Hornaday Jr. reigns supreme at ORP

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07/28/2007 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Following a two-hour rain delay, Ron Hornaday Jr. captured Friday night's Power Stroke Diesel 200 Craftsman Truck Series race at the O'Reilly Raceway Park. The No.33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet crossed the finish line one length ahead of Johnny Benson.

The win was Hornaday Jr.'s third of the season.

Mike Skinner finally brought the field to the green flag for 200 laps of short track racing. Interestingly, he chose the outside line to start from and it worked as he fought off Hornaday Jr. on the first laps and took early control of the race.

But Hornaday Jr. didn't go away and he kept the pressure on Skinner, finally making the pass on lap 23. Todd Bodine also got underneath Skinner who seemed to be tight and couldn't turn his truck quickly enough.

Hornaday Jr. built the lead to more than two seconds when Pierre Bourque spun to bring out the first caution flag of the evening.

The race restarted on lap 42 and off went Hornaday Jr. Bodine hung with him, but Travis Kvapil had trouble keeping up with the torrid pace. But again the race was interrupted by a caution flag.

Two trucks back in the field who were moving up were Erik Darnell and Ken Schrader. Both drivers cracked the top-10 by lap 70.

However, it was Hornaday Jr. dominating from the front that was the story of the race. He built the lead to more than three seconds when the third caution flag on lap 77 erased his lead once again.

The leaders took the opportunity to pit while Willie Allen and Jason White stayed out and inherited the lead. Kvapil was the first off pit lane and sat third with Rick Crawford and Hornaday Jr. just behind.

Kvapil, Crawford and Hornaday Jr. quickly got around White and went after Allen. Meanwhile, Matt Crafton didn't go around White, but through him for the pass and it brought out the fifth caution flag of the evening.

On the restart Kvapil made quick work of Allen and so did Hornaday Jr. to take the top-two spots. Kvapil was holding about one second on Hornaday Jr. with 90 laps to go.

A couple of more caution flags slowed the race and left 60 laps to go when they went back to green. Benson caught Hornaday Jr. and the two battled side- by-side for second place with 50 laps to go. It was an exciting show, but it allowed Kvapil to check out and build his lead to over one second.

Hornaday Jr. fought him off, but Benson wouldn't give up. Then Kvapil began to lap slower traffic and the bottleneck allowed both Hornaday Jr. and Benson to close on the leader.

With 30 laps to go, Hornaday made the move under Kvapil and slid past Kvapil for the lead. Benson also got by Kvapil about five laps later, but was more than 1.1 seconds behind Hornaday Jr.

It should have been and easy drive to the checkered flag, but a spin by a backmarker inside of 18 laps left him with some more work to do. Good thing Hornaday Jr. is known as the "King of Restarts" and we saw the reason why.

On the restart, Hornaday Jr. quickly pulled away from Benson. It was eight lengths by the time they reached the first corner, but again a spin brought out the caution flag and set up a green-white-checker finish.

Hornaday Jr. had to make one last great start to win the race, he did and won for the third time in 2007 and the 32nd time in his Craftsman Truck Series career.

Kvapil, Crawford and Schrader completed the top-five.

Skinner finished outside the top-10 for the first time this season (20th) and combined with Hornaday Jr.'s win cut his lead to just 77 points.

The next race in the series is set for Saturday, August 11th at the Nashville Superspeedway.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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