RONALD  LEE  "RON"  HORNADAY  Jr   -   06/20/1958

was a NASCAR racer is all three of NASCAR's elite divisions.  He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two time Winston West Champion.  Adding on to the family legacy, Ron is a four time champion in the Truck Series, his most recent coming in 2009.  Hornaday began racing in go-karts and motorcycles early in his career.  Eventually, he moved up to race stock cars at Saugus Speedway.  He made his NASCAR Cup debut in 1992 at the Save Mart 300K, where he started seventeenth but finished 32nd in Bob Fisher's #92 Chevrolet.  He made another start later that year at Phoenix International Raceway, where he finished 25th.  He made sporadic Cup starts from 1993-2000 never running more than two races in any one season. Hornaday signed to drive the #16 RCCA Products/Papa John's Pizza Chevrolet Silverado owned by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. for the then-start-up Craftsman Truck Series in 1995.  He won the pole in the Truck Series first ever race; and went on to finish ninth.  The next week he would start sixth and go on to claim his first win.  He would win six times in 1995; but finish third in the points.  The next year, with sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts, Hornaday won four races and the series championship.  He followed that up with seven wins in 1997; and followed that up with six additional wins in 1998; along with his second Truck series 

Championship.  He had two additional wins in 1999 before moving to the Xfinity Series to race full time in 2000; still driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc.  He picked up wins at Nazareth Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished fifth in points, runner-up to Kevin Harvick for Rookie of the Year honors.  Hornaday signed with A.J. Foyt Racing in the Cup series for 2001, driving the #14 Conseco Pontiac Grand Prix.  Despite posting a ninth-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Hornaday struggled  throughout the year and finished 38th in points, causing him to lose his job at the end of the year.  Hornaday raced 32 races in the 36 race season. 2002-2004 found Hornaday running full time in the Xfinity series; now driving for

2001 Cup ride

2009 Xfinity ride

Richard Childress.  During those three years he won two races, and finished third in the points in 2003, and fourth in 2004.  Starting in 2005 Hornaday went back to racing full time in the Truck series in a vehicle owned by Kevin Harvick.  In that period he has won 21 truck races, and posted 72 top five finishes; also winning the championship in 2007, and 2009.  His final Truck Series race came at Texas where he would start 16th and finish 12th.  His final career start would come in the Cup series in March of 2015 driving the #30 Chevy owned by The Motorsports group. He would start 34th but have rear end problems after 187 laps and finish 42nd.  For his NASCAR career, Hornaday has  

won 51 Truck series races, and has 158 top five finishes, and won the championship four times (1996, 1998, 2007, 2009).  He raced in 184 Xfinity events collecting four wins, and raced 46 times in the Cup division without a win and a best finish of ninth at Las Vegas in 2001.  Some info from Wikipedia

Last Truck win - Las Vegas 2011

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