Notes from the Professor: Quotes from Ron Hornaday:

WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR YOU TO GET YOUR FIRST SUPERSPEEDWAY WIN AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY?

"Since I first sat behind the wheel of a race car I wanted to go to Daytona. I know a lot of drivers say that, but driving through the tunnel at Daytona always gives me chills. To win a race at Daytona would fulfill a dream. It would be a great accomplishment."

ARE YOU PLEASED THAT THE PIT STOP RULES ARE DIFFERENT FOR 2010?

"Last season the new rules were definitely a challenge for our team, but in the end we figured it out. I personally like making one stop for fuel and tires, but I commend NASCAR for trying something different to try and help teams save on costs. We will just have to see how the new fuel cell works out."

UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP: Dave Fuge has joined KHI and the No. 33 team as crew chief for the 2010 season. Hornaday and Fuge have a storied history dating back to the NASCAR Southwest Tour days when Fuge's chassis were the ones to beat week in and week out at Hornaday's home track Sagus (Calf.) Speedway. In 2002, Hornaday drove for Fuge when he jumped behind the wheel of a second truck for IWX Motorsports at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway for only his second Truck Series start of the season. Hornaday won the race, his first and only to date at Homestead, while teammate Mike Bliss won the 2002 Truck Series championship.

Quotes from Crew Chief Dave Fuge:

DO YOU FEEL ANY ADDED PRESSURE JOINING THE REIGNING CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM?

"Not any more pressure than I put on myself. I think from the outside there is some pressure placed on me and this team to see if we can repeat last year's success but everyone at KHI expects a lot and I expect the same. We have all the resources we need in the driver, team and equipment to be successful."

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WORKING WITH FOUR-TIME TRUCK SERIES CHAMPION RON HORNADAY AND KHI?

"I've known Ron forever; I've raced with and against him for over 20 years so we know each other pretty well. Kevin and Ron are West Coast guys like myself and we all have the same mentality when it comes to winning and we aren't going to let anything get in our way to get there."

RECORD HOLDER: Hornaday holds an abundance of records in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series most notably he is the championship record holder with four championships (2009, 2007, 1998 and 1996). He also holds the record for most wins in the series with 45. He is also the all-time short-track winner with 20 of his 45 victories coming at tracks less than one-mile in length. At the end of 2009 members of the media named Hornaday Truck Series driver of the decade. He was also named the third quarter driver of the year and inducted into the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association 40th All-American team as a first team selection. In 2009, he also won five consecutive races, the first Truck Series driver to ever accomplish this feat. Hornaday wrote his name in the record books along side Bobby Allison and Richard Petty as only the third driver in NASCAR history to win five consecutive races. He also possesses the record for highest top-10 finishing average. In 1996, Hornaday had a 95.8 percent top-10 finish average, out of 24 starts Hornaday finished in the top 10 a record 23 times.

CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 33 Longhorn team will take chassis No. 026 to Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Chassis No. 026 is the same truck that Hornaday competed with at Daytona last season when he scored his career-best finish of fifth in the season opener.