Ron Hornaday
No. 33 Cooked Perfect Meatballs Chevrolet Silverado
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race 16 of 25 – Bristol Motor Speedway
HUNGRY AND ON THE HUNT: Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday is anxious to get his No. 33 Cooked Perfect Meatballs Chevrolet Silverado to the 0.533-mile oval of Bristol Motor Speedway this Wednesday night. The Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team has collected third-place finishes in the past two visits to the track and is hungry to visit victory lane. Hornaday knows his way around the Tennessee short track having led 388 laps and collecting two wins, four top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 11 starts.
TASTE PERFECT: The No. 33 KHI Chevrolet will once again sport Home Market Foods and their Cooked Perfect Meatballs brands colors for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series showdown at Bristol. This is their second race on the No. 33 truck, after making their debut in April at Martinsville Speedway. Their black, red, and gold colors will be on board the No. 33 Chevrolet again at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 24.
TIME TO COOK: Hornaday will be making an appearance at Kroger grocery on Midway Street in Bristol, Va. on Tuesday, August 23 from 4-6 p.m. The veteran driver will be signing autographs and preparing one of Cooked Perfect Meatballs famous recipes with wife, Lindy. Make sure to stop by for your Hornaday autograph and free samples of Cooked Perfect Meatballs.
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 33 KHI team will bring chassis No. 043 to Bristol this week. This chassis is no stranger to the KHI stable recording two wins during 2010 Truck Series season,, in addition to four top-five finishes in its five starts. Chassis No. 43 has been on track twice this year at Martinsville and Kansas Speedway with Hornaday behind the wheel bringing home one top-five finish.
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Hornaday and the No. 33 Champion team started the race at Michigan International Speedway from the third position. The veteran driver fought a loose-handling Chevrolet Silverado for the entire 100-lap event but the KHI team was able to capture a seventh-place finish and move up two positions in the championship point standings only 46 markers out of the lead.
THOUGHTS FROM THE DRIVER: Ron Hornaday
What are your expectations going into Bristol?
“Bristol is one of the most exciting races of the year. Everyone looks forward to racing under the lights and it gives the fans something to look forward to on a Wednesday night. Bristol is a track where you can find yourself in trouble pretty fast. You really have to be smart and hope the guy next to you is playing smart. You need to play the track position game to be there at the end. You’ll have a shot to win if you’re up front.”
THOUGHTS FROM ATOP THE PIT BOX: Jeff Hensley
What are your thoughts heading into Bristol?
“Bristol is Bristol. I love this race track. I wish the Truck Series could race here every weekend. I have had a lot of success at the track, earning a few poles, and having really great runs, including a win. I think that our No. 33 Cooked Perfect Meatballs team has potential to go there, sit on the pole and win the race.”
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About Home Market Foods™:
Home Market Foods is a major specialty provider of fully cooked and flash-frozen, value-added meal entrées, appetizers and snacks for both retail and foodservice customers. Since its beginnings as a purveyor of fresh meats, Home Market Foods has been providing superior quality food products for over 50 years. Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, Home Market Foods operates out of a state-of-the-art manufacturing and research and development facility. As a provider of meal entrées, appetizers and snacks, Home Market Foods products are marketed under three flagship brands: Cooked Perfec®t Meatballs, Family Buffet® and RollerBites®.
Cooked Perfec®t meatballs and Family Buffet® entrees are located in the frozen food department in grocery stores throughout the U.S. RollerBites® are sold throughout convenience stores. To locate a store that sells Cooked Perfect® meatballs, Family Buffet® entrees and RollerBites®, go to: www.HomeMarketFoods.com and click on Product Locator.