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WIX Filters Lap Leader Logo

AT O’REILLY RACEWAY PARK

· Ron Hornaday Jr. led twice for 129 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in tonight’s AAA Insurance 200. Hornaday Jr. captured the honor for the second time this season. He has now led 54 times in 98 short track races for a total of 4,782 laps.

· Hornaday Jr. won tonight’s race, edging Kyle Busch by 2.095 seconds. The victory was his 21st in 98 short track races and his 46th in 262 career starts. He won for the first time in 12 races this season. Hornaday Jr. claimed his 51st career top-five finish on a short track.

· Hornaday Jr. has now racked up six top-fives and seven top-10 finishes this season.

· UNOFFICIALLY Hornaday is fourth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, 212 points behind leader Todd Bodine. He trails third-place Johnny Sauter by 30 points.

· UNOFFICIALLY Kevin Harvick leads the WIX Filters Lap Leader standings by one race over Hornaday Jr., Raybestos Rookie Austin Dillon and Elliott Sadler.

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Kevin Harvick 3

Elliott Sadler 2

Austin Dillon 2

Ron Hornaday Jr. 2

Johnny Sauter 1

Jason White 1

HORNADAY QUOTES: THIS WAS A BIG WIN FOR YOU, ONE THAT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

“Yeah but I couldn’t do it without Ernie Cope [acting crew chief] and all the guys on the Georgia Boot Chevrolet. They worked their guts out, changed the truck after we ran last weekend and my hat’s off to ‘em. This is so cool. It’s just a great day. It’s great to come over here and settle everybody down.

The guys were getting a little bit anxious and all that stuff. We’ve got a winning team and we just had to prove it to ‘em. We had a good night all together for KHI and if it wasn’t for Kevin and Delana [Harvick, team owners] believing in me I probably wouldn’t be here. They believed in me and changed some folks around and gave me a good truck again tonight. And Ernie, he’s spot-on. It’s so fun to race with this guy.

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT DRIVER

NextEra Energy Resources 250 Elliott Sadler, 25 laps

E-Z-Go 200 Kevin Harvick, 100 laps

Kroger 250 Kevin Harvick, 187 laps

Nashville 200 None Awarded

O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Johnny Sauter, 101 laps

Dover 200 Jason White, five laps

N.C. Education Lottery 200 Elliott Sadler, 31 laps

WinStar World Casino 400K Ron Hornaday Jr., 31 laps

VFW 200 Austin Dillon, 18 laps

Lucas Oil 200 Austin Dillon, 187 laps

CampingWorld.com 200 Kevin Harvick, 143 laps

AAA Insurance 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 129 laps

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- Camp & Associates, Inc. Press Release