Ronald Hornaday II (born in Palmdale, California on
June 20, 1958) is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver
Ronnie Hornaday, and the son of Ron Hornaday, Sr., a
two time Winston West Champion. Adding on to the
family legacy, Ron is a three time champion in the
Truck Series, his most recent coming in 2007.
He was a long-time driver in NASCAR's Winston West
Series and Featherlite Southwest Series Champion. He
was noticed by Dale Earnhardt while participating in
the NASCAR Winter Heat Series on ESPN2.
Hornaday began racing in go-karts and motorcycles
early in his career. Eventually, he moved up to race
stock cars at Saugus Speedway. In 1992, he won his
first championship in the Southwest Series as well
as winning the Most Popular Driver award. He won the
Southwest championship the next year as well,
becoming the only driver to do so in series history.
He made his Winston Cup debut in 1992 at the Save
Mart 300K, where he started seventeenth but finished
32nd in Bob Fisher's #92 Chevrolet. He made another
start later that year at Phoenix International
Raceway, where he finished 25th. He ran at Phoenix
the next year as well, finishing 22nd in the #76
Spears Motorsports car.
