NASCAR CAMPING WORLD SERIES RACE
AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010, PAGE 1.
- Ron Hornaday Jr. clinched the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader Award in tonight’s Ford 200, capturing the honor for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE season. Hornaday Jr. edged Elliott Sadler by three races (7-4) to capture the honor and the $10,000 cash prize.
· Hornaday Jr. led once for 15 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in tonight’s Ford 200. He finished the season with 407 total laps led.
· Hornaday Jr. posted a second-place finish, his 11th top-five of the 2010 season and 13th top-10. UNOFFICIALLY he placed seventh in the series championship standings.
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Ron Hornaday Jr. 7
Elliott Sadler 4
Kevin Harvick 4
Austin Dillon 3
Johnny Sauter 3
Jason White 1
Clint Bowyer 1
“That’s just hats off to KHI [Kevin Harvick Inc.] for giving me the great equipment they’ve been giving me and the great WIX Filters that get the air to the carburetor and run fast. What an up and down year for me to win this thing for the third time means a lot. It’s just an honor. We’ll take it with pride and keep running WIX Filters.”
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO RUN UP FRONT AND LEAD LAPS IN THE NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES?
“The competition level is so big right now in this Camping World Truck Series. Any given day anybody can win. To lead the laps to get this award means a lot to me. This is a compliment to the team.”
YOU HAD SOME PRETTY STRONG FINISHES DOWN THE STRETCH.
“We needed to end this way. This is a testament to my whole team never putting their head down and working hard. One time in the race I looked up and I think there was like 20 to go and there were five KHI trucks that Kevin [Harvick, team owner] sold. That’s just a testament to my boss and all those guys that work back at the shop. It’s a lot of fun and I’m just glad that this year is over, that we can just start fresh at Daytona. I’m very proud of these guys and how much they changed on this truck from the first day that we got here to this morning’s practice. My hat is off to NASCAR for even getting a practice in for us. We’ve got a lot of good teams coming out and a lot of new faces and it’s going to be a lot of fun again.”
YOU HAD A GREAT RUN BUT DIDN’T NEED THAT LAST CAUTION.
“Well I don’t know about the last caution or not. He was running me down. I was just getting too tight. Man I was sitting there wide open. I don’t know where he gets that burst on the bottom and everything but I was wide open and he snuck up beside of me and turned down. That must have freed him up pretty good.”
DOES THIS GOOD RUN TONIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM THROUGH THE WINTER AND INTO NEXT SEASON?
“You know what’s so good about these guys is they never put their head down. They kept their head up. They know we’ve got a great team and a great truck and I am just so proud to drive for these guys at KHI and all these great sponsors that we have. We knew we could run good. It was just that the truck was a little too tight. We were really free and the guys switched it over completely and to come back and run second. Kyle hits the fence and comes back to win it. I don’t understand that bit it was a great day. I’ve got to thank WIX and Georgia Boots, everybody to be part of this.”
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
Pocono Mountains 125 Elliott Sadler, 31 laps
Nashville 200 None Awarded
Too Tough To Tame 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 29 laps
O’Reilly 200 Elliott Sadler, 17 laps
EnjoyIllinois.com 225 Ron Hornaday Jr., nine laps
Built Ford Tough 225 Ron Hornaday Jr., 23 laps
TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 Kevin Harvick, 11 laps
Smith’s Food & Drug Stores 350 Austin Dillon, 93 laps
Kroger 200 Johnny Sauter, 49 laps
Mountain Dew 250 Ron Hornaday Jr., 49 laps
WinStar World Casino 350K Johnny Sauter, 31 laps
Lucas Oil 150 Clint Bowyer, 97 laps
Ford 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 15 laps
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