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NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

JULY 24, 2009

Ron Hornaday Wins at O’Reilly Raceway Park to Become First Driver in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series History to Win Four Consecutive Races; Extends his Lead in the Point Standings to 174 Points

Indianapolis, IN – Ron Hornaday, Jr. made NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history tonight at O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) taking his No. 33 VFW.org Silverado to victory lane to become the first driver to win four consecutive races.

It was the three-time NCWTS champion’s third win at ORP and the 44th of his career. He extended his lead in the point standings to 174 points with 13 of 25 races in the 2009 record books as he battles for an unprecedented fourth title.

Dennis Setzer, No. 8 Malcolmson Construction Silverado finished fourth.

Mike Skinner (Toyota), Aric Almirola (Toyota) and Colin Braun (Ford) completed the top-five finishers.

The next event for the NCWTS will be on August 1, 2009 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Ron Hornaday

“I have to thank Kevin and DeLana (Harvick, team owners). People ask me how I do it and it is those two people right there. They just keep putting trucks underneath us, getting the right employees, just so. awesome. Mark Smith and everybody at the motor shop, PME, and especially all these fans. This is so cool to come around and see them put their hands up. This is what makes it so special. I have my wife here, this is so cool.

“We were just really tight on those long runs and I just kept playing with the rear brake and all that stuff. Then (Mike) Skinner put those tires on and I thought he had us. Once I found a groove that worked. I saw Kyle Busch run up and you can get a good run off. If you miss it by a half inch, you are going to get loose up off. I concentrated every time and when Mike got that good run off of there and he could have put me up against the fence, but he didn’t. We haven’t got a mark on this truck. I have to thank Mike for that.

“Colin Braun ran one heck of a race. Man this is what the truck series is all about, this is a lot of fun.”

HOW ABOUT FOUR IN A ROW, HOW DO YOU GUYS DO IT?

“Kevin and DeLana (Harvick). That’s all you can say. Another brand new truck. (Mike) Skinner had tires and I didn’t think I had him. I’ve got to thank VFW and Longhorn, Hungry Man, Vlassic Pickles I get to run them tomorrow that’s going to be fun. I tell you Mark Smith and them guys put on these motors, I’ve really got to thank them and all the guys back at the shop, everyone of these guys right here. Four in a row, that’s cool. Three has been done and to do this says a lot. I tell you Colin Braun I thought he was going to win this thing, he had a better truck and he rolled through the center better. Skinner put tires on and I don’t know how I held him off. I’ve got to thank him for running such a clean race. He definitely had a better truck toward the end. Kevin and DeLana this one is for you guys. This is cool.”

DID YOU KNOW THAT SKINNER WAS COMING AS FAST AS HE WAS?

“Yeah, he put tires on and I said can’t we come in and put tires on with six to eight to go? It’s just an awesome night. I know I’m forgetting everybody, Rick Carelli. Goodyear brought a brand new tire, an awesome tire. This says a lot for the Truck Series. I tell you what I wanted that fourth one so bad.”

I HOPE YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SAVOR THIS BECAUSE ITS REALLY QUITE AN OCCASION AND THE MOMENTUM YOU’VE PUT TOGETHER WITH THIS TEAM IS SOEMTHING WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

“Well I’m going to keep taking my hat off to Kevin and DeLana. Everybody back at the track that are working real hard to get these sponsors. I mean there are a lot of them and I know I’m forgetting some of them. Copart and VFW again there’s jsut a lot of them. Just to see how everything is working and Kevin and DeLana working hard to keep everybody together. We’ve got nine trucks that they’ve put bodies on. This just says a lot for KHI. Kevin and DeLana have just really built the program up where its a lot of fun to race and a lot of fun to drive their stuff. When you win four in a row you can’t get tired of nothing.”

DENNIS SETZER, NO. 8 MALCOLMSON CONSTRUCTION SILVERADO, FINISHED 4TH:

“We were just fortunate. Randy Dean (crew chief) and these guys did a good job making adjustments. We were just fair to start with but they just kept plugging along making adjustments and did what we needed to do. We are having fun. It is good to be racing again. This team needs to be in the top-three every week. We just need to get the consistent runs to be up there.

“Randy did a good job making the call on the tires. Man, that is a lot of fun when you have tires and those other guys don’t. I was in that situation early in the race. We stayed out one time and I was sitting duck and kind of rode it out. I just went a lap down and the caution came out. But we rallied back.”

Matt Crafton

“Like I said to the guys I’ve got big shoulders. I made a mistake. We talked about coming down pit road going down the front straightaway and I just followed the leaders right by pit road. My truck was good on the short run. It would go 10 laps and then it would just fall off real bad. I made the mistake. I’ve got big shoulders and I hate it for the team because I made the mistake going by pit road and didn’t get tires. Like I said that happens.”

TALK ABOUT THE FOCUS AS WE GO DOWN THE STRETCH AND YOU CONTINUE IN THIS POINTS BATTLE.

“I’m just going to keep doing what we’re doing. We’ve been so good on our intermediate track stuff. Our short track stuff we went and tested this week and I thought we made some progress. We made our stuff go on the short run but it wasn’t as good on the long run. We’ve just got to work on it more. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep up with the No. 33 except on these short tracks. I think next week when we go to Nashville we’ll be just fine.Our intermediate stuff is pretty good.”

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