Mr. Goodcents 300

Started: 35th
Finished 24th

Kansas City, MO (September 29, 2001) - Ron Hornaday and the No. 11
Channellock Chevrolet team started 35th in the Mr. Goodcents 300 at KansasSpeedway.  Hornaday and the team were satisfied with performance of
the Channellock Chevrolet and felt confident that they would be contenders for Saturday's event.

The Channellock Chevrolet got loose in turn's one and two of Hornaday's
first qualifying lap.  He picked up over two seconds on his second lap, giving the
team a 35th starting position for Saturday's event.  He battled an ill handling,
loose racecar for the first 10 laps of the race. The caution flag flew for the first
time on lap 11.  This gave the Channellock crew a chance to bring Hornaday in
and drop the track bar one round.

Quoting Hornaday: "We struggled in qualifying and we were not even close to
where we needed to be (Friday) afternoon.  Bob Temple and the guys made
changes to the setup as the race went on and the car's handling just
wouldn't come around.  We lost a lap about half way through the race, but we
still finished inside the top-25.  This was the car we ran in Michigan and
Chicago and we found some ways to make it better.  We've been looking
forward to Charlotte for several weeks now and we finally get to focus our
attention on the Little Trees 300.

Media High Lights

Totally NASCAR televised a feature on what Ron Hornaday did on his time away
from the race track Friday, September 28, 2001.  Hornaday will be a guest on
the WSOC morning radio show here in Charlotte this week for the race at
Lowes Motor Speedway. Log on to www.bgnracing.com on Monday, October 1, 2001 to do a live chat with Hornaday.

NEXT BUSCH RACE EVENT:
Saturday, October 6, 2001
Lowes Motor Speedway
Little Trees 300
Charlotte, NC at 12:00 p.m. EST
TV: TNT Radio: PRN

Hornaday Preparing for Battle with Kansas

Mooresville, NC (September 25, 2001) - Ron Hornaday has never raced a car at Kansas, but he won’t be any further behind the rest of the competition in the NASCAR Busch Series. It’s going to be a tough race for the tough cars, but Hornaday is confident that his team will find a comfort zone somewhere on the new race track.

"There’s just no other track we can compare to Kansas, so it could be anyone’s race," said Hornaday. "It’s not even fair to compare Kansas to any other track because the characteristics are totally unique, it’s just in a class of its own. I really don’t know what to expect when we get there because I’ve never raced on anything like it. So, we’ll rely on the test date NASCAR has given us on Thursday to make some notes of our own."

NASCAR has scheduled a test date for the Busch Series on Thursday, September 27th, in order to prepare themselves for the 300 mile inaugural event which heads up the double header weekend in Kansas.

Hornaday is focusing on a good finish or a win to complete the season for the Channellock Chevrolet team. The engine problem in Dover that put the No. 11 out of contention is now a faded memory as far as Hornaday is concerned, but he is more determined than ever to finish out the season with a win.

"We lost some spots in the points last week at Dover, but the points battle is so close right now we are practically neck in neck with the two teams in front of us. I’m shooting for fifth or better in Saturday’s race, that would be a great accomplishment for this Channellock team."

Bud Pole qualifying for the Mr. Goodcents 300 is scheduled to occur on Friday, September 28th, at 1:15 p.m.. EST. The race will commence on Saturday, September 29th at 1:00 p.m. EST, and the action on the 1.5 mile track of Kansas will be televised live on NBC and broadcast live on MRN radio.