Hornaday Trucks to His Third Victory

Ron Hornaday Jr. of Palmdale overcame a mid-race pass by Joe Ruttman to score his third SuperTruck victory of the season Saturday night at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Wash.

Hornaday, driving a Chevrolet from the outside of the front row, grabbed the lead in the first turn when the Chevrolet of pole-sitter Steve Portenga failed to come up to speed. Hornaday led through the Lap 76 service break, although Ruttman’s Ford never was more than a half-second behind.

Ruttman, of Upland, made a move on Lap 80, catching Hornaday in lapped traffic in the fourth turn of the 0.646-mile asphalt oval. Ruttman’s time in front was brief, however, as Hornaday re-passed on Lap 87 and won by 2.3 seconds.

“I knew I messed up and that this was going to be one of the toughest guys to get back around,” Hornaday said of Ruttman. “He had a little (less) gear and I was able to get up beside him. He gave me the outside (in Turn 1) and I went around him.”

Hornaday, who averaged 79.228 m.p.h. for the 96.6 miles, won $28,100 and added to his lead in the driver standings over Butch Miller, who ran third.

Hornaday has 966 points to 939 for Miller after six of 20 scheduled events.

Miscellany

Cleveland High is sponsoring a classic car and motorcycle show as a fund-raiser for the school’s football team and Latino Club.

The event will take place May 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Cleveland football field.

Spaces are available for those who wish to display classic or modified vehicles.

Information: 818-349-8410, ext. 214.

Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian will serve as Grand Marshal at Festival 95, being held May 21 at Demirdjian High.

Information: 818 883-2428.

Softball

Former Royal High standout Tricia Polhert, a freshman at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference second team.

Polhert, the Bulldogs’ starting center fielder for the team’s first 28 games, was moved to third base midway through the season and has made only four errors in 21 games at that position.

* Contributing: Steve Elling, Tris Wykes.