Harvick wins at Texas as tempers flare early

Kevin Harvick, driver of the #2 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet, poses in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 4, 2011, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)Dillon extends points lead as Hornaday crashes and Buescher runs out of fuel

by NASCAR.com Media PR
Kevin Harvick dominated at Texas Motor Speedway and held on in a green-white-checkered finish to win the WinStar World Casino 350k and clinch the Truck Series' owners championship. But all anyone wanted to talk about was what happened early in the race.

On Lap 13. Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday were racing hard for a top-five position and both Busch and Hornaday got into the wall as they got three-wide with Johnny Chapman, who was a lap down. However, both cars were raceable as the caution came out. But under the caution, Busch rode the rear bumper of Hornaday all the way into the corner, eventually sending Hornaday hard into the wall and destroying both trucks.

Busch was parked and called to the NASCAR hauler after the race while Hornaday went from 15 points behind points leader Austin Dillon to mathematically eliminated from contention.

James Buescher, who was just 11 points behind Dillon coming into Texas, had a chance at the victory He was second to Harvick on the final restart, but under caution before the green dropped, Buescher ran out of fuel and went multiple laps down. Buescher is now 28 points back.

The big winner in all of this was Dillon, who opened up a huge points lead with one race remaining. Dillon finished second to Harvick and extended his points lead to 20. Ty Dillon finished third followed by Nelson Piquet Jr. and Matt Crafton.

Johnny Sauter struggled to a seventh-place finish, although he did move up to second in the points standings.

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 24
Unofficial Race Results for the 13Th Annual Winstar World Casino 350K
- Friday, November 4, 2011
Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 148 Laps - 222 Miles - Purse: $548,306
Leader
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps
1 10 2 Kevin Harvick(i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 148 0 141.4 $48,100 Running 4 61
2 2 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 148 43 1 118.7 $38,375 Running 1 10
3 8 21 Ty Dillon Sherwin Williams/Cain Food Chevrolet 148 41 102.3 $25,775 Running
4 7 8 Nelson Piquet, Jr. # Qualcomm/tagg Chevrolet 148 40 95.2 $22,125 Running
5 11 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Fisher Nuts Chevrolet 148 39 90.6 $16,900 Running
6 14 22 Joey Coulter # American EuroCopter Chevrolet 148 38 101.8 $13,325 Running
7 12 13 Johnny Sauter SafeAuto/Curb Records Chevrolet 148 38 1 109.9 $14,325 Running 1 15
8 5 4 Ricky Carmichael Monster Energy Chevrolet 148 36 86.1 $15,325 Running
9 17 7 Miguel Paludo # Duroline Toyota 148 35 83.4 $12,825 Running
10 6 6 Justin Lofton CollegeComplete.com Chevrolet 148 35 1 92.5 $13,725 Running 2 6
11 15 17 Timothy Peters NTB/Service Central Toyota 148 33 100.8 $12,000 Running
12 23 23 Jason White Gunbroker.com Chevrolet 148 32 72.3 $11,825 Running
13 19 5 Todd Bodine Big Red Toyota 148 31 79.3 $12,725 Running
14 24 9 Max Papis GEICO Toyota 148 30 66.3 $11,625 Running
15 26 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 148 29 60.3 $12,825 Running
16 33 66 Ross Chastain Ntnl Watermelon Board/Melon 1/JDI Chevrolet 148 28 67.2 $12,400 Running
17 18 60 Cole Whitt # Fuel Doctor/Red Bull Chevrolet 146 27 94.0 $11,300 Running
18 20 20 Johanna Long # Panhandle Grading & Paving Toyota 146 26 49.8 $11,200 Running
19 1 31 James Buescher Exide Chevrolet 146 26 1 120.2 $15,300 Running 5 56
20 36 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb(i) DrivenMale.com Dodge 144 0 39.4 $9,475 Running
21 25 93 BJ McLeod RSS Racing Chevrolet 144 23 41.8 $10,900 Running
22 27 68 Clay Greenfield Rock on Framing/McNulty Electric Dodge 143 22 38.9 $8,550 Running
23 16 81 David Starr Zachry/NCCER Build Future /Boot Toyota 140 21 65.1 $9,450 Engine
24 28 73 Rick Crawford Trans Pecos Trckng/County Building Chevrolet 101 20 43.1 $8,350 Vibration
25 29 55 Jake Crum(i) Make Motorsports/Bandit Chippers Chevrolet 96 0 54.8 $8,400 Accident
26 34 63 Jack Smith Seal Wrap Ford 96 18 52.0 $8,150 Accident
27 3 32 Blake Feese Cyclone Anaya's Chevrolet 54 17 65.5 $9,400 Accident
28 13 29 Parker Kligerman # Cooper Standard Dodge 54 16 64.5 $7,950 Accident
29 22 07 Johnny Chapman(i) BOBBER.info/ASI Limited Toyota 45 0 33.9 $7,825 Transmission
30 32 74 Mike Harmon(i) Racing for Marissa Chevrolet 27 PE 31.5 $7,725 Overheating
31 21 62 Brendan Gaughan International Trucks/Monaco RV's Toyota 20 13 47.9 $8,150 Accident
32 31 0 TJ Bell(i) Sudden Link Media Ford 19 PE 31.6 $7,625 Vibration
33 4 18 Kyle Busch(i) Traxxas Toyota 14 0 50.4 $7,610 Parked
34 9 33 Ron Hornaday, Jr. OneMain Financial Chevrolet 13 10 48.3 $7,600 Accident
35 35 87 Chris Jones Copy Wizard Chevrolet 10 PE 31.7 $7,590 Transmission
36 30 38 Mike Garvey RSS Racing Chevrolet 5 PE 28.7 $7,564 Clutch

Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 56,500, Kevin Harvick won the WinStar World Casino 350k, his 13th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following truck dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 4,66 (engine changes).

Failed to Qualify: (3) 65 Tim Andrews(i), 57 Norm Benning, 76 Derek White.

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 49 Mins, 50 Secs. Average Speed: 121.275 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.294 Seconds

Caution Flags: 6 for 32 laps: Laps: 15-20 (18,33 accident Turn 2 [55]); 22-26 (Fluid on track [07]); 34-37 (#20 spiin Turn 4 [07]); 57-63 (#29,32,63 accident Turn 2 [68]); 99-103 (#55,63 accident Turn 2 [39]); 142-146 (Fluid on track [39]).

Lead Changes: 12 among 5 drivers: J. Buescher 1-16; A. Dillon 17-26; K. Harvick(i) 27-34; J. Lofton 35-39; J. Buescher 40; J. Lofton 41; J. Buescher 42-60; K. Harvick(i) 61; J. Sauter 62-76; J. Buescher 77-92; K. Harvick(i) 93-99; J. Buescher 100-103; K. Harvick(i) 104-148.