Hornaday wins Truck Series title

A seventh-place finish was enough for Ron Hornaday Jr. to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
It was the third career Truck Series championship for Hornaday and his first since 1998. He also won the Truck Series championship in 1996.
His first two Truck Series championships came when he was driving for the late Dale Earnhardt. Hornaday was in the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin Harvick Inc. for his latest Truck Series championship.
"Coming to the race track with a truck like we've got every weekend, these guys have done an awesome job with this Chevrolet truck," said Hornaday. "I think the whole change was when Camping World came on board. I won a lot of races with that blue and yellow and it comes back right now. So this is really cool."
For Harvick, it was his first Truck Series championship as an owner. He was in the Truck Series season finale and finished fourth in the team's No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado.
"It's taken us six years to get the truck team to where it's at and we have a great driver in Ron Hornaday," said Harvick, a driver in the Nextel Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. "It's hard to race and race in that position and try to win the race and that's what we tried to do there at the end. I was a little tough on my truck, but man, the coolest part about this whole thing is just being able to stop and be the first one to congratulate Ron Hornaday on the back straightaway. He's done so much for my racing career and to be able to win a championship with him and a lot of the guys that grew up with me in my racing career is something I'll never forget. So that makes it pretty special."
Rick Ren, Hornaday's crew chief, won his first Truck Series championship.
"Well, you know they don't give these things away and we've been trying for an awfully long time," Ren said. "I told Ron Hornaday earlier this year, I said, 'I know you've got some of those rings but I don't have one and I think we need to work really hard to get one,' and I don't know what else to say. This is what we do this for and it's like a dream come true."