NASCAR TRUCKS: HORNADAY MOVE BENEFITS SKINNER NO. 5 TOYOTA WINS TRUCK SERIES RACE.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 Staff Writer FONTANA - In a move reminiscent of his days at Saugus Speedway, 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. used an aggressive restart to knock the leader out of the way with five laps to go in the 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 Truck Series race at California Speedway The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. on Friday night. Hornaday spun out Mark Martin, the leader and driver of the dominant car in the race, but Mike Skinner Mike Skinner is the name of:
San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County 200. "We suck here," said Skinner, driver of the No. 5 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing Bill Davis Racing is a NASCAR team that fields the #22 Caterpillar Toyota Camry for Dave Blaney, the #36 360 OTC Toyota Camry for Jeremy Mayfield in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, the #5 Toyota Tundra for Mike Skinner, the #22 Toyota for Ryan Mathews, and the #23 Toyota for Johnny . "Mark Martin is probably the best race car driver outside of Dale Earnhardt ever to put on a helmet. He had us tonight. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if he missed a shift. I had to do the slowest restart all night." Hornaday finished second, his best career finish in the Truck Series at California Speedway, and his fifth top-10 finish in six starts at the Fontana track. Martin, who finished second in a controversial Daytona 500 last week, was again a hard-luck loser. He was knocked back to 24th place after spinning out and finished the race 23rd. "I hate to see that, especially Mark Martin," said Hornaday, driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc. "I feel bad for Mark, but I really feel good for the guys." Hornaday had a strong truck in the race and challenged for the lead on a number of occasions. His last surge came on a restart with five laps to go, when he was running second to Martin. As the trucks came down to the start/finish line, Hornaday put the front of his truck under the rear of Martin's truck, spun Martin into the infield and out of the lead. "You know, the thing just kinda lifted up, started spinning its wheels and I got behind on the steering," said Martin, driver of the No. 21 Ford for the Wood Brothers. "I just got behind on the steering." Hornaday, who had a new truck for the race, said his crew chief Rick Ren, also new to his Kevin Harvick Inc. team, made some creative adjustments and gave him an "awesome" truck. "It is the first time Rick Ren got to work with the coil-binding setup and it was a great turnaround for us," said Hornaday, a former Saugus Speedway champ from Palmdale. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Ron Hornaday Jr. leads a pack during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series San Bernardino County 200 at California Speedway. Donald Miralle/Getty Images |
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