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Ron Hornaday would love to take the points lead from Mike Skinner at Milwaukee.By the Numbers: Truck
Hornaday hasn't finished a Milwaukee race outside top 10
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There is no doubt Ron Hornaday is one of the top drivers in the Craftsman Truck Series. A fact that's hard to argue with 31 wins in his career which just happens to be the most in series history.
But there is one track on the schedule that Hornaday completely owns and that's The Milwaukee Mile, host of Friday's Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (8:30 p.m. ET, SPEED).
"As I have said before, my favorite tracks are the ones I win at. So Milwaukee should be a good race for us," Hornaday said. "We are riding on a lot of momentum right now, and I know [crew chief] Rick [Ren] and the guys are bringing a great truck."
Great truck or not, expect Hornaday to find his way to the front quickly. In seven races at The Milwaukee Mile, Hornaday has taken his truck to Victory Lane once, finished in the top-five six times and his worst finish is a seventh back in 1999.
With an average finish of 3.6, Milwaukee ranks as Hornaday's strongest track on the schedule. On a season which has already seen him post two wins and nine top-10s in 10 races, the second-place Hornaday hopes to cut into Mike Skinner's 113-point lead.
Interesting Fact
4Milwaukee, Martinsville, O'Reilly and Phoenix are the only four tracks to have a race scheduled in all 13 seasons of the Craftsman Truck Series. Only two drivers have won at all four tracks: Mike Skinner and Jack Sprague.
Fun Fact
2Last season Toyota sponsored two Truck Series races, one at Milwaukee and the other at Nashville. Johnny Benson won both of those races last season driving -- a Toyota.
All the Facts
0No driver has competed in every Truck Series race held at The Milwaukee Mile. Terry Cook missed the inaugural race in 1995 and has been at every one since.
1Ted Musgrave is the only two-time winner at the Milwaukee Mile. His last win came in 2004.
2.675Average running position of Jack Sprague in the last two races at Milwaukee, tops among all drivers.
6Number of drivers in this week's race at Milwaukee who call the Badger State their home state. Ted Musgrave, Kelly Bires, Travis Kvapil, Ryan Mathews, Tim Sauter and Brad Mueller all hail from Wisconsin.
8Last year's race at Milwaukee had eight different leaders, the most of any Truck Series race at the Milwaukee Mile.
9Number of top-10 finishes for Jack Sprague at The Milwaukee Mile in 10 races run.
10Mike Skinner has led a lap in all 10 races so far this season.
11In 12 Truck Series races at The Milwaukee Mile, 11 of them have been won from a starting position of fifth or better. The only race won outside the top five was Jack Sprague in 1996 when he started eighth.
20Best finish at Milwaukee for Todd Bodine, who is currently third in the point standings. The rest of the top-five in points have finished no worse than third at The Milwaukee Mile.
24Number of quality passes Mike Bliss has in the last two races at Milwaukee, tops among all drivers.
34Number of drivers running at the end of last year's race, the most of any Truck Series race at The Milwaukee Mile.
45.65Number of passes on the frontstretch in the last two races at Milwaukee, the most on any part of the racetrack. The backstretch saw the fewest amount of passes at 13.81 percent.
126.0Driver Rating for Ron Hornaday in the last two races at The Milwaukee Mile, tops among all drivers.
152Number of laps Dennis Setzer has led in the last two races at Milwaukee, or 38 percent of the laps run.
294Number of quality passes for Todd Bodine on the season, tops among all drivers.
400Number of laps Ron Hornaday ran in the top 15 in the last two races at Milwaukee, the only driver to complete every lap in the top 15.
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Milwaukee Mile
NCTS Results
| Year | Driver | Make | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Mike Skinner | Chevrolet | 87.413 |
| 1996 | Jack Sprague | Chevrolet | 87.816 |
| 1997 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | 105.665 |
| 1998 | Mike Bliss | Ford | 104.347 |
| 1999 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 106.714 |
| 2000 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 89.264 |
| 2001 | Ted Musgrave | Dodge | 92.939 |
| 2002 | Terry Cook | Ford | 104.490 |
| 2003 | Brendan Gaughan | Dodge | 109.689 |
| 2004 | Ted Musgrave | Dodge | 92.230 |
| 2005 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 109.907 |
| 2006 | Johnny Benson | Toyota | 85.673 |
Official Standings
Craftsman Truck Series
| Pos. | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | -- | Mike Skinner | 1708 | Leader |
| 2. | -- | Ron Hornaday | 1595 | -113 |
| 3. | -- | Todd Bodine | 1508 | -200 |
| 4. | +2 | Travis Kvapil | 1443 | -265 |
| 5. | -1 | Rick Crawford | 1424 | -284 |
| 6. | -1 | Ted Musgrave | 1420 | -288 |
| 7. | +1 | Johnny Benson | 1264 | -444 |
| 8. | +2 | Aaron Fike | 1232 | -476 |
| 9. | -2 | Jack Sprague | 1205 | -503 |
| 10. | -1 | Matt Crafton | 1184 | -524 |
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