NCWTS - Copart 200

Birthday win for Ron Hornaday Jr

"It's a cool day," Hornaday said. "What'd they (say), 'How old are you?' I don't know. I'm in my 50s, now, I guess."

51 to be precise.

Hornaday is the only series drivers to win a race on their birthday. A feat he has actually accomplished twice. He won the truck race @ Bristol on June 20, 1998.

Driving the #33 Copart Chevrolet Silverado for KHI, Hornaday dominated the Copart 200 from the start. He took the lead for the first time on lap 3 and would go on to lead 180 of the 200 lap race.

It's his 2nd win and 8th top-10 finish this season. It's career win #41 in the series. Hornaday moved up to the top of the standings by 36 points over 2nd place Matt Crafton. Crafton finished 16th.

(Photo Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Hornaday skipped doing a burnout. As GM recently announced cut backs across the board in NASCAR, Hornaday didn't want to risk damage to the truck. "We're saving dimes right now," he said. "I think Kevin and DeLana (owners) were ready for this and we're all buckling down."

There were 5 cautions for 23 laps and 8 lead changes among 6 drivers: B. Ickler # 1; M. Crafton 2; R. Hornaday Jr. 3-40; C. McCumbee 41; T. Bodine 42-48; R. Hornaday Jr. 49-120; M. Skinner 121-122; T. Bodine 123-130; R. Hornaday Jr. 131-200.

Dennis Setzer finished 2nd followed by Brian Scott, Todd Bodine and James Buescher.

For the (unofficial) race results, click here.