Ron Hornaday News

#66 Closes:

#66 Closes:

April 25, 2001
Citing what he called an untenable business proposition in continuing to field a CTS team, Dale Phelon on Tuesday morning told his employees he was closing his truck shop here. Phelon, a multi-million-dollar business operator who has competed in the truck series since

#14 Tests:

#14 Tests:

April 6, 2001
#14 Tests: Ron Hornaday and the #14 Conseco Pontiac tested at Greensville-Pickens Speedway on Wednesday in preparation for Martinsville this weekend(Garagepass)(4-6-2001) (4-5-2001)

Testing UPDATE:

Testing UPDATE:

April 5, 2001
Testing UPDATE: hearing quite a few Winston Cup teams are testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in SC this week. It is similar to Martinsville. Hear #8-Dale Earnahrdt Jr, #11-Brett Bodine and #14-Ron Hornaday are among the drivers testing. #40-Sterling Marlin will

Change at the #14? UPDATE:

Change at the #14? UPDATE:

April 4, 2001
Change at the #14? UPDATE: hearing that crew chief Philippe Lopez and the #14 AJ Foyt Racing team have parted ways?(4-3-2001) UPDATE: Phillipe Lopez, crew chief the past year for A.J. Foyt's #14, has left the team, and Fred Graves will handle the duties until a permanent

Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas – Drivers UPDATE 4 final:

Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas – Drivers UPDATE 4 final:

March 2, 2001
Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas - Drivers UPDATE 4 final: Thanks to The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, drivers who race in both the NASCAR Winston West event at the Bullring and the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race will compete for three nights of

Rookie of the Year:

Rookie of the Year:

February 27, 2001
Rookie of the Year: Richard Childress Racing has decided to enter Kevin Harvick in this season's Raybestos rookie of the year program in the Winston Cup series. Harvick, 25, missed the season-opening Daytona 500, but since the program doesn't count a rookie's worst

Missing Graphics:

Missing Graphics:

February 15, 2001
Missing Graphics: Fox Sports wasn't able to fulfill its pledge to show sponsor logos for all cars in today's Daytona Twin 125-mile qualifying races. For five cars, the decision was understandable: those teams did not have a primary sponsor. But Fox said it wasn't able

Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas – Drivers:

Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas – Drivers:

February 11, 2001
Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas - Drivers: Thanks to The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, drivers who race in both the NASCAR Winston West event at the Bullring and the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race will compete for three nights of luxury at the Strip

Atlanta Testing:

Atlanta Testing:

February 8, 2001
Atlanta Testing: Cup and BGN testing will occur at Atlanta Motor Speedway Feb 20-21st. Fifteen drivers from the NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series are expected for two intensive days of testing in preparation for the March 9-11 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2:

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2:

January 31, 2001
For the second consecutive day, #50-Greg Biffle paced a field of BGN drivers who were preparing for the Sam's Town 300 on March 3rd. Biffle turned a lap of 166.359mph, which was faster than #74-Chad Little's 165.299mph. There were 11 NASCAR Busch Series teams who participated

Daytona Testing – Day 3:

Daytona Testing – Day 3:

January 22, 2001
#17-Ricky Hendrick posted the fastest single lap time in the final day of truck testing at 182.615 mph. Trucks in an afternoon drafting session were posting speeds in the high 180's with Bobby Hamilton running the #8 Dodge at 189.155mph. The speeds: 8, Bobby Hamilton

CTS Day 1 Test at Daytona over – Lance Norick the fastest:

CTS Day 1 Test at Daytona over – Lance Norick the fastest:

January 19, 2001
#90-Lance Norick ran the fastest lap at the 1st day of CTS testing at Daytona, a lap of 182.482mph. Here is the full rundown of Day 1: 1. #90-Lance Norick, 182.482 mph2. #17-Ricky Hendrick, 182.2603. #60-Travis Kvapil, 181.5034. #66a-Rick Carelli, 180.9455. #46-Dennis

Midday Speeds at Daytona Testing – Day 1:

Midday Speeds at Daytona Testing – Day 1:

January 19, 2001
First on the track at 10:30am/et Friday was Bobby Dotter in the #08 People Against Drugs Chevy. #17-Ricky Hendrick was the fastest at 181.792mph, 2nd was #60-Travis Kvapil at 180.607mph. Third fastest was Ford driver #66-Rick Carelli at 179.745mph. The three day test

#48 Crew Chief:

#48 Crew Chief:

November 28, 2000
#48 Crew Chief: Innovative Motorsports Team Owner George deBidart announced the hiring of Gere Kennon as crew chief for the #48 Goulds Pumps Chevrolet driven by Mike McLaughlin in the BGN. Kennon, 43, joins the organization after leading Ron Hornaday to two wins and

UPDATE 4 Foyt’s Announcement:

UPDATE 4 Foyt’s Announcement:

November 3, 2000
hearing AJ Foyt will announce his 2001 Cup plans at Phoenix on Friday, Nov 3rd, Supposedly Ron Hornaday will be named the new driver of the #14 Conseco Pontiac for 2001(11-1-2000) UPDATE 5 ANNOUNCED: A.J. Foyt announced today(11-3) that he has signed two-time CTS Champion