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Ron Hornaday Jr. to drive for Joe Denette Motorsports in 2012
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla.—Four-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. will drive for Joe Denette Motorsports in 2012, the driver and owner Joe Denette announced Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The agreement with Denette—a one-year deal with an option year—will keep Hornaday in a Chevrolet and will reunite him with crew chief Jeff Hensley, who started the 2011 season with Hornaday at Kevin Harvick Inc. but finished the year … Read entire article »
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Mike Wallace wins Talladega truck race with assist from Hornaday
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—In his first Camping World Truck Series start since 2009, Mike Wallace won Saturday’s Coca-Cola 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, as Kevin Harvick Inc. teammate Ron Hornaday Jr. pushed him across the finish line. Hornaday ran second, followed by James Buescher, who made a dent in the series points lead of Austin Dillon. Dillon scrambled to a seventh-place finish after he was demoted to 18th for not maintaining pace under … Read entire article »
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Ron Hornaday Jr. feels young at 53 but needs to find a ride
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Ron Hornaday Jr. hasn’t lost a step. In fact, Hornaday, 53, was the class of the field Oct. 1 at Kentucky Speedway, when he held off the youth movement in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series en route to a milestone 50th victory in the series. Hornaday, however, had other things on his mind. “You really don’t think about it as a driver,” Hornaday said. “It was more exciting just to outrun those … Read entire article »
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Ron Hornaday Jr. Scores 50th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Victory
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Ron Hornaday Jr., the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series only four-time champion, posted his record-extending 50th victory in the Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night. Hornaday held off the late-race charges of runner-up and polesitter Austin Dillon during the final 10 laps. Dillon, who protected his series points lead, pulled to within two-tenths of a second but could get no closer. Hornaday took the lead when Todd Bodine pitted with 11 … Read entire article »
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Hornaday Going for Win Number 50
Joliet, IL – Ron Hornaday and the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team head to Chicagoland Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Friday night. Hot off their second win of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hornaday and the Anderson’s Maple Syrup team are looking to reach his 50th career win in the series. In two starts at the Joliet, Ill. track, the veteran driver has one top-five and one top-10 … Read entire article »
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Ron Hornaday Jr. steals Atlanta truck win with fuel strategy
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga.—A Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet won Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but it wasn’t the KHI truck that dominated the proceedings. Ron Hornaday Jr. stole a win with fuel-mileage strategy in the Good Sam Club 200, beating teammate-for-a day Clint Bowyer to the finish line by 1.596 seconds to win his second race of the season and the 49th of his career. The four-time … Read entire article »
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McMurray treats breast cancer survivors to pace car rides
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. — Considering the cause, Jamie McMurray didn’t mind getting to the racetrack early Friday morning. During an event orchestrated by Chevrolet, McMurray and fellow drivers Clint Bowyer and Ron Hornaday Jr. each spent more than an hour giving rides in pink Camaro pace cars to breast cancer survivors at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “It’s probably one of the coolest parts of getting to be a NASCAR driver, the ideas that … Read entire article »
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Hornaday eager to pick up where left off in truck series
By Jared Turner Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service If ever all the stars seemed to be aligning for Ron Hornaday, it might be now. In addition to having a little extra kick in his step as the Camping World Truck Series’ most recent winner, Hornaday has historically made the next stop in the series one of his best. … Read entire article »
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Hornaday wins at Texas when Sauter is black-flagged
By John Sturbin / Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Ron Hornaday Jr. won the Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 400k Friday night when race leader Johnny Sauter was black-flagged for changing lanes on the night’s final restart. Sauter, who had passed Hornaday for the lead with an outside move on Lap 130, was penalized for moving from the outside lane in front of Hornaday before crossing the start/finish line on a green-white-checkered restart on Lap 166. The race went 168 laps, one beyond its scheduled distance. “He’s got a lane to race down there,” Sauter said as he walked to his hauler. “We both spun the tires.” Asked if he would confront NASCAR officials after his gaffe, Sauter said, “It’s official, isn’t it?” Hornaday, a four-time series champion, earned … Read entire article »
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