BEATING THE BOSS: Following his win at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway two weeks ago, Ron Hornaday brought his NASCAR career win record total to 49 across all three of NASCAR's elite series. Hornaday has 45 Truck Series wins, coupled with four Nationwide Series victories. With the win at Nashville, he surpassed boss and Kevin Harvick Inc.(KHI) co-owner Kevin Harvick who currently has 48 victories across NASCAR's three premier national touring divisions. Harvick has recorded 11 Sprint Cup, 33 Nationwide and four Truck Series wins.
ALL-TIME CREW CHIEF: Rick Ren is now the all-time winningest crew chief in Truck Series history. Ren has a total of 27 career Truck Series victories with five different drivers (Ron Hornaday (16), Rick Carelli (1), Andy Houston (3), Travis Kvapil (2), and Johnny Benson (5).
TWO TIME WINNER: Hornaday is the only two-time Truck series winner at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. He scored back-to-back wins in 1997 and 1998 at "The World's Fastest Half Mile."
HISTORY BOOKS: Hornaday will continue to try and add to the Truck Series history books as he goes for his sixth win in a row this week at Bristol Motor Speedway. Following Nashville, Hornaday joined NASCAR legends Richard Petty and Bobby Allison in a tie for second on the all-time consecutive win list. Petty holds the record for all-time consecutive wins with 10 straight wins in 1967.
Notes from the Professor: Quotes from Ron Hornaday:
CAN YOU PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE WINNING FIVE RACES IN A ROW?
"I have to keep pinching myself. In one sense I really cannot believe the run were having, but at the same time I know how hard this team works and how much effort they put in to each race. We are just fortunate that luck, the racing Gods or whatever it is, stays on our side. I'm just really thankful for everything we've been blessed with so far this season. We will continue to work hard and try to be consistent and ride it out as long as it will go."
WHAT IS THE KEY TO WINNING AT BRISTOL?
"Before they ground the track it was all about keeping your truck on the bottom of the race track. Now, it is about passing. If you can get your truck to work in the upper groove then you will probably leave the majority of the competition behind. I still like running the bottom, but you have to make your bumper pretty wide if you are going to do that. You just have to make sure the truck turns really well through each turn and the main thing at Bristol is to keep your eyes open at all times and be very aware of what is happening around you. Having a good spotter at Bristol makes all the difference. Rick Carelli (spotter) and I have worked together for many years and I'm confident he is watching every move that each truck is making, he keeps me pretty well informed."
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 33 Georgia Boot team will bring chassis No.033 to Bristol Motor Speedway. Chassis 033 was last on track at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis where Hornaday and the No. 33 team made history winning their fourth consecutive race. The win marked the team's fifth victory of 2009.
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Two weeks ago at Nashville Superspeedway, Hornaday and the No. 33 Longhorn team continued to make Truck Series history by winning their fifth race in a row, their sixth victory in 2009. The win marked Hornaday's 45th career victory and extended his points lead to 216 points over Matt Crafton.
