With title already won, still plenty to race for at Miami

No matter who wins the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET, SPEED), Ron Hornaday already has solidified his place in NASCAR history. His fourth title -- clinched with a fourth-place finish at Phoenix -- breaks his tie with Jack Sprague and adds his name to a distinguished list of drivers who have won four national series championships, including Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon.

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With the Truck Series title awarded, the only thing left on the table for the season finale at Homestead will be the owners' title. For the first time in the series' 15-year history, the owners' championship remains undecided -- and that gives Hornaday all the incentive not to rest on his laurels come Friday.

"It's not over by far," Hornaday said. "We're racing Kyle [Busch] for the owners' points, that's the true goal. That shows how great our team is. We're doing everything we can to hold him off down at Miami."

Busch and the Billy Ballew Motorsports' No. 51 are only 60 points behind the No. 33 owned by DeLana Harvick and are riding a wave of success into Miami. Busch has earned seven wins, with five of them coming in his past six starts.

"I can't close the gap, I've got to take that gap," Busch said. "Hornaday is going to try to win the race. They've got the driver's championship locked up, so if they go out there and try to win the race and are successful at that, then we can't catch them. But if they go out there and have problems, whether it's a wreck or engine or a tire -- it could be anything.

"It's going to be hard to do, but hopefully we can battle it out and have a good, strong run and see if we can't beat them."

Homestead has never played host to back-to-back victories in the 13 years it has played host to the Truck Series. Todd Bodine remains the only driver to have more than one win at Homestead. That may change on Friday when he defends his victory and drives toward a third victory at the 1.5 mile track.

Homestead-Miami Speedway | Past Results

Homestead has hosted the Truck Series 13 times.

Race	Winner	St	Make	Miles	Pole	Cau	Laps	Speed	LC
1996	Dave Rezendes	10	Ford	251	136.598	11	27	102.000	11
1997	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	5	Ford	251	140.221	11	52	98.565	17
1998	Rick Crawford	12	Ford	251	149.283	8	42	114.475	9
1999	Mike Wallace	10	Ford	258	149.813	8	34	109.813	17
2000	Andy Houston	3	Chevrolet	251	146.727	2	11	129.755	10
2001	Ted Musgrave	3	Dodge	251	146.017	6	21	118.176	14
2002	Ron Hornaday	5	Chevrolet	201	147.111	1	4	133.260	5
2003	Bobby Hamilton	1	Dodge	201	169.252	5	24	120.439	10
2004	Kasey Kahne	13	Dodge	201	171.255	9	30	114.930	13
2005	Todd Bodine	9	Toyota	201	173.116	7	24	119.920	9
2006	Mark Martin	6	Ford	201	171.865	5	17	126.019	14
2007	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2	Toyota	207	173.188	4	15	134.513	10
2008	Todd Bodine	18	Toyota	206	167.593	5	18	127.179	13

0Truck Series wins for Kyle Busch at Homestead. If he is to seriously challenge Hornaday and Harvick for the owners' championship, he'll need a strong finish on Friday. In three career Truck races at Homestead, Busch has an average finish of 4.0, a Driver Rating of 116.8, an Average Running Position of 7.4 and 59 Fastest Laps Run.

2Best finish (this year) in standings for Matt Crafton during his nine full seasons in the Truck Series. Crafton proved to be one of Ron Hornaday's main threats this season in his bid for a fourth title.

5.3Average start of Mike Skinner at Homestead and the best of any active driver with three or more starts at the track. Skinner has an Average Finish of 19.7 in seven races, including one top-five and two top-10 finished.

7Wins by Kyle Busch this year in the Truck Series and the most of any driver. Ron Hornaday has six, followed by Mike Skinner with three.

9Lead Lap Finishes for Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday at Homestead. With an average start of 12.8 and an Average Finish of 6.7, Hornaday has earned $168,536 in Miami.

12Career Truck Series starts for Rick Crawford at Homestead, the most of any driver in this year's field. He shares this claim with Jack Sprague, who is not racing this year. Both Terry Cook and Dennis Setzer have only missed one race in series history at Homestead.

60Points separating Billy Ballew and DeLana Harvick in the Truck Series owners' championship. This year marks the first in history that the championship has not been decided heading into the last race of the season.

133Career Laps Led by Kyle Busch at Homestead, the most of any driver in Friday's field. Mike Skinner owns the second spot with 125 laps led, followed by Ron Hornaday with 110.

232Rookie of the Year points lead for Johnny Sauter, headed into Homestead. In 24 races this season, Sauter collected one win (Las Vegas), seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes and has gone from 27th in the standings to fifth.