LEBANON, Tenn. (August 11, 2008) – Ron Hornaday and the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) No. 33 VFW Chevrolet Silverado team picked up their eighth top-five finish of the season on Saturday night, finishing fifth in the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.

"At the start of the race I thought we were pretty darn good,” Hornaday said. “We got up from 14th all the way into the top five. I couldn't even tell Rick Ren (crew chief) what to do with it. One lap it would be tight and then the next lap it would be loose. Rick made an awesome call, staying out on tires. That's what this VFW crew is all about.  When you're down and come out with a top five, we'll take that. We were a 20th-place truck and finished fifth. That says a lot for our team.”

When the green flag flew on the first of the 200 laps, Hornaday quickly charged into the top five by lap 10. He continued in the fifth position before making his first scheduled pit stop on lap 38 after the caution came out for debris on the race track. Hornaday brought the No. 33 VFW Chevrolet Silverado down pit road for four tires and fuel. A good stop by crew got Hornaday back out in the fifth position for the restart on lap 41.

Hornaday took the fourth spot on the restart and radioed to the crew on lap 57 that the truck was fighting a loose condition. Ren instructed Hornaday to turn his brake blowers on to help tighten the truck’s handling. When the caution came out on lap 74 after a multi-truck accident in turn two, Hornaday radioed back to the crew to let them know the truck’s handling improved with the blowers on. Ren decided to call Hornaday down pit road for the second scheduled pit stop of the race for four tires and fuel. Hornaday restarted 11th on lap 78.

With Hornaday running in the ninth position, the caution came out on lap 115 for debris on the race track. Knowing other competitors were having trouble with newer tires, Ren made the decision for Hornaday to come down pit road for fuel only, getting Hornaday out in front of the field. Hornaday led a lap while under caution, gaining five valuable championship bonus points, before leading the field to the restart on lap 118.

Erik Darnell was able to get a run on Hornaday after the restart, and the No. 33 VFW Chevrolet Silverado settled into the second position. Fighting loose and tight conditions over the final 20 laps, Hornaday battled with Johnny Benson, Todd Bodine and KHI teammate Jack Sprague for positions before settling into the fifth spot where he took the checkered flag.

After Saturday night’s top-five finish, Hornaday is in second place in the NASCAR Truck Series championship point standings, only 45 points behind leader Johnny Benson.