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TRUCKS: Harvick Wins At Homestead
Written by: Tom Jensen   
11/20/2009
Homestead, FL
 
Kevin Harvick celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Photo: Getty Images) ยป More Photos

Kevin Harvick won the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the first event of Ford Championship Weekend and the final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the 2009 season.

It was Harvick’s second Truck Series victory in a row, the third of the season and the sixth of his career in 101 starts. Behind Harvick, came Matt Crafton, Colin Braun, Timothy Peters and Todd Bodine

Ron Hornaday Jr., who is his boss’ teammate at Kevin Harvick Inc., clinched his fourth NCWTS championship last week in Phoenix, never led a lap at Homestead and was not a factor. He finished eighth.

All told, it was an easy cruise for Harvick, who qualified third but dominated the race from the outset.

In the final Truck Series race for Roush Fenway Racing, Colin Braun put the No. 6 Con-Way Freight Ford on the pole, just as he did in the season-opening race at Daytona International Raceway.

Kyle Busch started the race from the rear of the field because of an engine change in his Billy Ballew-owned No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra. He passed 10 trucks on the opening lap and seven more on Lap 2, as Braun
led Kevin Harvick and Mike Skinner.

Harvick took the lead on Lap 6, his Georgia Boot Chevrolet Silverado assuming the point for the first time. By Lap 20, Skinner was up to third ahead of Braun, while Busch had worked his way to seventh.

On Lap 27, Matt Crafton took second, bringing Busch with him up to third. On Lap 30, Busch had advanced to second, about six seconds behind Harvick.

The first caution flew on Lap 33, after Shane Sieg tagged the wall in his S&W Services Chevy. That sent the field down pit road for the first time, and when the two rounds of stops were completed, Harvick led Busch, Skinner, Crafton and Johnny Sauter on the Lap 37 restart.

The next yellow came out on Lap 39, after Dan Brode’s Mike Berg Trucking Dodge went around exiting Turn 2.

Just after the restart on Lap 42, Mike Bliss spun out of Turn 4 and onto pit road, just as Busch began pressuring Harvick for the lead. But the track stayed green and Harvick held the point.

On Lap 59, the yellow waved again, this time when Lance Hooper lost a right-front tire and hit the wall in Turn 2.


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