Hornaday's Kentucky victory matches record for multiple win seasons

NEWS AND NOTES, PART II

Hornaday's victory in last week's Built Ford Tough 225 was his second of the
season. Hornaday won earlier at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway.

The victory enabled Hornaday to match longtime rival Jack Sprague (No. 60
Con-way Freight Toyota) for most NASCAR Craftsman Truck seasons with multiple
wins.

Both drivers have won multiple times in six different seasons. Sprague's last
multiple victory season was 2001 when four wins contributed to his third
NASCAR Craftsman Truck championship. Hornaday's most recent multiple win year
was 1999 -- his final year driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc.

Three drivers -- Ted Musgrave (No. 9 Team ASE Toyota), Joe Ruttman and Dennis
Setzer (No. 85 FlexFuel E85 Chevrolet) -- have multiple wins in four
different seasons.

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Kentucky Speedway's race represented the mid-point of the 2006 season. Twelve
races remain, including the series' inaugural visit to Talladega
Superspeedway on Oct. 7.

Todd Bodine (No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) completed his
ninth-consecutive race as the standings leader. He holds a 112-point lead
over Johnny Benson (No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Toyota). The latter driver, who
finished fourth in Kentucky, bypassed previous runner-up David Reutimann (No.
17 Team Tundra Toyota).

Bodine's largest lead so far was 178 points (over Reutimann) following Race
No. 10 at Michigan International Speedway. While Bodine's lead appears
comfortable, history suggests that mid-year domination doesn't always last.

In fact, the mid-year leader has won the title just three times in 11
seasons. The last mid-year leader/champion was Greg Biffle in 2000. Hornaday
(1996) and Sprague (1999) are the other mid-year leaders to win titles.

Seven different drivers have won races so far this season, with Bodine and
Mark Martin (No. 6 Scotts Ford) the leaders with three victories each. Benson
is the only first-time winner so far.

ETC. ... Former Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell (No. 07 Green Light
Racing Chevrolet) will make his second appearance of the season this week in
Memphis. Greenwell finished 26th at Mansfield. ... Marcos Ambrose (No. 20
Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford) became the first foreign-born driver to
win a Budweiser Pole since Canadian Ron Fellows when he posted a fast lap of
176.922 mph at Kentucky Speedway. Fellows' last pole came in 1999 at Watkins
Glen International. History was made on lap 13 when Ambrose and Mexico's
Michel Jourdain Jr. (No. 50 Roush Racing Ford) became the first non-Americans
to run one-two in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. ... Terry Cook (No.
10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford) matched the series record
for consecutive starts at Kentucky with his 210th straight race. ... At
Kentucky, Reutimann became the series' 32nd $1 million career winner. His
total is $1,011,232. ... Kevin Grubb, who has replaced Kyle Krisiloff in
Billy Ballew Motorsports' No. 15 Chevrolet, finished 21st in Kentucky. Grubb
hadn't competed in the series since mid-1997.

ON THE RIGHT TRACK

Setzer pretty much perfect at Memphis Motorsports Park ... Setzer has
competed in seven of eight series races held at the .75-mile track. He won in
2001 and hasn't finished worse than fifth, boasting a finishing average of
3.6. Setzer has completed all 1,402 laps of those seven races and led three
consecutive races between 2001 and 2003.

Four Memphis winners in O'Reilly 200 field ... Setzer is joined in the lineup
this week by Memphis winners Hornaday (1998), Sprague (2000) and Musgrave
(2003). Musgrave is the lap leader among active drivers with 160 laps led six
times up front. Musgrave was working three consecutive top-five finishes
until being derailed by last year's 26th-place finish.

QUOTEBOOK

"Memphis Motorsports Park is a really good short track (with) plenty of room
to race and the track itself has a few humps and bumps that make this short
track pretty distinctive. You have to look for grip because the track itself
is very seasoned." -- Dennis Setzer, whose 2001 victory was the first for his
Morgan-Dollar Motorsports team.

"We can't be ashamed of ourselves. We showed a lot of speed out there. I've
got to get better in traffic and we've got to get better at setting the truck
up for those conditions." -- Marcos Ambrose, who finished 19th at Kentucky
Speedway after leading 49 of the race's first 51 laps.

"It just feels so good to run so well." -- Brendan Gaughan (No. 77 Orleans
Dodge), whose 100th series start resulted in a third-place finish to complete
back-to-back top fives for the first time since 2003.

IN THE LOOP

Ron Hornaday Jr. didn't win last year's race -- he finished 21st -- but Loop
Data demonstrates how dominant the two-time champion had been. Hornaday
recorded four of the night's five fastest laps, recorded the third highest
speed in traffic (111.683), led the field in Quality Passes (26) and posted
the second highest Average Running Position (3.842).

If you're looking for additional favorites, consider that Rick Crawford ran
the fastest lap speed late in a run (112.606) and runner-up David Reutimann
boasts the highest Driver Rating of a returning driver (130.9).

As for Passing Zones, winner Brandon Whitt executed 85 percent of his passes
-- 18 of 21 -- either on the track's front or back stretches.

In season Loop Data statistics, Reutimann holds the best Average Running
Position (8.252) followed by Todd Bodine (8.42) and Crawford (9.289). Bodine
continues with the best Driver Rating of 109.8; however, third-place
Reutimann (106.4) rates higher than Benson (103.).

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