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NASCAR Craftsman Truck NAPA AutoCare 200 Preview-- #16, Ron Hornaday

27 June 1997

 #16 Ron Hornaday, NAPA Brakes Chevrolet
 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
 NAPA AutoCare 200 Advance
 Nazareth Speedway
 
                  HORNADAY BRINGS THE GOLD TO NAZARETH


NAZARETH, PA - Ron Hornaday and the NAPA Brakes team scored a convincing 
victory at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., last Saturday. Hornaday 
started the NAPA Chevy in the pole position and never relinquished the top 
spot. He scored his second victory of the season, his 12th in the NASCAR 
Truck Series.

 - The win at Bristol was the first for NAPA Brakes crew chief Fred Graves. 
Graves joined the NAPA team at the Loudon, N.H. event in late May.

 - "Madonna", the Chevy truck the team will run at Nazareth, has gone "Gold" 
for this weekend's NAPA AutoCare 200. She is the same truck that Hornaday 
finished fifth in at Nazareth last year. 

 - NAPA crew chief Fred Graves was the head wrench last year for Jimmy 
Hensley at Nazareth when Hensley notched the top qualifying spot for the 
NAPA AutoCare 200. The Fred Graves prepared truck finished second. 

QUOTES:

NAPA Brakes driver Ron Hornaday on Bristol win: 

"We had a great run at Bristol. I can not thank this NAPA team enough. Fred 
Graves (crew chief) and the guys had this old Chevy truck on a rail. We 
needed this win. We are having fun again. I am proud of what this team 
accomplished."

Comments on this weekend's NAPA AutoCare 200 at Nazareth:

"Nazareth is a great facility. I ran well there last year. The rain messed up 
the race. It got real slippery. It is a challenging place that's for sure. 
You need to have a good set-up, but you also need horsepower. You need to 
stay focused or this place will bite you."

By Champion Sports Group