HORNADAY TRUCKIN' ON AT DAYTONA FORMER TRUCKS CHAMPION QUICK IN TESTING.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Auto Racing If Ron Hornaday Ron Hornaday, Jr. (born in Palmdale, California on June 20, 1958) is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and the son of Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two time Winston West Champion. Jr. isn't full of surprises. The two-time NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Craftsman Trucks Series and former Saugus Speedway champ will race a loaner truck from Hendrick Motor Sports in the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. on Feb. 15. After three days of testing this week, Hornaday showed he had very little dust to brush off his truck-driving skills as he posted the second-fastest time at Daytona. Hornaday, who raced the No. 14 Conseco Pontiac last year for A.J. Foyt Racing on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, is guaranteed the one truck race with Hendrick Motor Sports. He will be driving one of the Chevy Silverado trucks that Ricky Hendrick Joseph Riddick Hendrick IV, (April 2, 1980 - October 24, 2004), born in Charlotte, North Carolina, was a NASCAR driver and owner affiliated with his father Rick Hendrick's Hendrick Motorsports team. raced in 2001 on the Truck Series. In another surprise, Hornaday will be driving for the team that employed his biggest rival, Jack Sprague Jack Sprague (born August 8, 1964, in Spring Lake, Michigan) is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He drives the #60 Con-way Freight Toyota for Wyler Racing. He has finished in the top-ten in the points standings almost every year he has raced in the trucks, and currently , from the early days of the Truck Series. Hornaday won two titles (1996 and 1998) and a record-setting 25 Truck Series races driving a Chevy for Dale Earnhardt This article is about the elder Dale Earnhardt. For his son, see Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. For the racing team he founded, see Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Inc. Sprague won titles in 1997 and 1999 and had 13 wins when the two were racing against each other on the Truck Series 1995-98. ``This is the stuff I used to race against,'' Hornaday said. ``We haven't done a thing to the truck. It's just the way Ricky ran it last year. ``It's unbelievable when you get into something like this how much fun racing can be. We're going to try to win this thing and have a lot of fun doing it - and hopefully get a sponsor so we can run the full season.'' Roush Racing driver racing driver n (BRIT) → corredor(a) m/f de coches racing driver racing n (Brit) → pilote m de course Jon Wood This article is about the NASCAR driver. For other people with similar names, see John Wood. Jon Wood (born October 25, 1981), in Stuart Virginia, is a NASCAR Busch Series driver for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing. clocked the fastest lap In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some series, like A1 Grand Prix and the GP2 series, award bonus points to the driver/team with the fastest lap. in testing at Daytona, 184.790 mph around the 2.5-mile super speedway in his Ford F-150. Hornaday's best lap was at 184.676 mph. --Irwindale Speedway TV dates: Again, Fox Sports Net will broadcast auto races from Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. this year at 6 p.m. Thursdays. Thirty races will be televised, including two NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series events. The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Super Late Models and Late Models will be the featured races on telecasts. Select Ultra Wheel Spec Trucks and American Race Trucks will be included in the package, which will begin May 2. The telecasts end Nov. 21 with the American Race Trucks. --Herta tests at Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile (4.088 km) road course located in Braselton, Georgia, USA. The track has 12 turns, including the famous "esses" between turns three and five, and Turn 12, a downhill, diving turn. : Team Panoz driver Bryan Herta Bryan Herta (b. May 23 1970, Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Andretti Green Racing, which is co-owned by former CART and IRL driver Michael Andretti, in the ALMS, although his career has primarily been spent in open-wheel cars of Valencia tested his American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. entry at a rain-slicked Road Atlanta on Thursday. It was the first time the Hart High graduate has driven the team's LMP- 01 entry in rain conditions. ``It was certainly handy to get some experience in a wide variety of conditions because that is what I am going to face throughout the year,'' Herta said. ``If we get a race like Le Mans last year, the wet-weather experience will certainly be very beneficial.'' The 24 Hours of Le Mans was run under rainy conditions last year. But wet-weather conditions have not slowed Team Panoz, which won the Nurburgring event in Germany in wet conditions last year. Even though Herta was able to turn some laps in the rain, the wet weather eventually made the track undriveable. ``We didn't get to run as many laps as we would have liked because it actually became too wet at the end of the day,'' Herta said. ``We were actually waiting for the rain to try the wets, but it really came down hard - apparently there were flash-flood warnings announced for the area.'' The American Le Mans Series will start March 13 with the 12 Hours of Sebring in Florida. TV SCHEDULE The NASCAR television schedule for Irwindale Speedway. All races listed below will be televised on Fox Sports Net at 6 p.m. Thursdays: Air Date Series Production Date May 2 Super Late Models April 13 May 9 Auto Club Late ModelsApril 13 May 16 American Race Trucks April 13 May 23 Super Late Models April 27 May 30 American Race Trucks April 27 June 6 Ultra Wheels Super Trucks April 27 June 13 Super Late Models May 18 June 20 Auto Club Late Models May 18 June 27 American Race Trucks May 18 July 4 Featherlite Southwest Series June 8 July 11 Super Late Models June 8 July 18 American Race Trucks June 8 July 25 Super Late Models July 6 Aug. 1 Auto Club Late Models July 6 Aug. 8 American Race Trucks July 6 Aug. 15 Super Late Models July 20 Aug. 22 Auto Club Late Models July 20 Aug. 29 American Race TrucksJuly 20 Sept. 5 Featherlite Southwest Series Aug. 10 Sept. 12 Auto Club Late Models Aug. 10 Sept. 19 American Race Trucks Aug. 10 Sept. 26 Super Late Models Sept. 7 Oct. 3 Auto Club Late Models Sept. 7 Oct. 10 American Race Trucks Sept. 7 Oct. 17 Super Late Models Sept. 14 Oct. 24 American Race Trucks Sept. 14 Oct. 31 Ultra Wheels Super Trucks Sept. 14 Nov. 7 Super Late Models Sept. 28 Nov. 14 Auto Club Late Models Sept. 28 Nov. 21 American Race Trucks Sept. 28 *-Check local listings for times and possible replay air dates. 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