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Michigan is the only track that Ron Hornaday has more than one start and no top-five finishes.

Out with the old and in with the new at Michigan

None of previous race winners entered in this week's race

By NASCAR.COM
June 10, 2010
11:43 AM EDT
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Race No. 9 -- VFW 200 from Michigan International Speedway (1:30 p.m. ET Saturday on SPEED). Green at 2:19 p.m. ET.

0 -- Ron Hornaday is winless in 2010. This is the longest he has gone into a season without a victory. Hornaday has won at least one race in each of his 10 full time Truck seasons.

0 -- No past Michigan winning driver or owner is entered in this weekend's race.

1 -- Only one race at Michigan has been won from the pole: Travis Kvapil in 2007.

1 -- There was a first time pole winner (Brian Ickler) and race winner (Colin Braun) last year at Michigan. It was the 17th time in series history a first time pole winner and race winner came in the same race.

1 -- Johnny Sauter is the only driver to start in the top 10 in all eight races this season.

1 -- Michigan is the only track on the Truck Series schedule where Ron Hornaday has more than one start and does not have a top-five finish.

3 -- Mike Skinner has started and finished in the top 10 in the past three races at Michigan. Skinner's best start in those three races was the pole in 2008 and his best finish was fourth in 2007.

3 -- James Buescher has three consecutive top-six finishes in the Truck Series.

4 -- Four drivers have competed in all 10 races at Michigan: Terry Cook, Rick Crawford, Dennis Setzer and David Starr. Starr is the only one of the four on the entry list for Saturday's race.

5 -- The driver who has led the most laps hasn't won in five of the 10 races, including the past four.

7 -- Todd Bodine has finished in the top five in seven of the eight races this season. He has an average finish of 6.6 and scored his first 2010 win at Texas last weekend.

8 -- The driver leading with 10 laps to go has won eight of the 10 Truck events at Michigan.

10 -- All 10 Truck races at Michigan have been won from a top 12 starting position with the average winning starting position at 7.4.

75 -- Kyle Busch will be making his 75th Truck Series start this weekend at Michigan. Busch has finished second in three of his four Truck starts at Michigan. In the fourth race he finished seventh.

154.044 -- Brendan Gaughan's win in 2003 had an average speed of 154.044 mph, the fastest race in Truck Series history. Gaughan's margin of victory in that race was 11.477 seconds, the fourth-largest margin of victory in series history.

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Top five at Michigan
Pos. Driver Starts Wins Top-5 Top-10
1. Todd Bodine 5 0 2 4
2. Aric Almirola 1 0 0 0
3. Timothy Peters 3 0 0 1
4. Ron Hornaday 6 0 0 4
5. Johnny Sauter 1 0 0 0
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