CONCORD, N.C. — Friday night went from bad to worse for series point-leader Ron Hornaday, Jr.
Hornaday gave up the lead to pit under a lap-100 caution and restarted fourth. But as he and Kyle Busch raced side by side, Hornaday’s Kevin Harvick, Inc.-owned No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet got loose, sending both he and Busch spinning in turn four and setting off a five-truck crash. Busch’s truck sustained the worst damage and Hornaday soldiered on.
Less than 30 laps later, Hornaday had regained second place and set his sights on Todd Bodine. Hornaday cleared Bodine’s No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota coming out of turn four. Bodine, though, jammed his nose under Hornaday’s rear going through the frontstretch, sending Hornaday spinning through the infield grass.
Once Hornaday righted his truck, he caught up to Bodine behind the pace car, ramming the No. 33 into Bodine’s truck before pitting. Hornaday limped home 23rd, two laps down to race winner Matt Crafton.
“He just flat tried to kill me. You don’t spin somebody out on the straightaway,” Hornaday said of Bodine. “If I’d done something wrong or ran into him, I’d deserve it. But you don’t do it at 170 miles per hour and try to turn somebody sideways just because you got upset because you’ve got used tires on.
“We were pretty good friends. We were just getting to like each other, but I don’t know what’s going to happen now. I really don’t. Life is too short to have an idiot like that.”
Bodine, who was penalized for aggressive driving, finished 12th.
“The sad thing is I was honestly trying to help Ron,” Bodine said. “I was trying to push him up the mat and the last shot I gave him at the start-finish line turned him sideways and turned him in the infield. I didn’t try to wreck him. I was trying to help the guy.
“We were good friends. I hope we still are friends. I don’t blame him for being mad at me, but I was trying to help. I wasn’t trying to wreck him.”

• Matt Crafton’s victory in Friday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 ended the longest winless streak in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The previous record was held by Bryan Reffner, who went 111 races before reaching victory lane.

• Kyle Busch scored his second-career pole for Friday’s truck race. Busch lapped the 1.5-mile Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 30.160 seconds (179.045 mph) in Billy Ballew Motorsports’ No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy Drink Toyota. The pole was Busch’s second pole in the series and the first of the season. It was also Toyota’s 50th pole in 106 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events.
Less than three hours later, Busch picked up the pole for Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Race with a combined three-lap and pit-stop time of 121.956 seconds. It was Busch’s third top-10 start in three All-Star Race appearances.