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Ron Hornaday and Johnny Benson are running neck-and-neck for the Craftsman Truck Series championship. They entered last night's Lucas Oil 150 separated by a mere six points for the lead in the standings. (No points-reset necessary, btw. I'm just saying.)
Here's what went down.
LAP 1 - Hornaday, starting from the pole, gets loose going into turn 3, causing an accident that collects seven trucks (including Benson, who suffers minor damage.) Hornaday's truck goes behind the wall for extensive repairs.
LAP 87 - Benson gets loose on the inside of T.J. Bell, sending both trucks into the wall and causing heavy damage to Benson's truck.
Now, because Hornaday's damage was more repairable than Benson's, they way it all shook out was Hornaday finished 25th and Benson 26th, and because NASCAR gives all those guys points, they are NOW only separated by three points going to Homestead. I'm sure the NASCAR guys are quite pleased about it.
But, really, both of these guys erred on the racetrack and crashed. Hornaday only finished ahead of Benson because his damage was slightly less and he crashed earlier in the race. There was NO driving skill involved in Hornaday finishing ahead of Benson, right? It was purely - PURELY - luck that Hornaday's damage was such that he could get back on the track and finish that one position ahead of Benson. So does it make sense that the DRIVER's championship is decided by things like this?
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