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Hornaday Gains Ground in the Championship Points Battle After Fourth-Place Finish at Nashville
Nashville, Tenn. – The No. 33 Steak-umm Chevrolet team earned their fourth top 10 finish of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season bringing home a fourth-place finish during Friday night’s Bully Hill Vineyards 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. The Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team had a disappointing ending as four-time champion Ron Hornaday fought to bring home the prestigious Gibson guitar that was on everyone’s mind coming into the 150-lap event. The one-day event included two practice sessions for the series which saw a delayed start due to early morning rain showers. Hornaday finished both morning sessions third fastest on the speed charts. Early-evening qualifying at the 1.333-mile D-Shaped oval placed the Steak-umm Chevrolet eighth in the night’s starting lineup. With the race under way, the veteran driver was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Late Caution Spoils Busch’s Pursuit of First Martinsville Victory
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Kyle Busch was minutes away from adding the elusive Martinsville Grandfather Clock to his impressive trophy collection when a late caution set up a four-lap shootout. Busch held point for the first two laps, but with two laps remaining Johnny Sauter got around Busch with a bump-and-run maneuver then held off the No. 18 Toyota Tundra to secure the victory. The runner-up finish was the second straight for Busch in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway and ninth consecutive top-five finish in the truck series. “Once we got back going on that final restart, we just didn’t have any turn left and kind of got run over – gave it away,” said Busch “Overall it was a really good race for us, we had … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Home Market Foods Teams with Kevin Harvick Inc.
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) and Cooked Perfect Meatballs, a Home Market Foods brand, announced today their partnership for two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events during the 2011 season. Cooked Perfect Meatballs are a leading brand of frozen meatballs sold in grocery stores throughout the U.S. Cooked Perfect Meatballs will be the primary sponsor of the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado driven by four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday for the Kroger 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on April 2 and the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on August 24. “This will be Cooked Perfect Meatballs’ first venture into the motorsports industry,” said Hornaday. “It is really exciting to partner with a company and a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Hornaday looks forward to another solid finish at Darlington
Ron Hornaday may have over 1700 laps around the 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval of Darlington Raceway, but only 147 of those laps completed were in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He made his first Darlington start in the series in the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolet last season and brought home a solid third-place finish. In addition, Hornaday has 11 previous starts at the ‘Lady in Black’, two in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and nine in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The four-time series champion will be looking to improve on their third-place finish and get to victory lane for the 48th time in his Truck Series career. Just one week after celebrating its 300th Nationwide Series start, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Phoenix International Raceway a Favorite for Third-Place Finisher Ron Hornaday
Avondale, Ariz. – The No. 33 Sherwin-Williams Chevrolet team was ready for action during Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Phoenix International Raceway. Four-time series champion Ron Hornaday wheeled the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolet Silverado with a solid performance and ended the caution filled night with a third-place finish, shooting up the charts from 28th to 10th in the point standings. The one-day event began with a one hour and fifty-minute practice session, followed by mid-afternoon qualifying at the 1.0-mile tri-oval. Hornaday was the 43rd truck out to qualify and was able to solidify a fourth-place starting position. The green flag waved for the Lucas Oil 150 and the red, white and blue Sherwin-Williams machine remained in the fourth position for the first quarter of the race. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Ron Hornaday to Return to Kevin Harvick Inc. in 2011
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) announced today that four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday has signed a multi-year agreement to compete for the team’s Truck Series program in 2011. Hornaday will return to pilot the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado and compete for his fifth-career Truck Series championship. “We are very excited and proud to have Ron Hornaday back behind the wheel of the No. 33 truck,” said KHI co-owner Kevin Harvick. “Ron has been an integral part of our Truck Series program since he joined KHI in 2005. He has driven our organization to two Truck Series championships, and I firmly believe that we will continue to compete for Truck Series championships with Hornaday as our driver.” The 2011 season will mark the 52-year-old Palmdale, California native’s seventh full-time season … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Busch edges Almirola in Talladega photo finish
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—Kyle Busch surged past Aric Almirola a fraction of a second before the two drivers reached the finish line to win Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The victory was Busch’s sixth in 13 starts in the series this year, his second at Talladega and the 22nd of his career. Johnny Sauter ran third, followed by Matt Crafton and Ricky Carmichael. Busch’s margin of victory of .002 seconds tied Ricky Craven’s Cup win over Kurt Busch, Kyle’s brother, at Darlington in 2003 for the closest finish in any of NASCAR’s top three series since the introduction of electronic timing and scoring in 1993. Chris Fontaine held the lead when Norm Benning’s No. 57 stalled on the track to cause … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Sauter spins and wins truck race at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – What simply had to be the two best saves of the Camping World Truck Series season occurred at exactly the same time and within inches of each other Sunday afternoon at Kansas Speedway. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Harvick and Hornaday Run 1-2 for Kevin Harvick Inc.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – It was a relatively uneventful day for Kroger 250 winner Kevin Harvick. The same can’t be said for Harvick’s teammate, Ron Hornaday Jr., who started deep in the field in Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway and survived a late-race dust-up with Johnny Sauter to post a much-needed runner-up finish. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
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