Hornaday Nabs O’Reilly Pole

Ron Hornaday Jr. showed ‘em how it’s done yet again, as he captured the pole for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway.

The four-time and defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion earned his second series pole of the year and 25th of his storied career by blistering the 1.5-mile Kansas oval with a lap of 169.194miles per hour in his Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet Silverado.

Close on Hornaday’s heels, though, were the ThorSport racing teammates Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter, who ran 169.062 mph and 168.366 mph, respectively. Aric Almirola was next in Billy Ballew’s Toyota, followed by the Richard Childress Racing Chevy of Austin Dillon.

In positions six through 10 were Todd Bodine, Ricky Carmichael, Mike Skinner, Brian Ickler and series points leader Timothy Peters, who has a margin of 82 points over Almirola headed into race No. 5 of 25 on the 2010 NCWTS schedule.

Sunday’s race takes place at 1 p.m. ET, with live coverage from SPEED beginning with the “NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup” at 12:30 p.m.

Below is the starting grid for the 2010 O’Reilly Auto Parts 250:

Listed are: position, truck #, driver, team, time and speed:

Row 1: 1 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Longhorn Chevrolet 31.916 169.194

2 88 Matt Crafton Menards/ McGuire-Nicholas Chevrolet 31.941 169.062

Row 2: 3 13 Johnny Sauter In Country TV/Curb/WhatAHorse Chevrolet 32.073 168.3664 51 Aric Almirola Grcwy Pharma/AKawarenessToyota 32.184 167.785

Row 3: 5 3 Austin Dillon # Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 32.274 167.317

6 30 Todd Bodine Germain.com Toyota 32.300 167.183

Row 4: 7 4 Ricky Carmichael Monster Energy Chevrolet 32.316 167.100

8 5 Mike Skinner International Trucks/Monaco RV Toyota 32.320 167.079

Row 5: 9 18 Brian Ickler Toyota Tundra Toyota 32.349 166.929

10 17 Timothy Peters Strutmasters.com Toyota 32.371 166.816

Row 6: 11 31 James Buescher Wolf Pack Rentals Chevrolet 32.438 166.471

12 2 Ken Schrader E-Z-GO Chevrolet 32.448 166.420

Row 7: 13 15 Johnny Benson Red Top Collector Car Auction Toyota 32.472 166.297

14 7 Justin Lofton # visitpit.com Toyota 32.595 165.670

Row 8: 15 76 Rick Crawford Superseal Ford 32.617 165.558

16 16 Wes Burton Green Burton Motorsports Chevrolet 32.699 165.143

Row 9: 17 12 Mario Gosselin TireMonkey.com/JCarter/Hawthorn Chevrolet 32.713 165.072

18 21 Chris Eggleston # H2O Fire Protection Chevrolet 32.742 164.926

Row 10: 19 90 Jesse Smith Great Wolfe/Child’s/Great Clips Toyota 32.792 164.674

20 56 Tayler Malsam Toyota Tundra/One Eighty Toyota 32.801 164.629

Row 11: 21 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb # Mark One Electric/Ford F-150 Ford 32.811 164.579

22 60 Narain Karthikeyan SafeAuto Insurance Chevrolet 32.829 164.489

Row 12: 23 23 Jason White GunBroker.com Dodge 32.852 164.374

24 85 Brent Raymer Ford Drive One Ford 32.887 164.199

Row 13: 25 81 David Starr PC Miler Navigator Toyota 32.897 164.149

26 86 Jamie Dick VIVA Auto Group Chevrolet 33.036 163.458

Row 14: 27 39 Ryan Sieg S&W Services Chevrolet 33.061 163.334

28 07 Tony Jackson Jr Chase Suites Hotel Chevrolet 33.085 163.216

Row 15: 29 93 Shane Sieg S&W Services Chevrolet 33.217 162.567

30 63 Jack Smith Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford 33.407 161.643

Row 16: 31 89 Mike Harmon Lafferty Motorsports Ford 33.494 161.223

32 46 Terry Jones Team Gill Racing Dodge 33.587 160.776

Row 17: 33 47 Brett Butler # Fuel Doctor Chevrolet 33.723 160.128

34 6 Brian Rose Kids Embrace Chevrolet 33.756 159.972

Row 18: 35 01 Carl Long Komaunwind Chillaxation Drink Chevrolet Owner Points

36 57 Norm Benning Pro Gold Engine Treatment Chevrolet 33.507 161.160

Did Not Qualify: # 95 Tim Andrews; # 75 Chris Jones; # 50 GR Smith; # 96 Derek White.


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