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Hornaday Wins Truck Series Title

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A Tribune staff, wire report

Published: November 17, 2007

HOMESTEAD - For weeks, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Skinner went back and forth atop the Truck Series standings, neither ever taking command of the title chase.

That is, until Skinner lost a wheel in the season finale - a break that helped Hornaday make history.

Hornaday won his third Truck Series championship Friday night, finishing seventh to edge Skinner by 54 points after the season-ending Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hornaday trailed by 29 points entering the night, but benefited nicely when Skinner's left rear wheel broke away midway through the race.

"It comes down to great teams, and everybody here had a part in it," said Hornaday, who matched Jack Sprague for the most career Truck Series titles.
Johnny Benson won the race, holding off Kyle Busch on a final lap where Busch wound up sliding into the wall. Busch seemed like he was set to take the win, until Chris Jones spun out on Lap 134 and the caution flag came out, setting up a green-white-checkered finish.

Not surprisingly, Busch wasn't happy. Benson was thrilled.

"I wasn't the one that threw the caution," Benson said. "That's his gripe with whomever. But it sure made for a great event for the fans."

MANSELL BUYS BELLEAIR MANSION: British racer Nigel Mansell has purchased a waterfront mansion once valued at $4 million for about $3.3 million, public records show.

Mansell, the former Formula One great, and his wife, Rosanne, closed Nov. 2 on the 6,146-square-foot estate in Belleview Island, a gated community of 31 homes overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, records show. The estate, at 429 St. Andrews Drive, was listed for $3.99 million.

McLAREN APPEAL DENIED: Formula One's governing body rejected McLaren's appeal to penalize four drivers for fuel irregularities at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, letting Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen keep his world championship title.

The FIA's court of appeal said there was not enough evidence to punish BMW and Williams, whose drivers finished fourth, fifth, sixth and 10th on Oct. 21 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished seventh in the race, and would have taken the drivers' title if two of the three drivers who finished ahead of him had been disqualified.

Hamilton finished in second place in the overall standings, one point behind Raikkonen.

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