Matt Crafton

Ron Hornaday has won a NASCAR-record fourth Trucks Series championship with a fourth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway. The 51-year-old Hornaday started Friday night's race with a 197-point lead over Matt Crafton, and needed only to finish ahead of Crafton to lock up the title. Hornaday did it by overcoming an early pit road penalty, giving him his first championship since 2007. Hornaday also won titles in 1996 and 1998, and finished second last season. Crafton, meanwhile, finished eighth. The race was won by Kevin Harvick, owner of Hornaday's truck team. Kyle Busch finished second, snapping his streak of five wins in his last ... Read Full Story

Kyle Busch started his Texas tripleheader with another NASCAR Trucks Series victory. Busch has won each of his last five truck races, extending the streak that began at Bristol in August when he beat Matt Crafton by 0.725 seconds at the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked Texas track Friday night. Busch has won seven times this 13 starts this season in the No. 51 Toyota, and been outside the top two only three times. Series points leader Ron Hornaday was third, nearly 10 seconds behind Crafton, his closest competitor for the season title. Hornaday has a 197-point lead with two races left. Busch passed Hornaday on ... Read Full Story

Timothy Peters took the lead when Denny Hamlin pitted on the 117th lap Saturday and won the NASCAR truck series race at Martinsville Speedway. It is the first career victory for Peters, who lives in nearby Danville. Peters stopped just once in the 200-lap race, after just 33 laps, and led the final 84 laps, holding off Todd Bodine over three restarts to cruise to the win by 1.815 seconds. Points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. finished fourth and extended his lead in the points race to 224 points over Matt Crafton with four races remaining. Crafton struggled early and finished ninth. Bodine finished second, ... Read Full Story

Kyle Busch held off Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday. Busch had just enough fuel to survive, running out of gas as he made his way to Victory Lane. The NASCAR star has now won a Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck race at the 1.058-mile oval. The real intrigue came behind Busch, where series leader Hornaday spent the last 50 laps battling with Harvick, his boss. Harvick appeared to be agitated that Hornaday would not let him pass, at one point bumping into the back of Hornaday under caution. ... Read Full Story

Kyle Busch pulled away from Matt Crafton in the closing laps to easily win the O'Reilly 200 truck series race Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch passed Jason White for the lead on lap 124 and then steadily pulled away from Crafton after the race's final caution period on lap 175. Driving the No. 51 Toyota for Billy Ballew, it was Busch's second straight win at the .533-mile short track and his third victory of the season. He has 12 victories overall in the three NASCAR national touring series this season. "It's a fun place to race," Busch said. "For some reason, I've ... Read Full Story