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Ron Hornaday, Jr., held off pole sitter Austin Dillon by 0.438 seconds to win the NCWTS Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway Saturday night, and receives his 50th series career victory.

Hornaday, who sat on the outside pole, also received his third series win of the 2011 season, and his third series win at Kentucky Speedway.

Following Hornaday and Dillon to the drop of the checkered flag were James Buescher (who trails points leader Austin Dillon by 3-points in the standings) finishing third, Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, Nelson Piquet, Jr., fourth and Brian Ickler finished fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten finishers were Ricky Carmichael who finished sixth, Todd Bodine seventh, Sunoco Rookie contender, Cole Whitt eighth, Dakoda Armstrong ninth and David Starr finishing in the tenth position.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 116.046 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 56 Mins, 20 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.438 Seconds
Lead Changes: 18 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Attendance: 22,000

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings: 1. Austin Dillon – 704 (Leader) 2. James Buescher – 701 (-3 Points Behind The Leader) 3. Johnny Sauter – 685 (-19) 4. Timothy Peters – 664 ( -40) 5. Ron Hornaday Jr. – 662 (-42) 6. Joey Coulter # –  634 (-70) 7. Cole Whitt # – 632 (-72) 8. Matt Crafton – 631 (-73) 9. Todd Bodine – 631 (-73) 10. Parker Kligerman # – 608 (-96).

Next Up: The teams will have next weekend off and return to action on Saturday, Oct. 15th, for the Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

2011 NCWTS Kentucky 225 Race Results

Fin	Str	Trk	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	2	2	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Hollywood Casino Chevrolet	150	48	5	Running	4	42
2	1	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	150	43	1	Running	3	32
3	8	31	James Buescher	Exide Chevrolet	150	42	1	Running	1	3
4	3	8	Nelson Piquet, Jr. #	Autotrac/Qualcomm Chevrolet	150	41	1	Running	3	40
5	4	18	Brian Ickler	Toyota Toyota	150	40	1	Running	1	11
6	16	4	Ricky Carmichael	Monster Energy Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	12	5	Todd Bodine	Valvoline Toyota	149	38	1	Running	1	1
8	10	60	Cole Whitt #	Fuel Doctor/Red Bull Chevrolet	149	37	1	Running	1	1
9	20	98	Dakoda Armstrong	Ferrellgas/Agrisure Chevrolet	149	35		Running
10	14	81	David Starr	Allegro Marinades Toyota	149	34		Running
11	5	6	Justin Lofton	CollegeComplete.com Chevrolet	149	33		Running
12	35	32	Blake Feese	AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet	149	32		Running
13	9	22	Joey Coulter #	RCR Graphics Center Chevrolet	148	31		Running
14	17	13	Johnny Sauter	SafeAuto/Curb Records Chevrolet	148	31	1	Running	1	5
15	24	33	Cale Gale	Rheem Heating & Cooling Chevrolet	148	29		Running
16	25	92	Clay Rogers	QMI/Fleet HQ/BTS Tire & Wheel Chevrolet	148	28		Running
17	13	17	Timothy Peters	Big O Tires/Service Central Toyota	148	28	1	Running	2	13
18	15	21	Ty Dillon	Bad Boy Buggies/Realtree Chevrolet	147	26		Running
19	18	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota	147	25		Running
20	36	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb(i)	hipchixfundraisers.com Dodge	145	PE		Running	1	1
21	32	57	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet	143	23		Running
22	23	66	Ross Chastain	National Watermelon Promotion Board Chevrolet	142	22		Running
23	6	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Ideal Door Chevrolet	141	21		Running
24	19	23	Jason White	Gunbroker.com Chevrolet	131	20		Oil Pump
25	21	7	Miguel Paludo #	Stemco Duroline Toyota	109	19		Running
26	29	93	BJ McLeod	S&W Services Chevrolet	88	18		Overheating
27	30	7	John King	SS Greenlight Racing Toyota	72	18	1	Accident	1	1
28	22	9	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	51	16		Accident
29	7	29	Parker Kligerman #	Penske Truck Rental Dodge	49	15		Accident
30	34	68	Clay Greenfield	Bosak Dodge	40	PE		Accident
31	28	87	Chris Jones	Copy Wizard Chevrolet	29	13		Rear Gear
32	26	38	Mike Garvey	S&W Services Chevrolet	21	PE		Clutch
33	27	39	Ryan Sieg	S&W Services Chevrolet	19	11		Accident
34	11	51	Josh Richards	Joy Mining Machinery Toyota	4	10		Accident
35	31	74	Mike Harmon(i)	Global Pigeon Supply Ford	4	PE		Power
36	33	27	Brent Raymer	S&W Services Chevrolet	2	PE		Vibration

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie
PE Post-Entry (No-Points Awarded)