Hornaday Puts Chevrolet on the Pole at Mansfield

After numerous delays for rain showers, Ron Hornaday went to the top of the board to capture his first pole of 2005 with a lap of 16.277 seconds, 97.315 mph.  The top starting sport is the 12th of the two-time NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series champions career.  

"This really was a great job by this GM Goodwrench Silverado crew," Hornaday said.  "My hats off to this entire crew.  I have never been around this race track.  Wally (Rogers, crew chief) kind of told me a little bit and I talked to a couple of other drivers about how to drive it but this is because of my crew.

"Everything we changed during practice, Wally and the guys kept making it just a little bit better, then a little bit better again and picked up a couple tenths every time we went out. 

"I watched a couple guys qualify and they were skidding their front brakes so I put a couple turns of rear brake in it before I went out and it seemed to help us out.

"I've got great RCR horsepower under the hood and a great crew.

"This if fun, this is a reason to go racing.  The first time I stepped in the truck at Daytona testing, I knew this was going to be fun year. It shows how good this GM Goodwrench Silverado team is.

"Everywhere we have gone, we have been competitive.  It was my fault last race for not looking at the gauges and blowing up the motor.  That hurt us in points but we were competitive. Every time we have gone to the track, we have had a truck capable of winning. 

"We will see how we can come out tomorrow."

DAVID STARR, NO. 75 SPEARS MANUFACTURING SILVERADO, QUALIFIED SEVENTH:  "We are pretty excited with our qualifying spot. Our Chevrolet Silverado was good tonight, it was completely different from when we practiced today because of all the rain and drying the track.  The track was completely different from practice as well.

"We are going to race on a completely different track tomorrow than we have today so hopefully Dave McCarty (crew chief) and my crew can make enough adjustments during the race as the track changes to keep us toward the front.

"I am really happy with our starting spot, I just want to have the same kind of finish in tomorrow's race."

JACK SPRAGUE, NO 16 CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO, QUALIFIED 25TH:  "It was just the luck of the draw for us today.  We went out second in the order of the 42 trucks that are here and the track was very greasy from the jet dryer spending so much time on it this afternoon.  There was no grip on the track because of all the rain so it was all I could do to hang on to it to be honest. I had it almost completely sideways one time and locked up the front brakes.

"Our Chevy Trucks Silverado will be good for tomorrow's race.  The key will be to be patient and pick my way carefully toward the front, let Chris (Showalter, crew chief) and the guys make the right adjustments and we will be fine."

DENIIS SETZER, NO 46 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, QUALIFIED 29TH:  "We went out way too early with the track as slick as it was from the rain and the jet dryers.  There was just nothing to get a hold of.  My Silverado is good. We just have to race smart tomorrow and let the track and the race come to us and we will be fine."