It is the first NASCAR national series victory for Dale Earnhardt Inc.ĩ – On Aug.
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He was voted the series’ Most Popular Driver in 19.īelow is a timeline of Hornaday’s notable victories on his way to 50:ġ – On April 8, 1995, at Tucson Raceway Park, Hornaday wins his first race, the second for the series. Hornaday stands third all-time among series pole winners with 26. He recently passed Joe Ruttman to claim the most victories – 14, now 15 – by a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver age 50 years or older. Hornaday holds series records for most top-five (143) and top-10 (205) finishes. “Fifty wins is just one more incredible achievement in a career that I’m sure will one day land him in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.” “Ron has been the heart and soul of the Truck series,” said Kevin Harvick, the owner for 24 of Hornaday’s victories. He has ranked among the top five in the points standings eight times. Hornaday won championships with DEI in 19 and with Kevin Harvick Inc. Saturday’s victory was his third of the 2011 season. He has won six or more times in five different seasons. His most prolific season was 1997 when he won seven times. Eleven of his 50 victories came from a pole position start.īeginning in 1995, when Hornaday drove for Dale Earnhardt Inc., he has won at least once in each of 12 seasons in which he was a full-time competitor and 13 years overall.
He is the series’ all-time short track winner with 22 victories and also won three times on road courses. The 53-year-old Hornaday has won races on 30 different tracks. He won the Keystone Light Pole for that race and collected his first victory two months later at Tucson (Ariz.) Raceway Park. Hornaday, from Palmdale, Calif., is the only active, full-time competitor whose career dates to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ inaugural event at Phoenix International Raceway on Feb. 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.
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