Ron Hornaday Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ron Hornaday Jr.
Occupation	Racing Driver
Date Of Birth	Jun 20, 1958(1958-06-20)
Age	66
Birthplace	Palmdale
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Gemini

Ron Hornaday Jr. Biography

Ron Hornaday Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Racing Driver who was born on June 20, 1958 in Palmdale, California, United States. Hornaday was unsuccessful in his first attempt to qualify for Daytona 500. He had the slowest qualifying time and then lacked the speed necessary to remain in the draft of his Budweiser Duel Race. Hornaday was successful in his second attempt and qualified for his first race since 2012. Hornaday was 42nd because of his rear gear breaking. To prepare for Martinsville, his team skipped the West Coast swing races. After crashing his car in qualifying, he did not qualify. He and the team parted after Hornaday failed to qualify again at Bristol.

He finished fifth in points in 1997, despite winning seven races, two of them by leading each lap. In 1998, he was able to win his title again with six wins and 16 top five finishes in 27 races. He celebrated his victory at Memphis 200 with a burnout. This was a rare occurrence in 1998 and angered Dale Earnhardt, the team owner, for risking the engine’s health.

In 1999, he won the 100th race ran in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history at the Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington. He was one of four drivers entered in the race that competed in every truck race since its inception at the time for an extra $100,000 if he won, which he did. However, he was unable to capitalize on it and win the championship, finishing seventh in the final standings after an up and down year. Fortunately, he was given an opportunity late in the year to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. in driving the No. 3 NAPA- sponsored Chevy for DEI’s Busch program with Earnhardt moving up to the cup series, and he announced that he would do so the following year.

Hornaday began racing full-time in the Busch Series in 2000. He picked up wins at Nazareth Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished fifth in points, runner-up to Kevin Harvick for Rookie of the Year honors. He was also voted Most Popular Driver. However, Earnhardt elected to move Hornaday’s team up to the Cup series in 2001 and hire Michael Waltrip to drive the car, and Hornaday was released.

Hornaday was born in Palmdale in California. He began his racing career early on in his career, starting with go-karts as well as motorcycles. He eventually moved up to race stock cars at Saugus Speedway. He won the Southwest Series championship and was awarded the Most Popular Driver Award in 1992. He also won the Southwest championship in the following year, making him the first driver to do so in series history. Jim Pettit won back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005. Pettit was crowned the winner of the title in 2011 with the SRL Southwest Tour Series.

Ron Hornaday Jr. Net Worth

Ron Hornaday Jr. is one of the richest Racing Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ron Hornaday Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. was born June 20, 1958 and is an American former professional stock-car racing driver. He is the father to Ronnie Hornaday Jr., an ex-NASCAR driver and son of Ron Hornaday Sr. who was a two time Winston West Champion. Hornaday has been a four-time Camping World Truck Series Champion, with his most recent victory in 2009. He is a Featherlite Southwest Champion and was a long-time NASCAR driver in the Winston West Series. Dale Earnhardt noticed him while he was participating in the NASCAR Winter Heat.

In 1992, he made his Winston Cup debut at the Save Mart 300K. He started seventeenth and finished 32nd in Bob Fisher’s No. 92 Chevrolet. Later that year, he made another start at Phoenix International Raceway where he placed 25th. He finished 22nd in the No. 76 Spears Motorsports car.

Also in 1998, Hornaday made his Busch Series debut, driving four races for ST Motorsports, his best finish an eighth at Pikes Peak International Raceway. He also debuted a Winston Cup car for Tim Beverly at Sonoma, finishing fourteenth in the No. 17 NAPA-sponsored Chevy. Hornaday came close to a truck victory at Watkins Glen in the 1998 Parts America 150 in which he led all but 12 laps, only to lose the race due to a final-lap penalty for jumping the restart; Hornaday would pull into victory lane post-race only to be told that he had in fact finished fourth.

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With sponsorship backing from Camping World, he continued his dominance in the Truck Series in 2007, winning races at two tracks for the first time in his career. He took the checkers at Lowe’s in the Quaker Steak & Lube 200. Two weeks later, after a what-should-have-been-a-win-weekend at Mansfield, Hornaday outlasted Kyle Busch to win the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover. He continued his chase for a third title with a victory at O’Reilly Raceway Park in the Power Stroke Diesel 200, his 17th win on a short track.

Facts & Trivia

Ron Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ron Hornaday Jr. celebrates birthday on June 20 of every year.

On November 13, 2009, he won his fourth Camping World Truck Series championship, joining Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmie Johnson as the only drivers to win 4 or more titles in the three major series of NASCAR. He also became the first driver since Greg Biffle in 2000 to clinch the title before the last race of the season.

What is Ron Hornaday doing now?

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Ron Hornaday is currently not competing in NASCAR , but the four-time champion appears to be as busy as ever. And racing remains his focus.

How old is Ron Hornaday?

63 years (June 20, 1958)

Who did Ron Hornaday drive for?

Driving for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) from 1995 to 1999, Hornaday won 25 times, scoring top-five finishes in 57 of 97 races. He won Truck Series championships for DEI in 1996 and 1998 and never finished worse than seventh in points.

Who drives the 88 truck in Nascar?

Matt Crafton is a three-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion for ThorSport Racing, driving the No. 88 Toyota Tundra. The veteran driver joined elite company with his third title in 2019.

Who drives for Thor Motorsports?

Since its inception, ThorSport Racing has wheeled into Victory Lane 36 times in the Truck Series with Terry Cook, Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger, and Chase Briscoe.