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Transmission
problems
hold up a good car
Pocono
500
June
17th.
Transmission
problems
brought
the
Team
Conseco
Pontiac
in-to
the
pits
in
the
early
laps
of
the
Pocono
500.
After
starting
35th,
Ron
reported
a
vibration
in
the
AJ
Foyt
racing
#14
and
came
in-to
the
pits
on
lap
47.
The
hard
working
Team
Conseco
crew
went
to
work
to
change
the
drive
shaft.
The decision
was
made
to
take
the
car
to
the
garage
and
change
the
transmission
and
with-in
23
laps
Ron
and
The Conseco
Pontiac
were
back
on
the
track.
Running
consistently
after
the
change,
Ron
kept
the
AJ
Foyt
#14
out
of
trouble
to
finish
35th,
24
laps
down.
"The car was running great
after we came back out", Ron said, "I had fun the last
few laps, I can’t wait until we go back".
Notes
&
Quotes
“I
have
been
looking
forward
to
going
to
Pocono
all
year.
I’ve
never
been
to
the
place,
but
I
was
in
the
same
situation
last
year
at
Nazareth
and
that
worked
out
pretty
good.
From
everything
I’ve
heard,
it’s
a
track
that
favors
road-course
drivers,
so
at
least
I’ve
got
that
going
for
me.”
–Ron
Hornaday
Team
Conseco
will
use
chassis
1402
this
weekend
in
the
Pocono
500
at
Pocono
Raceway.
This
is
the
same
car
that
Hornaday
drove
to a
ninth-place
finish
in
the
UAW-Daimler
Chrysler
400
at
Las
Vegas
Motor
Speedway
in
March.
When
Ron
Hornaday
arrives
at
the
2.5-mile,
triangle-shaped
Pocono
Raceway
on
Friday,
it
will
be
the
first
time
this
season
that
the
42-year
old
Raybestos
Rookie-of-the-Year
candidate
will
visit
a
track
he
has
never
seen
in
his
NASCAR
career.
Last
season,
Hornaday
won
in
his
first
outing
at
the
Nazareth
Speedway.
Hornaday’s
Track
Record
First
Winston
Cup
Start:
1992
Sears
Point
Best
Start:
12th
(Las
Vegas)
Best
Finish:
9th
(Las
Vegas)
Last
Race:
Started
27th
Finished
32nd
Current
position
in
Winston
Cup
Series
Points:
32nd
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