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  RACING TEAM - The Outdoor Channel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Hornaday returned to the track in 22nd, but the car's handling was good, and Hornaday worked his way back towards the front of the field.
Hornaday was able to limp the No. 33 around the one-mile race track for the remainder of the event and bring the Outdoor Channel Chevrolet across the finish line in the 20th position.
Hornaday started 25th in the event and drove a solid race, battling hard for each position while steering clear of the numerous cautions that peppered the event.
www.outdoorchannel.com /index2.cfm?SectionID=6&SS=21   (1313 words)

  
 NASCAR News - Hornaday and Son to race together
Ron Hornaday (left) and his son Ronnie, who will trying to make his Craftsman Truck debut this weekend in the NAPA 250 at Martinesville Speedway.
Ron Hornaday tested along with his son, Ronnie, who will attempt to run his first Craftsman Truck Series race.
Ronnie Hornaday said learning from a father who has been so successful in the Craftsman Truck Series and now trying to race with him is both good and tough.
members.tripod.com /Blk3GM/newsarchive/april99/041599hornadayandson.htm   (493 words)

  
 Craftsman Truck: Race Reports: ACDelco
Hornaday fell one spot to fifth, 101 points behind, with fifteen races remaining on the schedule.
Hornaday pitted for fuel and tires and came out in second, ready to retake the lead, but NASCAR officials called him back because of a missing lug nut.
Ron Hornaday, sponsored by GM Goodwrench, led five laps, finished eighth and jumped 14 spots in the standings to 12th.
www.acdelco.com /acdelcojsp/race_reports/index.jsp?series=craftsman&year=2005   (7999 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday Coming Full Circle by Robin Wayne
Hornaday was considered by many to be a west coast Earnhardt at the local tracks in the earlier days of his career.
Hornaday is the same in that he is happiest when behind the wheel and charging toward the front of the pack, which normally he does in breathtaking fashion.
First, Hornaday subbed for the injured Ricky Hendrick and then he was asked by various team owners to offer his technical and driving expertise in testing the teams equipment to help them trouble shoot how they could improve their teams.
www.catchfence.com /html/2002/rw101202.html   (475 words)

  
 RON HORNADAY WINS CRAFTSMAN'S 100 GRAND BONUS AT NAPACARD 200 - RacingWest
Hornaday, the tour's only two-time champion and current point leader, celebrated the 100th series race Saturday with a resounding, $140,100 victory in the NAPACard 200 at Evergreen Speedway.
The win was Hornaday's 25th and, as one of four drivers who had competed in every NCTS race, was eligible for a $100,000 winner's bonus posted by series sponsor Craftsman.
Hornaday, who took the lead for good on the 162nd lap when he passed Butch Miller's DANA Corporation Dodge on the race's fifth restart, is the first driver to post back-to-back victories since the final races of the 1997 season when Joe Ruttman won at Phoenix and Las Vegas.
www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/3138?email=1   (768 words)

  
 Hornaday wins Mansfield; Greenwell 26th - Boston.com
Hornaday, who benefited from pit strategy that gave his Chevrolet the lead at mid-race, held off persistent challenges from Jack Sprague and David Starr and ended up finishing 0.961 seconds ahead of Sprague.
Hornaday, a few weeks shy of his 48th birthday, last won in March 2005 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Hornaday said he was being cautious through 10 restarts after being penalized for jumping a restart while leading the 2005 race.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2006/05/27/hornaday_wins_mansfield_greenwell_26th   (351 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Hardee's 250 - Ron Hornaday Notes
Hornaday ran in the top-five during the late stages of the NASCAR Busch Series event at California Speedway last weekend, but got shuffled back to 10th after being blocked on the final restart.
* Despite not testing at all during the first nine races, Hornaday changed that pattern for the race in Richmond, VA. Hornaday participated in a two-day test at RIR on April 15-16 and was one of the fastest Busch Series cars in attendance.
Ron Hornaday is currently second in the NASCAR Busch Series Point Standings.
www.race2win.net /gn/03/race/rir/rh.html   (398 words)

  
 Snap-on Racing
Hornaday dominated the series with an aggressive style, which caught the eye of seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.
When Hornaday returned to Palmdale, he had a message from one of his employees to call Earnhardt, who asked Hornaday to move to North Carolina and drive for his No.16 Chevy Silverado.
Hornaday went on to win a series record 26 truck races, and two series championships (1996 and '98).
www.snapon.com /racing/drivers/ron_hornaday.asp   (868 words)

  
 NASCAR: News
Hornaday continued to run in the top-10 until lap 116 when he was hit from behind while trying to avoid a wreck, spinning into the infield.
Hornaday got the Conseco Pontiac pointed in the right direction and pitted for fresh tires and fuel.
Hornaday was sitting on the track when the No. 17 of Matt Kenseth clipped the front of the Conseco Pontiac.
www.foytracing.com /_NASCAR/reports/nas_richmond2.html   (553 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday Press Releases
Hornaday will compete in the Truck Series event on Wednesday night and the Busch Series event on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway...
Ron Hornaday Outdoor Channel Chevrolet Gateway International Raceway Preview This report was provided by an outside PR source and posted by Kim DeHaven on Tuesday July 25, 2006 HORNADAY MOVES ON TO GATEWAY: Ron...
Ron Hornaday Jr., two-time Craftsman Truck Series champion, won last week's race on the short track of Mansfield Motorsports Speedway for his first win of 2006 and a series-record 28th of his truck career.
www.topix.net /nascar/ron-hornaday/pr   (1490 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Champion!: The Ron Hornaday JR Story: Books: Robin Ervin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Ron Hornaday Jr Story you will learn about the man known as the ‘Master of the Restarts’ and the people who helped him on his journey to racing greatness.
Hornaday’s racing duels on the tracks made the series popular and set the mark to beat for all future Truck Series drivers.
Inside you will be able to see Hornaday through the eyes of his fans as they relate their favorite stories and memories about their favorite driver.
www.amazon.ca /Champion-Ron-Hornaday-JR-Story/dp/0595379206   (320 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday Official Web Site #33 NASCAR Busch Series
Ron Hornaday returned behind the wheel of the No. 33 Outdoor Channel Chevrolet after a week away and looked to have one of the fastest cars of the evenings at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (RIR).
Hornaday raced near the front of the field early in the event, but a lap 75 incident in turn four sent Hornaday’s No. 33 hard into the wall.
Hornaday is also coming off of one week of rest as he did not compete in the Busch Series race at California Speedway and the NASCAR Truck Series had the week off as well.
www.ronhornaday.com /2006/busch/index.htm   (337 words)

  
 Notebook: Hornaday keeps on truckin' to win series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Driving the Teresa Earnhardt-owned NAPA Brake Parts Chevrolet, Hornaday completed all but two of 4,536 possible laps en route to a 53-point margin (3,831-3,778) over series runner-up Jack Sprague.
Hornaday finished with four victories and 23 of 24 finishes in the top 10.
While Hornaday won the championship, defending series champion Mike Skinner finished third but matched his eight-race victory total of a year ago in the GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet and led the series with five poles.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/car/96/11/10/notebook.html   (724 words)

  
 LastCowboys.com - News and commentary from the world of NASCAR Nextel Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ron Hornaday had no chance of advancing any further in the point standings regardless of how well he did.
Ron Hornaday was winning races when Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch were still eating paste and wetting their beds.
Whether or not Busch running into Hornaday was a result of a retaliatory brake check is irrelevant, because none of it would have happened in the first place had Busch not clipped Hornaday’s quarter panel to begin with.
www.lastcowboys.com /GetContent.asp?ContentID=276   (920 words)

  
 RCR Racing
Gone at the end of the season is Hornaday and Richard Childress has hinted that more changes might be in order to get his two NASCAR Busch Series cars into victory lane once again.
Hornaday raced the car at California Speedway in September and said it was the best feeling car he had ever driven at a bigger track.
I am the same Ron Hornaday that won at Milwaukee in July, that won two NASCAR Truck Series championships in the nineties and won features at Saugus Speedway in the eighties.
www.rcrracing.com /messageboards/trans/displayShortMsgRpt.asp?type=3&id=247   (1037 words)

  
 RACING MILESTONES » NEWS
Hornaday is the all-time leader in the Series' win column and holds numerous other records in his 157 NCTS starts.
Hornaday was followed to the checkered flag by Jack Sprague (Toyota), David Starr (Toyota), Johnny Benson (Toyota) and Joey Miller (Toyota).
Ron (Hornaday) was really good and I needed to have long runs to get close to him.
www.racingmilestones.com /news/05302006_11.shtml   (758 words)

  
 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Hornaday has seven consecutive top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile track and an average finish of sixth.
Hornaday is listed by the odds makers at 15-1 to win the event.
Hornaday liked the combination and felt the test was a success, but also noted that weather could change everything.
www.lvms.com /handler.cfm/article,display/art_id,412568/cat_id,41577   (709 words)

  
 The 2001 Rookie Class
Ron has a very good chance of scoring his first Winston Cup win next season with AJ Foyt Racing.
Ron has won races in every NASCAR series he has competed in, and I seriously doubt that Cup racing will be the exception.
Ron came up through the ranks of the Winston West and Featherlite Southwest Series, winning two championships in the Featherlite Series, 1992-93.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/NASCA/55288   (420 words)

  
 PHOENIX RACE #2 -- NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK RACING SERIES 1999 -- BY TRUCKWORLD ONLINE! ®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ron Hornaday was second, Greg Biffle was third and Compton was fourth.
Hornaday felt the pressure from Sprague as the race was down to the last ten laps.
Hornaday was two truck lengths ahead of Sprague and only three seconds ahead of Compton with eight laps left in the race.
www.truckworld.com /Racing/NASCAR-Truck/99-phoenix-2/phoenix.html   (749 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Channellock 250 - Ron Hornaday Notes
March 18, 2003 (Bristol, TN)-If there is one track in the NASCAR world where Ron Hornaday dominated in the NASCAR Truck Series, it's Bristol Motor Speedway.
He led all 200 in 1997 and then in 1998, Hornaday scored the victory in "double overtime", taking a second green-white-checkered finish to lead all 206 laps.
Hornaday has not had nearly the success in the NASCAR Busch Series that he did in the trucks, but this year could be different.
www.race2win.net /gn/03/race/bms/rh.html   (913 words)

  
 RCR Racing
But it was the lingering anger and frustration from that race that propelled Hornaday and his ACDelco team to a great summer run, which included one win (Milwaukee), three top-fives and six straight top-10 finishes.
After qualifying fifth, Hornaday felt it was his best chance ever to get a win at "The Monster Mile." However, those expectations were quickly erased when Greg Biffle got into the back of the ACDelco Monte Carlo on lap 14 sending Hornaday into the wall.
Hornaday finished 29th in that event after breaking a front suspension part while running in the top-10.
www.rcrracing.com /messageboards/trans/displayShortMsgRpt.asp?type=3&id=212   (1056 words)

  
 SI.com - Racing - Hornaday, RCR to split at end of season - Wednesday September 22, 2004 7:04PM
Hornaday, RCR to split at end of season
Richard Childress Racing said Wednesday that Hornaday, a two-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck series champion, will not be re-signed for 2005.
Hornaday has two victories and 28 top 10 finishes in 60 Busch starts for RCR.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/racing/09/22/bc.car.nascar.hornadayo.ap/index.html   (244 words)

  
 SI.com - NASCAR - Hornaday holds off Vickers to win at Nazareth - Monday May 19, 2003 03:41 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Hornaday led 148 of the 200 laps in the Goulds Pumps ITT Industries 200, taking the lead for good by passing rookie David Stremme on No. 146.
Hornaday, driving a Chevrolet, started the race in the third position, behind pole-sitter Randy LaJoie and Stacy Compton.
Hornaday is the second two-time winner at Nazareth.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2003/05/18/busch_nazareth_ap   (433 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday teams up with The Outdoor Channel in 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Hornaday finished fourth in the Truck Series point standings in 2005, collecting one win, seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in his first season at KHI.
Ron's track record speaks for itself, and the channel is confident in his abilities to bring the first win to The Outdoor Channel Racing.
KHI is home to the No. 33 Craftsman Truck Series team and driver Ron Hornaday, the No. 33 Outdoor Channel/Old-Spice Busch Series team with drivers Tony Stewart, Ron Hornaday, Ron Fellows and Kevin Harvick and the No. 77 Dollar General Busch Series team with driver Burney Lamar.
outdoorchannel.com /_newsreleases-one.cfm?SectionID=4&SS=131&t=7&NewsID=64&Page_Mode=News_releases   (792 words)

  
 NASCAR: Q&A: Ron Hornaday.: Latest Motorsport news, results with radio player   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ron Hornaday's Busch Series win at Nazareth Speedway last week takes him to this weekend's Charlotte meeting - where he could be called on to replace Indianapolis-bound Robby Gordon - with momentum.
Last May, Hornaday drove the #26 Chevrolet of Carroll Racing around the 1.5-mile quad oval at a record speed of 182.094mph (29.665secs).
Hornaday took the car out for three laps to see if the track was dry enough to begin testing, but brought the car back in saying the track was still damp.
www.crash.net /feature_view~t~Q-A--Ron-Hornaday-~cid~2~id~3010.htm   (969 words)

  
 Phoenix 2000
Ron Hornaday, Jeremy Mayfield, and race number 32 from Phoenix International Raceway.
Hiring Ron Hornaday to pilot the No. 14 Conceco Pontiac next season has to be one the smartest moves he has made since coming back into Cup racing.
Ron has two wins in the Busch series so far this year.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/836/52147   (475 words)

  
 Adirondack International Speedway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ron really enjoyed his stay in Northern New York and was on hand again on Saturday afternoon for a "Meet and Greet and a Bite to Eat" in the RV Park pavilion.
Ron was the last person to leave the grand stand area, so everyone had an opportunity to meet Ron, get their autographs and pictures with this very personable Nascar Star.
Hornaday had such a great time with everyone in the RV park on Friday evening he had to come back one more time to say goodbye, and he invited Papin and the #50 crew to come along.
www.adirondackspeedway.com /general/news.html   (23326 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday, Jr : Rotoworld.com - Ron Hornaday, Jr Biography from Rotoworld.com
Ron Hornaday moved into the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series top ten after the June 23rd Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile.
Wally Rogers, crew chief on the #33 Chevrolet driven by Ron Hornaday in the June 3rd StonebridgeRacing.com 200 at Dover, was fined $1,000 for "right rear shock absorber exceeded the specified nitrogen gas pressure".
Hornaday is in the #33 Outdoor Channel Chevrolet for the April 15th Pepsi 300 in the 2nd of 13 races he'll run this season in the Busch Series.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=NAS&id=11   (684 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hornaday wins pole for Busch race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Hornaday set a record with a lap of 182.094 mph around Lowe's Motor Speedway, besting the 179.485 mph set by Jeff Burton seven months ago.
The pole effort is a highlight for the 43-year-old Hornaday, who started the season with no job after parting ways with Winston Cup car owner A.J. Foyt at the end of last season.
Hornaday took over for Amick at New Hampshire, where he finished 14th — matching Amicks best finish in the car this season.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2002-05-24-busch-qualifying.htm   (615 words)

  
 Hornaday, Jr., Busch Series Preview: Milwaukee
Hornaday currently sits 12th in the Truck Series driver standings and the No. 33 team sits 15th in the Busch Series owner standings.
Hornaday a Milwaukee Winner: Ron Hornaday's last Busch Series win was almost two years ago at The Milwaukee (Wis.) Mile.
Hornaday, took his No. 2 ACDelco Chevrolet to victory lane that night for Richard Childress Racing.
www.truckseries.com /cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000074/007496.htm   (856 words)

  
 Page 2 Stories-»From the Voice of the NASCAR Nation
HORNADAY BACK ON TRACK: After racing in the NASCAR Truck Series last Saturday night at Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway, Ron Hornaday will return behind the wheel of the No. 33 Outdoor Channel Chevrolet for NASCAR Busch Series action this Friday night under the lights at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (RIR).
Lamar’s teammate, Ron Hornaday, will benefit from the test that Lamar completed and both will look to race at the front of the field in Richmond.
Hornaday is scheduled to compete this weekend at RIR, then take two weeks off while Stewart competes at Darlington and Lowe’s, before Hornaday returns behind the wheel at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
www.cupscene.com /0504063.htm   (841 words)

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