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Ron Hornaday Jr.

b. 1958

American stock car racing driver

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About Ron Hornaday Jr.

Born 1958. Ron Hornaday Jr. is an American racing driver and racing automobile driver.

Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He currently owns Team Hornaday Development, a driver development program, as well as Hornaday Race Cars, a Dirt Modified chassis builder. He is also the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday and son of the late Ron Hornaday Sr., a two-time NASCAR Winston West Series Champion. Hornaday himself is a four-time champion in the NASCAR Truck Series, his most recent coming in 2009 and is a NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion. He was noticed by Dale Earnhardt while participating in the NASCAR Winter Heat on TNN.

Racing career

Beginnings Hornaday was born in Palmdale, California, and began racing in go-karts and motorcycles early in his career. Eventually, he moved up to race stock cars at Saugus Speedway. In 1992, he won his first championship in the Southwest Series as well as winning the Most Popular Driver award. He won the Southwest championship the next year as well, becoming the only driver to do so in series history until Jim Pettit won back-to-back titles in 2004–2005. Pettit won the title again in 2011 in the SRL Southwest Tour Series.

Hornaday made his Winston Cup debut in 1992 at the Save Mart 300K, where he started seventeenth but finished 32nd in Bob Fisher's No. 92 Chevrolet. He made another start later that year at Phoenix International Raceway, where he finished 25th. He ran at Phoenix the next year as well, finishing 22nd in the No. 76 Spears Motorsports car.

1995–1999

Hornaday signed to drive the No. 16 RCCA Products / Papa John's Pizza Chevrolet C/K owned by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. for the then-start-up Super Truck Series. In the first season of competition, Hornaday won six races and four poles on his way to a third place points finish. The next year, with sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts, Hornaday won four races and the series championship.

In 1997, despite seven wins, two of which came by leading every lap in the race, he finished fifth in points. He was able to reclaim his title in 1998 by garnering six wins and sixteen top-fives out of 27 races. At Memphis 200 he celebrated with a burnout, which was unusual at the time, and made team owner Dale Earnhardt angry for risking damaging the powertrain.

Also in 1998, Hornaday made his Busch Series debut, driving four races for ST Motorsports, his best finish an eighth at Pikes Peak International Raceway. He also debuted a Winston Cup car for Tim Beverly at Sonoma, finishing fourteenth in the No. 17 NAPA Chevy. Hornaday came close to a truck victory at Watkins Glen in the 1998 Parts America 150 in which he led all but twelve laps, only to lose the race due to a final-lap penalty for jumping the restart; Hornaday would pull into victory lane post-race only to be told that he had in fact finished fourth.

In 1999, Hornaday won the one-hundredth race ran in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history at the Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington. He was one of four drivers entered in the race that competed in every truck race since its inception at the time for an extra $100,000 if he won, which he did. However, he was unable to capitalize on it and win the championship, finishing seventh in the final standings after an up and down year. Fortunately, he was given an opportunity late in the year to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. in driving the No. 3 NAPA Chevy for DEI's Busch program with Earnhardt moving up to the Cup Series, and he announced that he would do so the following year.

2000–2004 Hornaday began racing full-time in the Busch Series in 2000. He picked up wins at Nazareth Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished fifth in points, runner-up to Kevin Harvick for Rookie of the Year honors. He was also voted Most Popular Driver. However, Earnhardt elected to move Hornaday's team up to the Cup Series in 2001 and hire Michael Waltrip to drive the car, and Hornaday was released.

Hornaday signed with A. J. Foyt Racing in the Cup Series, driving the No. 14 Conseco Pontiac Grand Prix. Despite posting a 9th-place finish at Las Vegas, Hornaday struggled throughout the year and finished 38th in points with just two top-twenty finishes and four DNQ's in the second half of the season. Hornaday later criticized Foyt for dismissing him so late in the season, although Foyt unsuccessfully offered Hornaday a Cup Series return in mid-2002. During the 2001 season, Hornaday returned to the Busch Series on a part-time basis, running the No. 11 for HighLine Performance Group before finishing out the year with The Curb Agajanian Performance Group, posting three top-tens.

In 2002, Hornaday drove for Hendrick Motorsports' truck team at the season-opening Florida Dodge Dealers 250, where he finished 12th. After Hendrick closed the doors to its truck team, Hornaday moved to their Busch program, filling in for an injured Ricky Hendrick in the No. 5 GMAC Chevy, his best finish fifteenth at Darlington Raceway. A few races later, he replaced Lyndon Amick in the No. 26 Dr Pepper car for Carroll Racing. He had eight top-tens and a pole, finishing eighteenth in points despite only running thirty of the 36 races. He also capped the season off with a win in the Truck Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving for Xpress Motorsports.

In 2003, Hornaday signed to drive the No. 2 ACDelco Chevy for Richard Childress Racing. He won at Nazareth and posted seventeen top-tens, finishing third in points. Hornaday was noted for his consistency in 2003, as he finished all 34 races and completed all but thirty laps run over the entire season. In 2004, he followed up with a win at The Milwaukee Mile and sixteen more top-ten finishes. Hornaday again finished all the races he started and finished fourth in points.

2005–2011

At the end of 2004, Hornaday was released in favor of Clint Bowyer, and he returned to the Truck Series full-time. He reunited with a long-time best friend of his, Kevin Harvick, and signed to drive the No. 6 GM Goodwrench Chevy for Kevin Harvick Incorporated. Hornaday soon picked up a win at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished fifth in points. In 2006, the team lost its Goodwrench sponsorship and switched to the No. 33 to field the No. 6 to Mark Martin's Roush Racing effort. Running unsponsored for most of the year, Hornaday picked up two victories this year at Mansfield and Kentucky. He also had two top-tens in five Busch Series starts that year.

With sponsorship backing from Camping World, Hornaday continued his dominance in the Truck Series in 2007, winning races at two tracks for the first time in his career. He took the checkers at Lowe's in the Quaker Steak & Lube 200. Two weeks later, after a what-should-have-been-a-win-weekend at Mansfield, Hornaday outlasted Kyle Busch to win the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover. He continued his chase for a third title with a victory at O'Reilly Raceway Park in the Power Stroke Diesel 200, his 17th win on a short track.

On November 16, 2007, Hornaday won his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship by overcoming a 29-point deficit on Mike Skinner.

On September 10, 2008, ESPN's Shaun Assael reported Hornaday admitted to using testosterone cream. He used it to treat Graves' disease. On December 21, 2008, Hornaday's father Ron Hornaday Sr., died due to cancer.

On June 20, 2009, Hornaday won the Copart 200 at the Milwaukee Mile on his 51st birthday. He is one of the few racing drivers to win a race on his birthday. On July 24, 2009, Hornaday became the first Camping World Truck Series driver to win four races in a row by winning at O'Reilly Raceway Park. On August 1, 2009, he won the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, tying Richard Petty and Bobby Allison as the only drivers to win five consecutive races in their NASCAR careers.

On November 13, 2009, Hornaday won his fourth Camping World Truck Series championship, joining Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmie Johnson as the only drivers to win four or more titles in the three major series of NASCAR. He also became the first driver since Greg Biffle in 2000 to clinch the title before the last race of the season.

For the final three races of the 2010 Sprint Cup season, Stewart–Haas Racing hired Hornaday as a standby driver should expectant father Ryan Newman have to leave the track. Newman became a father on November 18, 2010, three days before the season finale.

In 2011, Hornaday won four races. However, in the later stages of the season, he struggled with consistency, compared to his other seasons. As a result, Hornaday drove three races in the No. 2 KHI truck, to help the team catch up in the standings. By the time he was back in the No. 33 truck, Hornaday was second in the series being 15 points behind Austin Dillon when he reached the penultimate race of the year at Texas. There Hornaday raced behind rival Kyle Busch and reached second place. When Hornaday passed by Busch on lap thirteen, he made contact with Busch to avoid a slowing truck of Johnny Chapman and in the next turn under a caution, Busch intentionally slammed into Hornaday pushing him head-on into the wall. Hornaday was mathematically eliminated from contention for the Truck title. Busch received suspension from the NNS and NSCS race that weekend as a result. Hornaday later said that after hearing Busch's arrogance after the incident, he was going to settle matters with Busch at the end of the race, but was restrained and instead had a phone call with Busch a couple days after that sizzled the feud.

2012–2014

During the 2011 season, it was announced that Hornaday would drive for Joe Denette Motorsports for the 2012 season in the No. 9 Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet.

Before the 2013 season, Hornaday returned to JDM, now NTS Motorsports, to drive the No. 9 truck. Hornaday started off on a high note in his finishes with a few Top 10's in the first few races. In the third race of the season at Rockingham Speedway, Hornaday intentionally wrecked rookie Bubba Wallace under caution to retaliate for prior contact. He was penalized during the race to restart in 37th spot. For his actions, Hornaday was fined $25,000, lost 25 points and was placed on probation by NASCAR until June 12. The penalty dropped him from fourth to fifteenth in the Truck Series standings. Although many called for Hornaday to be suspended the same way Kyle Busch was in 2011, NASCAR did not implement a suspension, ruling that although Hornaday's actions were similar, the circumstances between both cases were different.

With one race remaining in the season, Hornaday was released from the No. 9 truck by NTS Motorsports; in the season finale he drove a sixth truck for Turner Scott Motorsports, finishing 5th. He started the 2014 season once again driving for TSM in the No. 30 truck at Daytona International Speedway, with former KHI sponsor Rheem backing the team. Due to an internal dispute within TSM, Hornaday did not race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, after it was initially reported that all three truck teams would shut down.

Two days later on September 2, Hornaday was released and Turner Scott Motorsports dissolved the 30 team, with owners Steve Turner and Harry Scott Jr. in the process of filing lawsuits against each other. Hornaday was fourth in points prior to the Canada race, and still sixth in points when he was released. On September 13, it was announced that Rheem would partner again with Hornaday at Las Vegas and Texas later that year with NTS Motorsports, the team that had released him in 2013. He missed six races late in the season and was fourteenth in points at the season's end.

Brief Cup Series return On January 21, 2015, Curtis Key's The Motorsports Group announced that Hornaday would be their primary driver for 2015, running the No. 30 Chevy in the Sprint Cup Series. It marked Hornaday's first return to the Cup Series since 2003. The primary sponsor was announced as Hornaday's Truck sponsor, Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff.

In his first attempt, Hornaday failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 after posting the slowest time in qualifying and then lacking the necessary speed to stay in the draft in his Budweiser Duel race. In his second attempt, Hornaday qualified and made his first race in 12 years. Hornaday finished 42nd due to a breaking in his rear gear. His team skipped the next three races in the West Coast swing to prepare for Martinsville. He did not qualify after wrecking his car during qualifying. After Hornaday once again failed to qualify at Bristol, he and the team parted ways.

On his brief return to Sprint Cup competition and his sudden retirement, Hornaday said in a 2016 interview, "That was helping a team get started and all that stuff. It didn’t seem to work out. I was always the guy, I told my wife that I’m not going to go out there and ride around just for a paycheck. If I wasn’t competitive I wasn’t going to do it. That (opportunity) didn’t work out. But I’ve got a lot of opportunities. People call me and say, ‘Hey, do you want to drive Martinsville?’ I said ‘Yeah, I’d love to.’ And they’d say, ‘Well, how much money can you bring?’ That ain’t racing to me anymore so…it’s back to dirt racing and having fun.”

Hornaday has not raced in NASCAR since. He is currently a dirt modified chassis builder, owning Hornaday Race Cars.

Recognition April 8, 2010 was declared Ron Hornaday Jr. Day in Palmdale, Hornaday's hometown. A roundabout in the Palmdale Auto Mall was also named after Hornaday on April 8. On May 24, 2017, Hornaday was named in the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018, becoming the first Truck Series driver to earn this honor.

Personal life Before his racing career took off, Hornaday worked at a couple transmission shops and his father's car dealership. 1992 Ron Hornaday Jr. 92 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV

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Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2001 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Pontiac 42 17 2015 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet DNQ

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1995 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 16 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CARDNQ HOM NA - 1996 Labonte Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLWQL† NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM NA - 1998 ST Motorsports 59 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH23 CLT DOV RCH PPR8 GLN MLW35 MYB 61st 391 97 CAL22 SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 1999 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 31 Chevy DAY34 CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN PHO6* HOM12 68th 878 3 MLWQL‡ MYB PPR GTY Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy IRP39 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM 2000 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3 Chevy DAY32* CAR3 LVS8 ATL16 DAR8 BRI18 TEX17 NSV3 TAL20 CAL19 RCH17 NHA20 CLT12 DOV18 SBO4 MYB9 GLN36 MLW10 NZH1* PPR9 GTY6 IRP1 MCH30 BRI15 DAR34 RCH37 DOV14 CLT9 CAR11 MEM14 PHO5 HOM38 5th 3870 2001 HighLine Performance Group 11 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW8 GLN10 CHI16 GTY PPR IRP MCH14 BRI27 DAR11 RCH11 DOV26 KAN34 CLT MEM 36th 1346 Curb Agajanian Motorsports 43 Chevy PHO4 CAR20 HOM30 2002 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR15 BRI38 TEX12 NSH22 TAL29 CAL17 RCH 18th 3268 Carroll Racing 26 Chevy NHA14 NZH3 CLT33 DOV6 NSH31 KEN37 MLW4 DAY21 CHI5 GTY2* PPR4 IRP10 MCH37 BRI12 DAR38 RCH26 DOV21 KAN34 CLT14 MEM7 ATL16 CAR26 PHO12 HOM26 2003 Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevy DAY16 CAR12 LVS9 DAR9 BRI12 TEX17 TAL4 NSH16 CAL10 RCH15 GTY28 NZH1* CLT21 DOV10 NSH16 KEN3 MLW4 DAY4 CHI12 NHA8 PPR7* IRP8 MCH28 BRI2 DAR11 RCH7 DOV6 KAN14 CLT12 MEM4 ATL13 PHO5 CAR17 HOM15 3rd 4591 2004 DAY7 CAR10 LVS26 DAR23 BRI9 TEX17 NSH31 TAL3 CAL11 GTY2 RCH12 NZH11 CLT7 DOV29 NSH5 KEN4 MLW1 DAY9 CHI10 NHA6* PPR11 IRP35 MCH18 BRI20 CAL29 RCH21 DOV7 KAN5 CLT15 MEM3 ATL14 PHO28 DAR27 HOM7 4th 4258 2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 Chevy DAY CAL MXC12 LVS 57th 706 SKI Motorsports 30 Chevy ATL43 NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT BRIDNQ CAL34 RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEXDNQ PHO32 HOM Braun Racing 32 Chevy DOV37 NSH14 KEN MLW15 DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP14 GLN MCH 2006 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI7 TEX NSH17 PHO35 TAL RCH14 DAR CLT DOV5 NSH KEN MLW20 DAY CHI NHA MAR24 GTY20 IRP23 GLN MCH BRI3 CAL RCH41 DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX5 PHO9 HOM36 35th 1536 2007 77 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW36 NHA DAY CHI GTY8 IRP5 CGV13 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO10 HOM 64th 615 2008 33 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC32 TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV4 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 87th 227 2009 DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW9 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP6 IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 84th 293 2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA12 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP28 IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 92nd 206 2011 Turner Motorsports 32 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO13 HOM 90th 01 ‡ - Qualified for Bobby Labonte · † - Qualified for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1995 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 16 Chevy PHO9 TUS1* SGS6 MMR1* POR9 EVG1* I7014 LVL16 BRI9 MLW3 CNS3* HPT1* IRP19 FLM1* RCH15 MAR13 NWS5 SON1* MMR15* PHO5 3rd 2986 1996 HOM3 PHO5 POR1* EVG2 TUS3 CNS8 HPT3 BRI8 NZH5 MLW3 LVL1* I704* IRP4 FLM6 GLN1* NSV2 RCH2 NHA1 MAR4 NWS22 SON2 MMR2* PHO7 LVS10 1st 3831 1997 WDW30 TUS1 HOM6 PHO4 POR2 EVG9 I7022 NHA29 TEX27 BRI1* NZH24 MLW1 LVL1*CNS1* HPT3*IRP1 FLM1* NSV2* GLN5 RCH16 MAR32 SON26 MMR28* CAL9 PHO9 LVS3 5th 3574 1998 WDW1 HOM8 PHO1 POR6 EVG2 I706 GLN4* TEX24 BRI1* MLW4 NZH1* CAL3* PPR1* IRP28 NHA10 FLM2 NSV7 HPT8 LVL17 RCH22 MEM1 GTY2 MAR3 SON23 MMR4 PHO3 LVS2 1st 4072 1999 HOM4 PHO1* EVG1* MMR4* MAR16 MEM6 PPR6 I7011 BRI18 TEX10* PIR27 GLN5 MLW7 NSV23 NZH24* MCH9 NHA18 IRP29 GTY21 HPT6 RCH2 LVS3* LVL6 TEX10* CAL6* 7th 3488 2002 Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY12 DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO 53rd 307 Xpress Motorsports 11 Chevy HOM1 2004 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTY MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO13 DAR HOM 85th 124 2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 6 Chevy DAY26 CAL8 ATL1 MAR3 GTY30 MFD11* CLT11 DOV4* TEX6 MCH30 MLW4 KAN17 KEN14 MEM21* IRP3 NSH12 BRI14 RCH10 NHA5* LVS13 MAR9 ATL21 TEX7 PHO2 HOM9 4th 3369 2006 33 DAY23 CAL32 ATL20 MAR14 GTY15 CLT5 MFD1* DOV7 TEX15 MCH7 MLW3* KAN12 KEN1 MEM4 IRP3 NSH33 BRI27 NHA6 LVS5 TAL10 MAR13 ATL13 TEX5 PHO13 HOM14 7th 3313 2007 DAY7 CAL2 ATL11 MAR6 KAN6 CLT1* MFD6 DOV1* TEX4* MCH10 MLW2 MEM3 KEN10IRP1* NSH2 BRI6 GTY2* NHA1* LVS22 TAL7 MAR3 ATL2 TEX18 PHO2 HOM7 1st 3982 2008 DAY25 CAL5 ATL2* MAR8 KAN1* CLT23 MFD35 DOV3 TEX1* MCH23 MLW7 MEM1* KEN10 IRP2* NSH5 BRI24 GTY1* NHA1* LVS5 TAL2 MAR29* ATL2* TEX1 PHO25 HOM8 2nd 3718 2009 DAY5 CAL6 ATL7 MAR2 KAN4 CLT1 DOV26 TEX19* MCH7 MLW1* MEM1* KEN1 IRP1* NSH1* BRI3 CHI11 IOW4 GTY17* NHA2* LVS6 MAR4 TAL17 TEX3 PHO4 HOM8 1st 3959 2010 DAY27 ATL34 MAR2 NSH3 KAN2 DOV12 CLT3 TEX9 MCH4 IOW24 GTY26 IRP1* POC29 NSH6 DAR3 BRI3 CHI3 KEN29 NHA24 LVS11 MAR1 TAL21* TEX32 PHO29 HOM2 7th 3310 2011 DAY28 PHO3 DAR2 MAR3 NSH4 DOV9 CLT5 KAN30 TEX1 KEN27 IOW19 NSH17 IRP5 POC9 MCH7 BRI24 ATL1 CHI10 NHA4 MAR2 TEX34 HOM13 4th 838 2 KEN1* LVS1* TAL2 2012 Joe Denette Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY14 MAR16 CAR12 KAN6 CLT5 DOV27 TEX12 KEN9 IOW2 CHI7 POC19 MCH17 BRI8 ATL30 IOW33 KEN14 LVS27 TAL28 MAR33 TEX20 PHO22 HOM20 13th 591 2013 NTS Motorsports DAY3 MAR10 CAR15 KAN9 CLT30 DOV12 TEX12 KEN17 IOW4 ELD28 POC6 MCH11 BRI8 MSP5 IOW17 CHI13 LVS6 TAL24 MAR28 TEX3 PHO28 14th 612 Turner Scott Motorsports 34 Chevy HOM5 2014 30 DAY5 MAR9* KAN8 CLT19 DOV11 TEX6 GTY5 KEN8 IOW21 ELD2 POC7 MCH3 BRI3 MSP CHI NHA 14th 526 NTS Motorsports 9 Chevy LVS20 TAL34 MAR TEX12 PHO HOM

Winston West Series NASCAR Winston West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 1989 Sara Vincent 41 Chevy MAD MMR RAS SON POR TCR EVG MMR SGS12 SON PHO 39th 127 1990 Sellers Racing 8 Buick MMR SON SGS18 POR EVG RAS TCR MMR PHO 45th 109 1991 Benison Racing 86 Chevy EVG MMR22 SON SGS POR EVG18 SSS MMR20 PHODNQ 18th 451 1992 Ron Hornaday Jr. 92 Chevy MMR11 SGS5 SON32 SHA2 POR6 EVG22 SSS2* CAJ3 TWS7 MMR4 PHO25 5th 1722 1993 TWS MMR21 SGS9 SON TUS3* SHA 17th 694 97 Chevy EVG19 POR CBS SSS CAJ TCR MMR Spears Motorsports 76 Chevy PHO22 1994 75 MMR8 TUS10 SGS1* YAK2* MMR3 POR2* INDDNQ CAJ1* TCR16 LVS1* MMR14* TUS1 2nd 2167 76 SON39 PHO34 1995 50 TUS5* MMR SON CNS MMR POR SGS TUS AMP MAD POR LVS 31st 321 45 SON7* MMR PHO 1996 TUS1 AMP MMR SON MAD POR TUS EVG CNS1 MAD MMR SON11* MMR PHO LVS 22nd 500 1998 BMR Motorsports 45 Chevy TUS LVS PHO CAL30 HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS 89th 73 1999 Bernie Hilber Racing 53 Pontiac TUS LVS2 24th 655 7 PHO4 CAL PPR MMR IRW4 EVG POR IRW RMR LVS 21 Chevy MMR4 MOT 2001 Bobby Pangonis 97 Chevy PHO LVS20 TUS MMR CAL IRW LAG KAN EVG CNS IRW RMR LVS IRW 63rd 103

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 1992 Ron Hornaday Jr. 92 Chevy DAY FIF TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS7 SLM ATL NA 0 1999 Dale Earnhardt Inc. 31 Chevy DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL1* 80th 235 2002 Tinsley Hughes 75 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT2 NA 0 Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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Ron Hornaday Jr. was born on 20 June 1958 in Palmdale.

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