-08-20T06:04:18","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:04:18","slug":"kyle-busch-wins-bristol-truck-series-race-ron-hornaday-jr-finishes-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/kyle-busch-wins-bristol-truck-series-race-ron-hornaday-jr-finishes-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch Wins Bristol Truck Series Race; Ron Hornaday Jr. Finishes Third"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRISTOL, Tenn.\u2014Kyle Busch ended Ron Hornaday Jr.\u2019s five-race winning streak, capturing Wednesday night\u2019s O\u2019Reilly 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.<\/span><\/p>\n

Busch took the lead on Lap 124 after a lengthy side-by-side battle with Jason White and was a comfortable 2.721 seconds ahead of runner-up Matt Crafton by the time the checkered flag appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun place to race,\u201d Busch said after collecting his third truck win of the season. \u201cI knew we would come here with a fast truck; we\u2019ve been fast every time we\u2019ve come here. \u2026 It\u2019s good to be back, finally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hornaday, polesitter Ryan Newman and Brian Scott rounded out the top five.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime Kyle and I get together, we know we can win races,\u201d crew chief Richie Wauters said. \u201cWe thought about (pitting a second time), but the tires are so hard here, they\u2019re not falling off. \u2026 We decided to stay out, and it was the right call.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wauters replaced Doug George atop the pit box heading into this week\u2019s race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Busch led twice for 82 laps en route to his 12th career win in the series. White led one time for 86.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hornaday, running in the top 10, restarted in 17th after pitting during the night\u2019s first caution. He worked his way back into the top 10 and was safely inside the top five at the finish. After winning five consecutive races, Hornaday said he was \u201cjust glad (the streak) is over so you guys will stop asking me about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBristol is the toughest one. (I) just left a lot out there,\u201d Hornaday said. \u201cTop five is what we needed for points. It\u2019s been pretty cool.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hornaday remains atop the standings and leads Crafton by 211 points. Mike Skinner, who had to pit late under green, finished 20th and remained third in the standings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRISTOL, Tenn.\u2014Kyle Busch ended Ron Hornaday Jr.\u2019s five-race winning streak, capturing Wednesday night\u2019s O\u2019Reilly 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch took the lead on Lap 124 after a lengthy side-by-side battle with Jason White and was a comfortable 2.721 seconds ahead of runner-up Matt Crafton by the time the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-1316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-kyle-busch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}