On a hot day in Memphis, at race time it was 98 degrees, with the racing surface at a 109 degrees, but it didn't stop Ron Hornaday from scorching the field at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Hornaday won for the second consecutive race, where he just dominated the field en-route to his third win at Memphis, second in a row winning the Elvis Trophy.
Before we get to the racing, the rumor about the Camping World Truck Series being in it's last year or that races will be dropped are untrue and many long-term contracts will keep the Trucks race for a long time.
Second, NASCAR has added a new rule to the trucks, one that will save the owner some money.
The new rule is a tire transfer rule, allowing owners to transfer tires to another race, when the tires match like this week at Memphis. Were the set-ups are the same as are the tires and teams could transfer a set left over from Milwaukee to Memphis.
Kevin Harvick Inc.'s Ron Hornaday Jr. in the No. 33 Longhorn Chevrolet, won the pole, his third of the year and claimed the special Sun Studio Acoustic Guitar.
Terry Cook in the No. 25 Cajun Industries/Harris Trucking Toyota will start from the outside pole position.
Mike Skinner in the No. 5 Exide Batteries will start third, Aric Almirola in the No. 15 Phoenix Construction Toyota will start fourth and Colin Braun in the No. 6 Con-Way Freight Ford will start fifth.
The field was full with 36 trucks racing, for the second race in a row Gabi DiCarlo was replaced and this week Brent Sherman will make his debut in the No. 90 Great Clips Toyota.
The pit window at Memphis is 110 to 120 Laps, sure we see a few teams gamble with pit stratgey today.
On the Lap 1 green flag start, Hornaday would take the green pull away from Cook going into turn one and get a couple truck length lead coming back to the stripe.
By Lap 5, Hornaday would be leading by 1.104 seconds on Cook, while Almirola in third has put some distance between himself and Skinner in fourth.
Hornaday would be leading by 1.543 seconds by Lap Seven, over Cook in second. Brian Scott in the No. 16 Albertson's Toyota would start eighth, has picked up two positions and running in sixth.
You had some amazing three wide passes so far, Tayler Malsam who made changes with his master cylinder started shotgun to the field and is just picking them off running in 23rd.
On Lap 11, Matt Crafton in the No. 88 Ideal Door/Menard's Chevrolet would pass Dennis Setzer in the No. 8 Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet for 10th.
Then his teammate, Johnny Sauter in the No. 13 Funsand/Rodney Atkins/Curb records Chevrolet would pass Todd Bodine in the No. 30 Copart.com Chevrolet for 14th place.
The first caution flag came out on Lap 14, for debris a bumper cover that came off of David Starr's No. 24 Zachry/Harris Trucking Toyota.
Michelle Theriault in the No. 72 MaysSolution.com Chevrolet was the Aarons Lucky Dog winner under the first caution.
The top five under caution was; Hornaday leading, Cook in second, Aric Almirola in third, Skinner in fourth and Stacy Compton in the No. 60 SafeAuto Insurance Toyota was fifth.
On the Lap 18 restart, Hornaday would take the green, he'd pull away Cook. Almirola holds off Skinner to hang onto third.
Timothy Peters in the No. 17 Strutmasters.com Toyota running in 11th, passes Setzer for 10th and pulls away.
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