Until Saturday, victory at Gateway International Raceway had always eluded Ron Hornaday, Jr. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) » More Photos

Hornaday took the lead back on the Lap 65 restart wheeling past teammate Sprague just after the green came back out. Fifteen laps afterwards, the race hit the halfway points with Hornaday leading Sprague, Bodine, Darnell and Skinner.

Debris in Turn 3 — a spring rubber from the back of someone’s truck — brought out caution No. 4 on Lap 103, setting the field up for its final pit stop. Several drivers took just two tires, as Skinner and Benson emerged in the lead over Setzer, Matt Crafton’s Menards Chevrolet, Terry Cook’s Wyler.com Toyota, Darnell, Hornaday, Sprague and Bodine. But as they exited their stalls, Hornaday squeezed Sprague into a tire barrier, not what the teammates wanted to happen.

Skinner, though, was called into the pits for loose lugnuts, which dropped him from the lead all the way to 23rd, which totally ruined his race.

The track went green on Lap 109, and Hornaday immediately began charging back towards the front. Setzer took the lead on Lap 111, and seconds later, Robb Brent crashed his Brad Keselowski-owned Chevy after a tap from behind, which sent Brent around in Turn 3.

The order for the Lap 121 restart was Setzer, Benson, Crafton, Hornaday and Darnell. But just after the green, there was a big pile-up in Turn 4 that collected Cook, Jason White, Brian Scott, Braun, Andy Lally, Ted Musgrave, Rick Crawford, Chad McCumbee and Jack Smith, among others. The crash began when White was tapped, turning around his gunbroker.com Dodge. From there, the back half of the field wadded up in the middle of the corner.

On Lap 126, the green flew again and immediately Hornaday took third from Crafton as Setzer and Benson led. Two laps later, Hornaday was around Benson and into second place and on Lap 131, Skinner went under Setzer into Turn 3 to take the lead.

There was more calamity to come though, as Starr made contact with Crawford spun out on the backstretch on Lap 133 and made hard contact with the inside wall. After five laps of caution, the green came out on Lap 138.

It didn’t stay green for long, as Justin Marks crashed his Constructs Corps Toyota with 16 laps to go, bringing out yet another yellow, with the order Hornaday, Setzer, Benson, Bodine and Darnell. The race restarted on Lap 150, but no one had anything for Hornaday, who scored a convincing victory.

RACE RESULTS: Camping World 200 at Gateway

DRIVER POINT STANDINGS: Camping World 200 at Gateway

OWNER POINT STANDINGS: Camping World 200 at Gateway

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