KHI Sports a 1-2 Finish in Kansas

The Kevin Harvick Inc. trucks of Ron Hornaday and Jack Sprague lined up 1st and 3rd for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday evening, and once the green dropped, the KHI drivers flexed that muscle that everyone expected from the organization at the start of the season.

Horndaday – the defending Craftsman Truck Series champion – went virtually untouched the entire day, giving up the lead only three times, each of which was under caution. Hornaday led an impressive 136 of the 167 laps, and beat Sprague back to the line on the final lap by a mere 0.149 seconds.

Sprague suffered from a mid-race mistake and was sent to the back of the field, but his team used some crafty pit strategy to get him up towards the front by the end of the day. The victory for Hornaday extends his all-time wins lead on the series, now giving him 34 in his career, and he is also once again atop the points standings as he marches forward in pursuit of his fourth Truck Series championship. For Sprague – who is second on the all-time wins list – it was his best finish of the season, and he now moves up to 9th in points as he, too, is in search of his fourth championship run.

Rookie driver, Colin Braun, finished third despite angering several veteran drivers during his run (to include Sprague), and the Bill Davis Racing teammates of Johnny Benson and Mike Skinner finished 4th and 5th. Kyle Busch, who came into the day leading the points standings, did not participate in the race due to commitments at Talladega, and now drops to 6th in points.

Truck Series Standings (from nascar.com):