NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sears DieHard 200 Preview -- #16, Ron Hornaday
2 July 1997
#16 Ron Hornaday, NAPA Brakes Chevrolet NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sears DieHard 200 Advance The Milwaukee Mile HORNADAY TO DRIVE INJURED IN MILWAUKEE WEST ALLIS, WI - At the NAPA AutoCare 200, this past weekend in Nazareth, Penn., NAPA Brakes driver Ron Hornaday aggravated an injury that he sustained earlier this year in Orlando, Fla. Hornaday was involved in an accident on lap 188 of the 200 lap event in Nazareth. Hornaday was told by his doctor on Tuesday that he tore the cartilage that connects the rib cage to the sternum (the same injury suffered in Orlando). He also cracked a rib on his right side. - Steve Park, driver of the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. NASCAR Busch Series Chevrolet, will be on stand by as a possible relief driver for Hornaday at Milwaukee, Wisc. Park will compete at Milwaukee in Sunday's Busch Series event. - The NAPA Brakes team will debut a new Chevy truck for the Milwaukee event. The team has been putting in longer than normal hours this week preparing the truck to get it ready in time for the Milwaukee Truck Series event. - Hornaday will carry CBS television cameras on board the NAPA Brakes Chevy this weekend in Milwaukee. - Hornaday is scheduled to practice and qualify Bobby Labonte's No. 44 Busch Series entry in Milwaukee. Labonte will be in Daytona Beach, Fla. for Saturday's Winston Cup event. Labonte will drive the No. 44 car in Sunday's race. QUOTES: NAPA Brakes driver Ron Hornaday on last week's Nazareth race: "We had a good truck in Nazareth. We got back in the pack because of having to stop late for fuel. I had to race hard to get to the front through all that traffic. I was racing hard with Chuck Bown for fifth, we had a good battle going. I checked up and got run over by the guy behind me. I crashed hard. My ribs are real sore." Comments on this weekend's event in Milwaukee: "Milwaukee has been a track that the NAPA team has run well at. We have run up front and led laps. The fans are great in that part of the country, they really support their NASCAR racing. I feel we will have a good run. I am sore from the wreck at Nazareth, my ribs cause me some pain. I think I will be fine for the race." Ron Hornaday Milwaukee Statistics Date St Fn Laps Money Won Status 7/6/96 7 3 200(200) 15,600 Running 7/1/95 3 3 125(125) 10,800 Running Ron Hornaday is currently eleventh in NASCAR Truck Series points. By Champion Sports Group