ONE YEAR LATER: Last year at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Ron Hornaday and the No. 33 team recorded their fifth consecutive victory. Hornaday added his name to the record books next to Richard Petty and Bobby Allison as the only three drivers to win five consecutive races in any of NASCAR’s three elite divisions. The win last season also marked Hornaday’s first and only victory at Nashville Superspeedway.
WELCOME TO THE TEAM: Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) is proud to welcome new partner Nestlé Purina Petcare to the KHI family of sponsors. The Purina/Beneful brand will be making its NASCAR debut this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. The St. Louis based company promotes responsible pet care, humane education, community involvement and the positive bond between people and their pets.
LAP LEADER: Hornaday is second on the Nashville Superspeedway laps led list. Hornaday has led 145 laps over the six races at the 1.33-mile oval. Mike Skinner has led a total of 251. Prior to last year’s win, Hornaday had only led 30 laps but in 2009, he led 115 laps in route to his first career victory at Nashville.
Notes from the Professor: Quotes from Ron Hornaday:
HOW DOES IT FEEL GOING BACK TO NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY ONE YEAR AFTER YOUR FIRST WIN AT THE TRACK?
“It’s cool to look back on it and remember the win. I was just so excited to finally get that beautiful Gibson guitar. That is a very cool trophy. The thing about Nashville is that KHI has run very well there with both our Truck and Nationwide programs. When we were in Nashville earlier this spring, Kevin and I just missed the set-up by a little. We have notes and are better prepared to go back to Nashville. I know we’re going to have a great truck. I hope we have the same result as last year.”
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 33 Purina/Beneful team will take chassis No. 048 to Nashville Superspeedway. Most recently, Kevin Harvick drove this truck to victory lane at Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway (GIR). Harvick recorded his first pole and fourth Truck Series win of 2010 at GIR.
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Last weekend at the inaugural Truck Series event at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Hornaday and the No. 33 team had a solid top-10 run going. However, under the first green-white-checkered restart attempt, Hornaday was involved in an on-track incident which sent him careening into the inside retaining wall. The crash resulted in a 29th-place finish for the No. 33 team.
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 Nestlé Purina PetCare
The North American headquarters for Nestlé Purina PetCare is located at Checkerboard Square in St. Louis, Missouri, where it was founded as Ralston Purina Company more than a century ago. Nestlé Purina PetCare promotes responsible pet care, humane education, community involvement and the positive bond between people and their pets. One of the leading global players in the pet food industry, Nestlé Purina PetCare is part of the Swiss-based Nestle S.A., the world’s largest food company.
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:
August 7, 2010
Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway
Nashville 200
Truck Specs:
Chassis: 048
Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)
Track Layout:
1.33-mile D shaped-oval
Race length: 150 Laps/200 Miles
Banking/Turns: 14-degree turns;
9-degree front straight-a-way; 6-degree back straight-a-way
Weekend Schedule
Saturday:
Practice: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., EST
Final Practice: 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., EST
Qualifying: 5:05 p.m., EST
TV: The Nashville 200 can be seen live on SPEED beginning Saturday at 8:30 p.m., EST.
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 8:45 p.m., EST.
Ron Hornaday
NASCAR Truck Series Statistics
at Nashville Superspeedway
Starts: 6
Wins: 1 (2009)
Poles: 0
Top Five’s: 4
Top 10’s: 4
Laps Led: 145
Average Start: 10.8
Average Finish: 9.3