Kevin Harvick wins at Martinsville

Kevin Harvick pulled away from teammate Ron Hornaday Jr. on a restart with 19 laps to go to win his second consecutive truck series victory.

Harvick led 187 laps Saturday at Martinsville Speedway.

“Today was just a lot of fun for me,” he aid.

Harvick asserted his dominance all race long, but especially on a restart with 43 laps to go. As the race went back to green, Timothy Peters was just to Harvick’s outside and Johnny Sauter was right behind him.

As Harvick pulled away, Peters and Sauter dueled for second for several laps, with four-time series champion Hornaday and Mike Skinner joining the battle.

Harvick had built his lead to more than 4 seconds when Hornaday bumped Sauter from behind on the 222nd lap, sending Sauter and Skinner out of contention and bringing another caution.

The 11th yellow flag of the race forced Harvick to show one more time that he had the best truck, this time with teammate Hornaday to his inside and Peters directly behind him. He did it with ease, moving in front of Hornaday immediately and winning by 1.552 seconds.

“The boss said he’s taking the outside and I better give him the spot,” Hornaday said.

Hornaday, the defending series champion, bounced back after finishing 27th and 34th in the first two races to finish second, followed by Brian Ickler, Peters and Johnny Benson.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin will have arthroscopic surgery on Monday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, but isn’t planning to miss any races.

Hamlin injured the knee playing basketball in January and originally thought he would be able to wait until after the season for the surgery.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — If there was a low moment for Helio Castroneves during last year’s tax-evasion trial that threatened to end his racing career and send him to jail, it likely came during the Honda Grand Prix.

It’s one of Castroneves’ favorite races. And fighting for his freedom kept him from sitting behind the wheel that weekend.

On Sunday, he’ll be back, starting fifth in the race on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit. His Penske Racing teammate Will Power, easily the dominant driver in St. Pete so far this weekend, will be on the pole.

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