Four-time Truck Series champion will be back in action at Las Vegas and Texas
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Ron Hornaday Jr. will return to competition later this year in a deal put together by sponsor Rheem and NTS Motorsports with technical support from Richard Childress Racing.
In a release posted on its web site, Rheem said the Atlanta, Georgia, based company would sponsor an entry for Hornaday for two of the final seven races in the series –- the Sept. 27 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as well as the Oct. 31 event at Texas Motor Speedway.
According to the company, Rheem “has been working to find the best available truck equipment, crew and technical expertise in an effort to return Hornaday to the truck series before the end of the 2014 season.”
Hornaday, with funding provided in part by Rheem, was fourth in points when Turner Scott Motorsports officials ceased operations for the No. 30 team earlier this month. He did not compete at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, dropping to sixth in points, and is not in Saturday night’s Lucas Oil 225 at Chicagoland Speedway.
NTS currently fields two Truck Series teams with Brennan Newberry and Gray Gaulding as the primary drivers for those teams and the organization has also had Michael Annett, Austin Dillon, John King, Justin Lofton, Chase Pistone and Jason White drive trucks for them this year. It is expected that the Hornaday team will be in addition to those two teams.
“Rheem is pleased to play a part in bringing Ron Hornaday back to where he belongs … racing trucks to win and bringing excitement and enjoyment to Camping World Truck Series fans,” Ed Raniszeski, managing director for Rheem Motorsports, said. “None of this would have been possible without the solid support of NTS Motorsports and RCR.
“We all welcome Ron back and can’t wait to see him back in the saddle.”
Hornaday is a four-time series champion, winning Truck Series titles in 1996, ’98, 2007 and ’09. He has 51 career wins in the series.
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