Kevin Harvick Inc. announced today that Armour Canned Meats and Kroger Mid-Atlantic Food Stores have teamed up to sponsor four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday at Martinsville Speedway for the Kroger 200 on October 23, 2010. Hornaday will make his 17th-career Truck Series start at Martinsville Speedway in October. The 0.526-mile track in Virginia is one of only nine tracks on the current NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule in which the four-time Truck Series champion has yet to record a win. “I think this year we might have a little magic with Armour Canned Meats and Kroger Mid-Atlantic Food Stores coming on board for a special paint scheme,” added Hornaday. “Every time the Armour paint scheme has been on the side of Kevin’s Nationwide Series car it has ended up in victory lane. We are hoping it brings us the same luck so we can collect the first Truck Series Grandfather Clock trophy from Martinsville.” Kroger Mid-Atlantic Food stores, a proud NASCAR and KHI supporter is pleased to team up with Armour Canned Meats to carry the camouflage color Vienna sausage can pack beginning in November in their Mid-Atlantic region.(Kevin Harvick Inc. PR)(10-18-2010)
UPDATE: Beginning this weekend at Martinsville Speedway, Hornaday will hear a new voice from atop the pit box. Butch Hylton will move over to the No. 33 truck for the remainder of the 2010 season, calling the shots as crew chief for Hornaday. Hylton previously severed as crew chief for the No.2 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolet. In his 13 years serving as a crew chief in NASCAR’s three elite series, Hylton has accumulated 10 wins and one Nationwide Series owner’s championship with Kevin Harvick and Johnny Sauter in 2003. In 2000, Hylton served as car chief for Bobby Labonte’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship season. Hylton also won the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona GT division race serving as crew chief.(Kevin Harvick Inc. PR)(10-18-2010)
