MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) – Bobby Hamilton edged defending race winner Jack Sprague in a two-lap shootout Sunday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ UAW/GM Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway.

Hamilton, the defending series champion, became the first two-time winner this season and recaptured the points lead. The 47-year-old Hamilton’s Dodge beat Sprague’s Chevrolet by 0.169 seconds after the 13th caution extended the scheduled 250-lap distance by four laps. Hamilton averaged a track record 65.907 mph.

Shane Hmiel finished third in a Chevy, a few feet behind Sprague, with rookie Todd Kleuver fourth in a Ford and Rich Bickle fifth in another Chevrolet.

Rick Crawford was sixth, followed by Dennis Setzer, Ricky Craven, David Starr and Butch Miller.

Hamilton, who started 26th in the 36-truck field, took the lead on the 184th lap after leader Ron Hornaday Jr. was black-flagged for jumping a restart. Hornaday, who led 119 laps, finished 11th.

“I wasn’t even paying attention to him,” Hamilton said about Hornaday’s penalty. “I felt like I was a little better than him, but you hate to see that happen to anyone.”

Hornaday also lost a race at Watkins Glen in 1998 after a similar infraction.

“I thought that we had done everything just like we always had but they (NASCAR officials) must have seen something different,” Hornaday said.

An extra pit stop cost Craven and the Superchips team valuable track position midway through the event.

“We had a good truck today, but had a problem in the pits and we were forced to come back in, and you can’t give up that kind of track position in these races,” said Craven. “You saw what it did to Hornaday, and it did the same thing to us. You just can’t give that up.”

Hamilton took a 45-point lead over Ted Musgrave, who entered the race with a 13-point advantage. Musgrave finished 12th after his Dodge caromed off Deborah Renshaw’s spinning Dodge.

Craven is third, 73 points behind Hamilton.