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November 08, 2008
Close points battle going into Homestead for the Truck Series, as usual
The Truck Series has always given us a great points battle going down to Homestead and this season is no different with only 3 points separating Benson and Hornaday.
I honestly thought the battle was lost on lap 1 when Hornaday and Busch got together and caused that big wreck, Hornadays KHI truck was a mess. Granted, Benson got some damage, but it appeared to just be mostly cosmetic, but I have to give a "great job guys" to KHI and company for getting that #33 patched back together and back out on the track!
Benson had another close call with the #6 truck, but once again, it seemed as if luck was on his side and he didn't get much damage out of that one. At the rate things were going, I thought for sure, that the championship was won by Benson because of that lap 1 wreck, after all, Hornaday was 29 laps down after getting back out on the track.
Then on lap 87, Benson got the bad end of a wreck with T.J. Bell and had to go behind the wall for repairs. While he had a bit of damage, I was basically thinking it was still over, but they spent more time behind the wall than I anticipated and now we have a close points battle again going into Homestead. After all of that, Hornaday actually gained 3 points on Benson when it was all said and done.
Congrats to Harvick for winning the race in his #2 truck, making it three in a row for KHI, not only that, but it set a new record for the Truck Series, three wins in a row by a team with three different drivers. Way to go Harvick and KHI!
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Kat,
I have to agree with you, I thought the season was over for Hornaday after the lap 1 crash, but I guess the racing gods had another plan in mind for Homestead and the final race of the season. Not that I needed any more reason to despise Kyle Busch, but he just added one more to the list last night. I will leave it at that and not call him any choice names.
Great job by the entire #33 team to make almost miraculous repairs and get Hornaday back on the track and have enough in the truck to pickup spots on Benson.
Homestead is going to be a shootout and when the smoke clears I hope to see Ron Hornaday and Delana Harvick hoisting the trophy in Victory Lane.
Posted by: Jon | Nov 8, 2008 10:45:56 AM
I admit I was loving it when the 33 went out.Just not a KH fan.Pretty boned- headed move on the 33's part obviously wanting to lead that first lap instead of just chillin'.Same can be said about JB.He seemed to be sticking it in there pretty good with some drivers and it finally bit him with the 7.However,that kind of stuff is why the truck series produces much much better action than the other 2 series.I commend them for racing hard,but with the points as tight as they are,JB should have chilled a bit to at least finish top 15.Either way,I love watching the truck series and here's hoping those 2 will be racing hard on the last lap to win the championship.Go JB!
Posted by: DJ | Nov 8, 2008 11:25:28 AM
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