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Ron Hornaday Jr., days after admitting to taking steroids and HGH to treat an overactive thyroid condition, won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway.
It was his second Truck Series win in a row, his fifth of the year and the 38th of his career. The former Saugus Speedway champ from Palmdale is second in the standings and trails Johnny Benson by 74 points as the Truck Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"I've had some good runs at Las Vegas over the years. I like the track; it's similar to racing at Texas, Atlanta and Charlotte," said Hornaday, driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin Harvick Inc. "They all have the same layout. We put together a decent run last year, but had a tire issue late in the race that cost us a good finish."
Hornaday has never won a Truck Series race at Las Vegas and his team will be bringing a new truck for this weekend's race.
"Our mile-and-a-half program has been great this year," Hornaday said. "I don't see why we cannot have another good run on this type of track. Rick Ren (crew chief) and all the guys on this Camping World Chevrolet Silverado team do an awesome job week in and week out."

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Ron Hornaday Jr., the three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, explained on Friday why he started using human growth hormones and steroids. He was diagnosed with a hyperactive thyroid and part of the treatment was to use HGH and steroids.
Hornaday met with the media at New Hampshire International Speedway on Friday. Kevin Harvick, his Truck Series team owner, and Jim Hunter, the vice president of corporate communications for NASCAR, were at his side as he told reporters when he was diagnosed and how he and his doctors decided to treat the problem.
Hornaday said after the Truck Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana in February, he was examined by one of Harvick's doctors at the request of Harvick and Rick Carelli. Hornaday was not feeling well after the races at Daytona and Fontana, to the point he was using an IV to hydrate himself.
Hunter said NASCAR finds nothing wrong with Hornaday's use of HGH and steroids and has cleared him to race this weekend and the rest of the season.
"Our substance abuse expertrs have told us the prescription Hornaday used did not enhance his performance or impair his judgment," Hunter said.

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."