Ron Honaday won the Camping World RV Rental 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He scored his series-leading 38th NCTS victory in his 218th race. This is Hornaday’s fifth win in 18 NCTS races in 2008, the most among all drivers.
Hornaday won from the second-place starting position, the ninth straight race won from the top five at New Hampshire. He is the only driver to score three NCTS wins at New Hampshire.
This is the 13th win for Kevin Harvick Inc., fifth of 2008, all by Hornaday this season.
Points leader Johnny Benson finished second. His points lead is now 74 points over the second-place Hornaday, who gained 20 points on Benson in this race. Hornaday has gained 45 points on Benson in the past two races.
Chevrolet posted its seventh win of the 2008 season. Toyota has nine wins, while Ford and Dodge have one each.
Hornaday led five times for a combined 149 laps, including the final 43. He led the most laps in a NCTS race for the seventh time in 2008. He has led 979 laps this season, the most by any driver in 2008, and is the all-time series lap leader with 7,446 laps led in 218 races.
The race was slowed nine times for 37 laps of caution.
The race featured 14 lead changes among eight drivers.
The top 10 consisted of three Toyotas, three Fords and four Chevrolets.
The highest finishing Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate was #16-Brian Scott, who finished eighth. The eight leaders tied the most in a NCTS race at Loudon for the fifth time.(ESPN.com)(9-15-2008)
