NASCAR Truck Series Race
3 of 25 — Atlanta Motor
Speedway
Previously at California:
Ron Hornaday and the No.
33 Camping World/VFW
Chevrolet Silverado team
made a solid run on their
way to a fifth-place finish
two weeks ago in the San
Bernardino County 200 at the
Auto Club Speedway of
Southern California.
Hornaday led 15 laps as the
team picked up their first
top-five finish of the 2008
NASCAR Truck Series season.
Georgia Is On Hornaday’s
Mind After Second-Place
Finish In October:
After sitting on the pole
and finishing second to Kyle
Busch in last October’s Easy
Care Vehicle Service
Contracts 200, Hornaday is
looking to add another
Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS)
checkered flag to his
collection. He picked up his
first win at Kevin Harvick
Inc. (KHI) back in March of
2005. Hornaday had a
successful off-season test
at Atlanta, where he was
fastest on the first day of
the two-day test session,
and feels good about his
chances this time around. In
six Truck Series starts at
AMS, Hornaday has two
top-five finishes, one win
and has completed a total of
788 out of the possible 790
laps, leading 70.
From The Driver’s Seat –
Quotes From Ron Hornaday:
On the fifth-place finish
in California: “We had an
awesome truck and got a
top-five finish, which is
great after the bad luck we
had at Daytona. Praise to
NASCAR again. These things
are fun to drive and it is
back in the driver's hands
again. I am going back and
starting to work out again
because these things are a
handful."
On racing at Atlanta
Motor Speedway: “Atlanta is
one of those tracks that you
can run wide open. The turns
there have almost as much
banking as Daytona and
Talladega and you can carry
some really good speed going
into the straight-aways. We
sat on the pole and finished
second down there last
October with a good truck.
We tested at Atlanta back in
January and did really well;
learned some things that I
think will pay off for us
when we get there for the
race.”
Atop The Pit Box – Quotes
from Rick Ren:
On preseason test
sessions at Atlanta Motor
Speedway: “Atlanta is a
good, smooth track and you
have two good grooves you
can run in. We had a great
test down there in January
and we were fastest on the
first day. We tried a few
different things on the
second day and still ran in
the top five. We also did a
tire test for Goodyear at
Atlanta after the season
ended (2007) and learned
some things about the tire
that we will use. After our
second-place finish there
last October and the success
we had during testing, I
look for us to have a solid
run when we get to Atlanta.”
Tire Carrier Jeffrey Roth
To Pull Double-Duty At
Home-State Track:
A native of Washington,
Georgia, Jeffrey Roth will
be pulling double-duty at
Atlanta Motor Speedway this
weekend. Roth, who has
stepped in as the rear tire
carrier for the No. 33
Camping World/VFW Chevrolet
Silverado crew, can be seen
doing the same on Saturday
for the No. 33 Camping
World/RoadLoans.com/Rheem
Chevrolet driven by Kevin
Harvick during the NASCAR
Nationwide Series race.
About Camping World
Camping World is
America’s largest RV and
outdoor retailer serving a
brisk and growing demand for
the RV lifestyle. After
having successfully
co-located for several years
at selected locations,
FreedomRoads, a dynamic
national network of
well-established local and
regional RV dealerships and
Camping World, America’s
largest direct marketer and
specialty retailer of RV and
outdoor camping accessories,
service and RV sales, joined
together to provide
consumers with greater
choice, convenience and
value. Today, with revenues
exceeding $1.7 billion, the
company serves RV
enthusiasts with more than
130 retail locations. For
more information, visit
www.campingworld.com.
About Kevin Harvick Inc.
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI),
established in 2001, is a
70,000 sq. ft. facility
located in Kernersville,
N.C. KHI houses two full
time Truck Series teams: the
No. 33 Camping
World/Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) Chevrolet
Silverado driven by
three-time Truck Series
champion Ron Hornaday as
well as the No. 2 American
Commercial Lines/RVs.com
Chevrolet Silverado driven
by three-time Truck Series
champion Jack Sprague. KHI
is also home to the No. 33
Camping World/RoadLoans.com/Rheem
Chevrolet driven by two-time
Nationwide Series champion
Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday
and Cale Gale and the No. 77
Rheem/VFW Chevrolet
competing in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series. 2008
marks KHI’s fifth year of
full-time competition in
NASCAR’s elite divisions.
Please visit
www.kevinharvickinc.com for
more information.
QUICK NOTES
Date: March 7, 2008
Track: Atlanta Motor
Speedway
Event Name: American
Commercial Lines 200
Race length: 130 laps/200
miles
Banking/Turns: 24-degree
in turns
Track layout: 1.54-mile
Shape: Quad-oval
Pre-Race Schedule:
Thursday:
Practice: 3:30 p.m., ET –
5:30 p.m., ET
Final Practice: 6:00
p.m., ET –
7:00 p.m., ET
Friday:
Qualifying: 4:40 p.m., ET
Broadcast Times:
TV: The American
Commercial Lines 200 can be
seen on SPEED at
9:00 p.m., ET
Radio: The Motor Racing
Network (MRN) will broadcast
the race live at 9:00 p.m.,
ET.
No. 33 Camping World
Chevrolet Silverado Specs
Chassis: 012
Engine: PME