Ron Hornaday has found some success at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in his four Truck Series starts at the 2-mile oval with three top-10 finishes. Going into this weekend’s Cool City Customs 200, Hornaday’s best finish at MIS came in 2006 when he finished seventh.

Fourteen Down, Eight to Go:

Ron Hornaday has visited Victory Lane at 14 of the 22 tracks on the NASCAR Truck Series schedule. The eight tracks where he has yet to win are: Daytona, California, Martinsville, Michigan, Nashville, Gateway, Las Vegas and Talladega.

Leading the Way Every Day:

After last week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, Ron Hornaday has led at least one lap in all nine Truck Series races in the 2008 season. He leads the series this season in total laps led with 414. Hornaday also leads the series in bonus points earned with 60, which has helped him take the lead in the Truck Series driver’s point standings.

Tire Changer’s Injury Minor:

Gary Labretone, front tire changer on the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado team, sustained an ankle sprain last Friday night during the team’s final pit stop in the Sam’s Town 400K at Texas Motor Speedway. Labretone jumped in excitement after the team’s stop put Ron Hornaday in the lead exiting pit road and landed awkwardly as he came down. He was taken to the infield care center and returned to the pit stall in time to celebrate the win with the team. Labretone’s status for this week is unknown, but alternate changer Tim Sanders will be suited up and ready if needed.

Chassis 024 to Run at Michigan:

Crew chief Rick Ren made the decision early last week that he would take Chassis 024 to Michigan as long as it made it through last week’s Sam’s Town 400K unscathed. Not only did the truck survive, but it was parked in Victory Lane at the end of the night for the second time in 2008. Ron Hornaday also drove this truck to victory at Kansas Speedway in April.

From The Driver’s Seat – Quotes From Ron Hornaday:

On racing at Michigan: “I’ve had a couple of good runs at Michigan. We finished in the top 10 the past two races there. Michigan is a lot like California as far as the layout, but for some reason it doesn’t drive like California does. I think we may have learned some things over the past couple of races at Michigan that can make us better this time so we’ll just have to go out see what we have in practice. I know Rick Ren (crew chief) and the guys will get the truck where it needs to be for us to run good.”

Atop The Pit Box – Quotes From Rick Ren:

On racing at Michigan: “We struggled last year at Michigan, but I’m looking forward to going back to make ourselves better. The track is very demanding on a driver because it’s so hard to get good grip. It’s one of those tracks where you have to drive just right and all your set-ups have to match. I’m planning on taking the same truck we won with at Kansas and Texas so hopefully our momentum will carry over to Michigan and we can put together a solid run.”

Previous race recap:

Ron Hornaday picked up his second win of the 2008 NASCAR Truck Series season, extending his all-time series wins lead to 35, in the Sam’s Town 400K at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) last Friday night. Hornaday led 140 laps and held off Kyle Busch on a green-white-checkered restart en route to his first victory at TMS. After nine races, Hornaday now sits atop the Truck Series driver points standings with a 45-point lead over Matt Crafton.