Ronnie Hornaday III, who works full-time for the Ultra Motorsports No. 2 Team ASE/Ultra Wheel Dodge team, is entered in the the No. 4 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge at the highbanked half-mile oval.

"I've tested at Salem before but never ran there with other cars on the racetrack," Hornaday said.  "It's an awesome racetrack.  It's like a shorter, highbanked version of Darlington.  You run right in the middle through turns one and two and then right up against the wall through turns three and four.  I'm really looking forward to it.  We have a good car and we'll have a lot of fun."

Ken Weaver, who finished sixth in the NCTS season opener at Daytona and is running a partial Truck Series schedule in addition to chasing the ARCA championship, will make his second Salem start of the season in that weekend.  Weaver finished 14th in the track's weekly late model season opener on April 10.  Weaver currently sits third in ARCA points after finishing a strong sixth at Nashville Superspeedway in March.  He qualified outside the front row and ran with the leaders throughout the event.