*Ron Hornaday Jr. won the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Hornaday posted his series-leading 40th victory in his 231st race; his last victory came at Texas in October.
*Hornaday scored his second series victory at Lowe’s in his fifth race.
*The last time Hornaday won at Lowe’s in a Kevin Harvick Inc. truck was in May 2007. Team owner Kevin Harvick won the All-Star Race the following night that season.
*Kevin Harvick Inc. scored its 19th series win — 14th by Hornaday — and 23rd NASCAR victory.
*This is Hornaday’s eighth win on a 1.5-mile track, one behind Todd Bodine for the most all-time in the series. Hornaday became the fifth race winner in the six races of 2009. He led once for 29 laps.
*Hornaday won everything Friday; he was the fastest in first and last practice and was sitting on the pole when rain cancelled time trials.
*Hornaday took over the points lead by 84 over Mike Skinner. Skinner finished 29th.
*Nine of the top 10 in points changed positions.
*John Jackson, 34th, made his series debut. Taylor Malsam was eighth, his best career finish. He was the highest-finishing rookie contender among the six rookies in the race.
*The top 10 consisted of five Toyotas and five Chevrolets. The highest-finishing Dodge was Jason White, 23rd. Rick Crawford, 11th, drove the highest-finishing Ford.
*Kyle Busch, second, was as low as 24th on lap 33 after serving a pit road penalty for too many crew members over the wall.
*On Lap 87, Colin Braun was wrecked while leading by Busch. Braun, who led 43 laps, had led only 28 laps in his career coming into the race. Busch was sent to the rear on the restart for rough driving.
*Bodine spun while leading on Lap 95.(ESPN.com)(5-18-2009)
