Ron Hornaday rallied from a lap down to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 on Friday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway. It was Hornaday's first win of the season, second at LMS and 40th of his career.
He retook the points lead by 84 over Mike Skinner, who was credited with a 29th-place finish after a horrific crash that sent his truck flying. Hornaday pitted under green when Kyle Busch got into race leader Colin Braun, bringing out the caution. But Busch was penalized for rough driving, and Todd Bodine spun out a few laps later as the leader. That gave Hornaday a chance to race back to the front, and he passed Matt Crafton for the lead and held off Kyle Busch for the victory.
Busch, who earlier had been penalized for having too many men over the wall during a pit stop, finished second and Crafton was third. Ryan Newman finished fourth and Terry Cook fifth. David Gilliland finished sixth, followed by David Starr, Tayler Malsam, Stacy Compton and Dennis Setzer.
