First, let me say Happy Birthday to Krista Voda and now let's get to another exciting action packed truck race.
Brian Scott gets his first career win on a gutsy call by his crew chief Jeff Hensley to stay out on a late caution, gambling on his tires holding out the last 15 laps of the race.
Scott would survive a race filled with tire issues, use track position to his advantage and earns a nerve racking first win.
Since with 10 trucks losing right fronts, he had to be praying the right front held up those last 15 laps of the race and Dover gave us another classic race.
Ron Hornaday starts on the pole in the No. 33 VFW Chevrolet, next to him on the outside pole is Colin Braun in the No. 6 Con-Way Freight Ford.
Then Brian Scott in the No. 16 Albertson Toyota will start third and Johnny Sauter in the No. 13 Funsand/Rodney Atkins Chevrolet rolls off fourth.
Rounding out the top five is Chad McCumbee in the No. 07 Tiwi Chevrolet.
It was the third race of seven to be delayed due to rain in 2009 and the pit window is 75 to 85 laps. NASCAR also will throw a mandatory caution flag on Lap 35.
On the Lap 1 green flag start, Hornaday would take the green have one of patented great starts and pulls away from Braun going into turn one.
Kyle Busch in the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota started 10th, he would make a couple of three wide passes and be fourth coming back to the stripe.
Mike Skinner in the No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports Toyota and Terry Cook in the No. 25 Cajun Industries Toyota would have minor contact on the open lap.
On Lap 2, the first caution came out for J.R. Fitzpatrick in the No. 4 Equipment Express Chevrolet, getting loose on the low side touching the apron with his left front and spinning just kissing the inside wall.
On Lap 4, once pit road was open, Fitzpatrick would pit for new tires and to get his fenders pulled out.
Skinner who thought he had a tire going down, would not come to pit road but stay out on the track.
Cook did come to pit road for tires and for his crew to pull his left front fender back off of the tire.
On the Lap 5 restart, Hornaday had another great restart and would pull away from Brian Scott in second.
Busch would pass Braun on the high side for third and starts to pressure Scott in second.
On Lap 6, Busch would go to the highside to pass Scott for second and charge after Hornaday the leader.
On Lap 7, Braun and Todd Bodine in the No. 30 Copart.com Toyota would make contact racing side by side and result in Braun losing his bumper bar.
Which Bodine drove over, followed by Mario Gosselin in the No. 72 James Carter Attorney Chevrolet would lose a tire from running over it and end up in the wall.
He'd damage the right side of his truck and a third truck drove over it also, but apparently didn't have any problems.
Skinner would also pit on this caution for new tires and adjustments.
On The Lap 12 restart, Hornaday would pull away from busch in second, but coming into turn three Busch got a run and would pass him on the high side for the lead.
On Lap 13, Busch leads pulls away from Hornaday, who seemed to just let him without racing him too hard so early.
On Lap 15, Busch would open a half second lead on Hornady in second.
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