Lebanon, TN (My Sportsbook) - Ron Hornaday, Jr. continued his record winning streak in the Camping World Truck Series by taking Saturday's Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Hornaday put on a dominating performance, as he led 115 of 154 laps. His near three-second lead over Brian Scott was erased when a caution in the closing laps setup a green-white-checkered finish. Hornaday easily pulled away from Scott on the restart and beat him to the finish line by 0.944 seconds.
"Five, can you believe that?" Hornaday said.
The 51-year-old driver became the first to win five consecutive races in one of NASCAR's national touring series since 1971. Richard Petty and Bobby Allison both did it in the Cup Series in 1971. Petty holds the NASCAR record with 10 straight Cup wins in 1967.
"You can never compare to The King (Petty) and Bobby Allison, but I'm just glad to be in the same book as they are," Hornaday said.
Hornaday also added to his Truck Series record with his 45th career victory. He won at Nashville for the first time, in which he finally earned his long awaited Gibson guitar trophy.
Rick Ren also set a record by becoming the winningest crew chief in the series. Ren surpassed long-time crew chief Dennis Conner with his 27th victory.
"I think that's an honor," Ren said. "A lot of people don't realize how hard that is. It's pretty stressful."
Ren has won with five different drivers as a crew chief. He has 16 victories with Hornaday so far.
Scott finished second, despite driving with a broken right hand since his accident five races ago at Michigan.
"I congratulate Ron on five in a row," Scott said. "That's an awesome accomplishment, and I hope to someday accomplish something like that in my career."
Colin Braun was third, followed by Timothy Peters, the pole sitter, and Matt Crafton.
Johnny Sauter, Rick Crawford, Dennis Setzer, Tayler Malsam and T.J. Bell completed the top-10.
With the victory, Hornaday widened his lead to 216 points over Crafton.
The 200-mile race featured six cautions, including one for rain. A shower moved through the area earlier in the day, delaying the start of the race by more than 30 minutes.
