Fifty is nifty for Hornaday Jr. at Kentucky

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10/01/2011 - Sparta, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ron Hornaday Jr. claimed his 50th win in the Camping World Truck Series by taking Saturday night's Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway.

Hornaday, a four-time truck champion, took the lead after a late-race round of pit stops. The 53-year-old driver then held off 21-year-old youngster Austin Dillon during the final 10 laps to extend his record of career wins in the series. Hornaday finished 0.4 seconds ahead of Dillon.

Normally driving the No.33 Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc., Hornaday took over driving duties for the team's No.2 truck, with crew chief Bruce Cook guiding his efforts. Cale Gale drove the No.33 for KHI in this race.

"I can't thank [team co-owners] Kevin and DeLana [Harvick] enough for believing in me and putting me in the No.2 truck," Hornaday said. "I got my 50th win, and that's pretty darn cool."

All three of Hornaday's wins this year have come on 1.5-mile tracks (Texas, Atlanta and Kentucky). He also won at Kentucky for the third time, with his other victories coming in 2006 and '09.

Finishing second, Dillon increased his lead in the championship standings to three points over James Buescher, who placed third.

"I was driving so hard, but the right-front [of the truck] started pushing really bad," Dillon said. "I just got too tight in traffic."

Nelson Piquet Jr. finished fourth, followed by Brian Ickler, who drove Kyle Busch's No.18 Toyota, and Ricky Carmichael.

Todd Bodine, Cole Whitt, Dakoda Armstrong and David Starr completed the top-10.

Dillon's younger brother, Ty, finished 18th in his NASCAR national series debut.

Johnny Sauter fell 19 points out of the lead after finishing 14th. Sauter was penalized for speeding on pit road during his last stop.

Hornaday remained in championship contention, as he trails Dillon by 42 points. Five races remain this season.

The 225-mile race featured a track-record 18 lead changes among 11 drivers. Seven cautions occurred during the event, with one them for a three-truck incident involving Miguel Paludo, Max Papis and Parker Kligerman.

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Arizona 20-1

Butler 20-1

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Florida 7-2

Georgetown 30-1

Indiana 35-1

Kansas 15-1

Marquette 25-1

Maryland 40-1

Memphis 50-1

Nevada 50-1

UNC 9-2

OSU 8-1

Oregon 30-1

Pittsburgh 15-1

Texas 30-1

Texas A&M 18-1

UCLA 6-1

Wisconsin 10-1

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Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

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Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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