CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS

• Trucks make second trip to Nashville this season

  Lebanon, TN (Sports Network) - Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck. Date: Saturday, August 7. Race: Nashville 200. Site: Nashville Superspeedway. Track: 1.333-mile concrete surfaced oval. Start time: 9:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 150. Miles: 200. 2009 winner: Ron Hornaday Jr. Television: SPEED. Radio: Motor Racing Network(MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

  For the first time this year, the Camping World Truck Series will run at Nashville Superspeedway twice in the same season. Nashville picked up a second date for the 2010 truck season when the track's owner, Dover Motorsports, announced last October the closure of its Memphis property.

  The series traditionally has competed at Nashville in the summer time. During the first weekend in April, Kyle Busch spent his Sprint Cup off-week by winning the truck event here. He will not compete in Saturday night's race due to his Cup and Nationwide Series obligations at Watkins Glen, NY.

  Last Saturday when the trucks ran at Pocono for the first time, Aric Almirola slightly cut into Todd Bodine's points lead after Almirola finished fourth, compared to a 12th-place run for Bodine. With the 25-race season just past its half-way point, Bodine holds a 149-point advantage.

  Four-time and defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. continued to tumble in the standings after a 29th-place finish at Pocono. Hornaday dropped to seventh in points (-268).

  When the series raced at Nashville last year, Hornaday extended his series record to five consecutive race victories. He became the first driver to win five in a row in one of NASCAR's three national touring series since 1971. Richard Petty and Bobby Allison both did it in the Cup Series in 1971.

  Hornaday also won a truck race at Nashville for the first time, as he finally earned his long-awaited Gibson guitar trophy.

  "It's cool to look back on it and remember the win," Hornaday said. "I was just so excited to finally get that beautiful Gibson guitar. That is a very cool trophy.

  The thing about Nashville is that [Kevin Harvick Inc.] has run very well there with both our Truck and Nationwide programs. When we were in Nashville earlier this spring, Kevin and I just missed the set-up by a little. We have notes and are better prepared to go back to Nashville. I know we're going to have a great truck. I hope we have the same result as last year." Hornaday's sixth and final win during his 2009 championship season came at Nashville.

  He had been without a victory this season until two weeks ago when he took O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.

  Thirty-four teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Nashville 200.

  08/03 19:22:15 ET