NOT THE ONLY WINNER: Ron Hornaday is not the only KHI employee to roll into victory lane at Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway (GIR). KHI co-owner Kevin Harvick and Hornaday’s spotter, Rick Carelli, have also been to victory lane at GIR.
Carelli won the inaugural Truck Series event at Gateway in 1998, one of four career Truck Series victories for “The High Plains Drifter.”
Harvick first visited victory lane in the Nationwide Series at GIR in 2000 to score his first-career win in the series. He returned in 2001 to become only the second back-to-back Nationwide Series winner at GIR. In 2010, Harvick returns to Gateway International Raceway in the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado to join Hornaday as his teammate, looking to record his first Truck Series win at the 1.25-mile oval.
TWO-TIME: This weekend at Gateway International Raceway, Hornaday looks to become the track’s first two-time Truck Series race winner. Hornaday recorded his first win at the 1.25-mile oval in 2008 where he dominated the event leading 113 of the 160 laps.
POLE WINNER: Hornaday is second on the Truck Series all-time pole winner list with 25 pole awards. There are only 11 tracks on the current Truck Series schedule where Hornaday has not earned a pole award and one of those tracks includes this weekend’s venue at Gateway International Raceway. In the past three Truck Series races held at GIR, Hornaday has started the race from the outside pole position.
LAP LEADER: Over the last four Truck Series races at Gateway International Speedway, Hornaday has led a total of 323 laps, more than any other Truck Series competitor.
SEASON-TO-DATE: According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistic thus far in 2010, Hornaday leads the categories of drivers fastest on restarts and fastest while in traffic and he only trails points leader Todd Bodine in the Driver Rating category, which is calculated by combining the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. The maximum points a driver can earn is 150 per race. Hornaday currently has a driver rating of 108.00 compared to Bodine’s 111.10 rating.
Notes from the Professor: Quotes from Ron Hornaday:
LAST SEASON AT GATEWAY YOU DOMINATED THE RACE, BUT ENDED UP IN THE GARAGE BEFORE THE EVENT WAS OVER. DOES THAT AFFECT YOU GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND’S RACE?
“Last year was just that; last year. At my age I can’t remember last week, much less last year. The one thing I can remember is that we ran really well. Gateway is one of my favorite places to go on the schedule. It will be a little different this year going there in July. I’m not sure how that will change the track, but it probably will change it some. I’ve always had good trucks at Gateway and I’m sure since Kevin [Harvick] is in the No. 2 truck this weekend we will be talking a lot about set-up and lines. I really can’t wait. I love one-day shows too. We get everything in all in one day, so it’s a lot of fun.”
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 33 Charter team will bring chassis No. 037 to Gateway International Raceway. Chassis No. 037 has not competed yet in 2010. Last season Hornaday drove this truck at New Hampshire Motor Speedway where he earned a second-place finish. The No. 33 team also used this truck in 2009 at Phoenix International Raceway where the team clinched the 2009 championship with a fourth-place finish.
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Last weekend at Iowa Speedway Hornaday and the No. 33 team recorded a 24th-place finish after being collected in a multi-truck accident on lap 113. The No. 33 truck sustained heavy front-end damage, but was able to make repairs to the damaged Chevrolet and finish the race. Hornaday did manage to move up one position in the point standing sitting third 191 points behind leader Todd Bodine.
ARE YOU A FOLLOWER? Twitter users can now keep up-to-date with Kevin Harvick Inc.’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams by following at http://twitter.com/KHI_TruckSeries. In addition, you can follow KHI’s Nationwide Series team at http://twitter.com /KHI_NNS. Want more from KHI? Follow KHI’s co-owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick at http://twitter.com/kevinharvick and http://twitter.com/delanaharvick.
MEDIA ACCESS: Members of the media can now log on to www.kevinharvickinc.com to gain access to press kit information online. For more information, please email Jessica Stroupe at KHI: jstroupe@kevinharvickinc.com.
About Kevin Harvick Inc.
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.
QUICK NOTES
Race Info
July 16, 2010
Gateway International Raceway
CampingWorld.com 200
Race length: 160 Laps/200 Miles
Banking/Turns: 11-degree turns one and two; 9-degree turns three and four; 3-degree straight-a-ways
Track layout: 1.25-mile
Shape: Oval
Pre-Race Schedule
Friday:
Practice: 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., EST
Final Practice: 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., EST
Qualifying: 6:30 p.m., EST
TV: The CampingWorld.com 200 can be seen live on SPEED beginning Friday at 8:30 p.m., EST.
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 8:30 p.m., EST.
Truck Specs:
Chassis: 037
Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)
Ron Hornaday
Truck Series Statistics at
Gateway International Raceway
Starts: 7
Wins: 1 (2008)
Poles: 0
Top Five’s: 3
Top 10’s: 3
Laps Led: 343
Average Start: 6.3
Average Finish: 12.6