NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Lund Look 275 Preview --#16, Ron Hornaday

23 July 1997

 #16 Ron Hornaday, NAPA Brakes Chevrolet
 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
 Lund Look 275K Advance
 Heartland Park Topeka

                   HORNADAY KEEPS ON TRUCKIN'


 
TOPEKA, KS - Ron Hornaday and the NAPA Brakes team had a special (Horna)day 
this past Saturday at Colorado National Speedway located outside of Denver, 
Colo. For the fifth time this year, including a third straight time and 
fourth time in five races, Hornaday drove the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevy 
truck to a big payday. Hornaday won the pole position for the event (second 
of the season) and led 106 of the 250 laps to take the victory.

 - Hornaday now has 15 wins in the NASCAR Truck Series. Just one off Mike 
Skinner's (1995 Champion) Truck Series record.

 - This weekend at Heartland Park's 2.1 mile road course in Topeka, Kan., 
Hornaday will be doing double duty. He will compete in the Truck Series 
event on Sunday and in the Slim Jim All Pro Series race on Saturday (TNN 4 
p.m.). Hornaday will drive the No. 12 NAPA Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned by 
John Covan in the 60 lap Coca-Cola Shoot-out on Saturday.

 - Hornaday and the NAPA team are looking forward to the race in Topeka. 
Hornaday has won the pole position for both prior events. He won the 1995 
race and finished third last year. In the five races on the road courses for 
the Truck Series Hornaday has recorded three victories and five top-three 
finishes. He has started on the front row four out of the five races.  

QUOTES:

NAPA Brakes driver Ron Hornaday on las week's Denver win:

"This NAPA Brakes team keeps giving me great Chevy trucks to drive, it sure 
makes it easier," said Hornaday. "I'll say it again...Fred Graves (crew 
chief) has been the major factor in this team's turn around. We all are 
enjoying what we are doing and it shows. NASCAR is a team sport, you can have 
the best equipment, but if the team is not working together toward the same 
goal then you are going to struggle."

Comments on this weekend's event at Heartland Park Topeka:

"I love the road courses. Topeka is a place where I have ran well. I feel 
good about our chances this weekend. It will be fun...Mike Skinner (1995 
Truck Series champion, now in the Winston Cup Series) will be running with us 
so it will be like old times," said 1996 champion Hornaday."

            RON HORNADAY HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA STATISTICS

          Date     St   Fn   Laps     Money Won      Status
          6/9/96    1    3   77(77)     15,875       Running
          7/29/96   1    1   60(60)     28,100       Running

Ron Hornaday is currently fourth in NASCAR Truck Series points.

By Champion Sports Group