Ron Hornaday Returns to Mesa
Marin With Kevin Harvick
Bakersfield,
CA –Two drivers who shaped NASCAR short track racing on
the west coast return to their roots Saturday night, April
26, as Kevin Harvick and Ron Hornaday return to compete at
Mesa Marin Raceway. NASCAR Winston Cup driver Kevin
Harvick, a native of Bakersfield will return to Mesa Marin
to compete in
the NASCAR Late Model Series event on April 26. Harvick,
the 1993 track champion at Mesa Marin while still
attending North High School, has gone on to claim
championships in the NASCAR Busch Series, the NASCAR
Winston West Series and currently sits in sixth position
in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup standings. Harvick was also
the International Race of Champions (I.R.O.C) 2002 series
champ.
Hornaday, another California native from the Palmdale
area, raced thousands of laps around Mesa Marin before
being hired by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to drive in the NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series in 1994. Hornaday went on to become
one of the kings of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,
winning two championships during his tenure with the truck
series. Hornaday now drives for RCR on the Busch Series
and is currently second in the championship standings.
During their weekend of competition at California Speedway
in Fontana, both drivers will board a plane and come to
Mesa Marin in the early evening to be at the track in time
to compete in the 75 lap NASCAR Late Model main event.
Last year Harvick started 29th in the Late Model field at
Mesa Marin and won the 75 lap event. On the 26th, both
drivers will be forced to start at the rear of the field
once again as they will not make qualifying due to their
schedules.
“It will be one hell of a race to front!” exclaimed Mesa
Marin owner Marion Collins. “I can see it now, one of the
two will get a couple of cars ahead of the other, and the
sparks will start to fly.” Collins added. Brandon Miller,
the 2002 NASCAR Super Late Model champ at Mesa Marin will
join Harvick and Hornaday at the rear of the field as he
too will miss qualifying due to racing in Fontana.
Gates open at 5:00pm, racing begins at 7:30pm. Adult
general admission tickets are $10.00, and kids tickets are
$5.00.For more information please call 661-366-5711 or
click on-to
www.mesamarin.com
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