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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sears DieHard 200 Preview -- #16, Ron Hornaday

2 July 1997

 #16 Ron Hornaday, NAPA Brakes Chevrolet
 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
 Sears DieHard 200 Advance
 The Milwaukee Mile 
 
                 HORNADAY TO DRIVE INJURED IN MILWAUKEE


WEST ALLIS, WI - At the NAPA AutoCare 200, this past weekend in Nazareth, 
Penn., NAPA Brakes driver Ron Hornaday aggravated an injury that he sustained 
earlier this year in Orlando, Fla. Hornaday was involved in an accident on 
lap 188 of the 200 lap event in Nazareth. Hornaday was told by his doctor on 
Tuesday that he tore the cartilage that connects the rib cage to the sternum 
(the same injury suffered in Orlando). He also cracked a rib on his right 
side.

 - Steve Park, driver of the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. NASCAR Busch Series 
Chevrolet, will be on stand by as a possible relief driver for Hornaday at 
Milwaukee, Wisc. Park will compete at Milwaukee in Sunday's Busch Series 
event.

 - The NAPA Brakes team will debut a new Chevy truck for the Milwaukee event. 
The team has been putting in longer than normal hours this week preparing the 
truck to get it ready in time for the Milwaukee Truck Series event.

 - Hornaday will carry CBS television cameras on board the NAPA Brakes Chevy 
this weekend in Milwaukee.

 - Hornaday is scheduled to practice and qualify Bobby Labonte's No. 44 Busch 
Series entry in Milwaukee. Labonte will be in Daytona Beach, Fla. for 
Saturday's Winston Cup event. Labonte will drive the No. 44 car in Sunday's 
race.

QUOTES:

NAPA Brakes driver Ron Hornaday on last week's Nazareth race:

"We had a good truck in Nazareth. We got back in the pack because of having 
to stop late for fuel. I had to race hard to get to the front through all 
that traffic. I was racing hard with Chuck Bown for fifth, we had a good 
battle going. I checked up and got run over by the guy behind me. I crashed 
hard. My ribs are real sore."

Comments on this weekend's event in Milwaukee:

"Milwaukee has been a track that the NAPA team has run well at. We have run 
up front and led laps. The fans are great in that part of the country, they 
really support their NASCAR racing. I feel we will have a good run. I am sore 
from the wreck at Nazareth, my ribs cause me some pain. I think I will be 
fine for the race."

                   Ron Hornaday Milwaukee Statistics

          Date     St  Fn   Laps        Money Won     Status
          7/6/96    7   3   200(200)      15,600      Running
          7/1/95    3   3   125(125)      10,800      Running

Ron Hornaday is currently eleventh in NASCAR Truck Series points.

By Champion Sports Group