Ron Hornaday's Trophy Shed & Garage: NASCAR Truck Series Legend Still Building Race Cars!

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  • @Stapleton42
    @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +93

    If you enjoy this video don’t forget to hit the thumbs up! I think there needs to be another Ron Hornaday type guy in the truck series. Do you?
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    • @Cobra-Scott
      @Cobra-Scott 7 місяців тому +3

      I absolutely agree!

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +8

      @@Cobra-Scott The series lost its soul when the veteran presence went away. Those guys were the gatekeepers and benchmark for younger guys. It made a great dynamic to the overall show. I do love the truck series and want that to come back. Even if I have to go be that guy myself in 10 years 😂

    • @tylergreenfield6158
      @tylergreenfield6158 7 місяців тому +2

      Only makes sense to go with Jack Sprague. After you have met with Skinner & Hornaday.

    • @NeedsLessWedge
      @NeedsLessWedge 7 місяців тому +2

      Preserving NASCAR, racing history and its people and what it came from before it gets forgotten or rewritten, like most of history has.

    • @JamesMurphy-vu6gr
      @JamesMurphy-vu6gr 7 місяців тому +1

      The

  • @craigc9922
    @craigc9922 7 місяців тому +58

    Hell yes we appreciate y’all and what you’re doing ! Thank you

  • @bobbymoore7874
    @bobbymoore7874 7 місяців тому +42

    One of my all time favorite drivers!

  • @CMC-y8q
    @CMC-y8q 7 місяців тому +7

    It's Mike Cameron, I worked for NAPA during the NAPA heyday. NAPA got more exposure from Ron than anything else we ever did. He got about 25% of what Michael
    got as far as sponsorship goes. I knew Ron personally I orally and did get invited to the motor home for steak.

  • @Toolaholic7
    @Toolaholic7 7 місяців тому +20

    Ron got Kevin Harvick in too,They are still good friends to this day

  • @Ezisnotaman
    @Ezisnotaman 7 місяців тому +40

    Once again, you have the best NASCAR content on YT. One of my favorite Truck guys.

  • @CQBlindHams
    @CQBlindHams 7 місяців тому +11

    I have said this before. But, THANK YOU and Logan for preserving history.

  • @JimStrahan-cb5sd
    @JimStrahan-cb5sd 7 місяців тому +3

    Great guy ! Have a friend that was on his Napa crew & he would take us to parties at Rons lake house. He & Lindy were always so humble & gracious to everybody !

  • @MM_in_Havasu
    @MM_in_Havasu 7 місяців тому +5

    Oh hell yes. This video is another great example of the rich NASCAR history out there!
    I can remember vividly in the early to mid-1980's watching Ron Hornaday race his late model modified car out at Saugus Speedway in Saugus, CA, just a local 3/8 mile asphalt oval, but he jumped right into some hellacious battles on the track Friday or Saturday nights between competitors there! Never a dull moment. This guy was always a natural driving anything, won his fair share of trophy dashes, and a well-spoken guy on top of that too. A good friend of mine was on the pit crew up there at the speedway at that time, so we always got tickets to the races, maybe the occasional pit pass or 1st-hand info on the latest scuttlebutt & such, those were damn good times, me being in my mid-20's then(almost your age now, Mitch)and a huge crazy streak combined with the need for speed and love of anything motorsports related. It was f'n' badass!
    Thank you Mitch & Logan for another outstanding production with this video, right there with you guys and appreciating this stuff all the way! You rock!

    • @Dealete420
      @Dealete420 7 місяців тому

      I spent a lot of time racing at Saugus Speedway back in the 80's...... rt up until it closed

  • @bcbloc02
    @bcbloc02 7 місяців тому +1

    Definitely a legend!

  • @tngtacticalmiata1219
    @tngtacticalmiata1219 7 місяців тому +12

    That Chevy LUV is friggin cool!
    I can imagine myself driving something like that to work every day....

  • @earlrichardson385
    @earlrichardson385 7 місяців тому +1

    Met Hornaday a couple of times. One of the coolest guys out there. And a genius when it comes to cars.

  • @mrsimsationalyt
    @mrsimsationalyt 7 місяців тому +11

    Just seen Ron Hornaday this past Saturday at All American Speedway in Onslow County NC. He was supporting Keelan Harvick who raced that street stock for the first time. Keelan also won a thriller in the Legends car!

  • @natethelen1380
    @natethelen1380 7 місяців тому +4

    As a kid in the 90's my dad was a manager at the local Napa store so Ron was my favorite driver when I first got into racing. Years later when he drove for Harvick got me back into the truck series! Ron was and always will be my favorite truck driver!

  • @jeffbair9069
    @jeffbair9069 7 місяців тому +8

    I know that all you do to get these videos out are a lot of work, time, traveling, editing etc.... I just wanted to let you know that I personally appreciate all that you do!!! Your videos are very entertaining and very educational. You are documenting a lot of history that would be lost without your hard work!!! I have been a fan of Nascar since 1975 when I saw my first race. But through your videos I learned a lot of things that I didn't know. Thank you again for all your hard work. Also, you have a wonderful partner that supports and encourages your passion!!! I can't wait to see your race car finished!!!

  • @ryurc3033
    @ryurc3033 7 місяців тому +8

    I originally came for sleeper Escalade, yello belly shenanigans had me hooked.
    And somehow or another it turned into one of the best racing history channels around.
    Would love to see the Monte Carlo, uncle Rob, the white big block obs, or the blue Escalade.....but your sure making quality content in the mean time.

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +4

      Thanks man! Those will be back in due time. Uncle Rob will be the next project once I get the GNSS car going

  • @billyj.williams2341
    @billyj.williams2341 7 місяців тому +4

    Always had greatest respect for Ron H... he was the quintessential every man racer who got a shot and made the most of it. Heck of a race car driver... So story time... back in 1993 Dunn Benson Ford brought his buddy Jack Sprague to our local track in Robersonville NC to claim a 5K bounty on late model driver Jim Kelly that we built engines for.... We had won like 14 straight races there. The regular driver for Dunn Benson ran 2nd or 3rd every week and they had the best stuff money could buy for the time. We got a call from Doug Y (their engines came from Eatmon and they were tight with the Yates origination through their Bush engine development) that they had gone and got Jack to come drive their car and beat us... At any rate it was a big deal but in the end he didn't get it done and finished a very close 2nd.... After 20 straight, they just paid Jim the bounty to stay home one night...LoL. The Dunn Benson guys were so mad. Now Jack was true gentlemen, drove us clean and shook our hands that night but there was word Dunn Benson were gonna get another nationally known driver to come and drive that car... Ron H's name was one of a few that were mentioned in the next few weeks.... which really would have been awesome as I was and still am a huge fan of his but, after talking with a friend in the known he said that would never happen because Ron probably wouldn't ever drive a Ford...Ron was running awesome in the SW Tour that year and truthfully probably just didn't have time but it would have been awesome if they could have bought him to try and outrun us that season. Awesome interview thanks for getting him on.

  • @meanmrmustang
    @meanmrmustang 7 місяців тому +21

    This man is the mentor to mentors,

  • @briankbender5757
    @briankbender5757 7 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for sharing Ron Hornaday story I was a big fan of him I have his diecast napa truck.

  • @stuartpulvermacher6861
    @stuartpulvermacher6861 7 місяців тому +9

    I dont know when you actually made this video but Im watching it on 4 16 24 and last weekend Keelan Harvick came in second in that car in his very first race in a full size car great job Mitchell and kudos to Ron for building a great car for him

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +2

      We filmed this 1 week before that race!

  • @tarheelpatch3386
    @tarheelpatch3386 7 місяців тому +1

    Love Ron Great racer great person loved to watch him race , great video thanks

  • @irongoatrocky2343
    @irongoatrocky2343 7 місяців тому +5

    Ron Horniday has always been one of my favorite Truck Series Drivers, I'd see him occasionally in NASCAR NW Tour (Late Model) & Winston West races at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe WA before the Truck Series started.......Ron is in a class like Kenny 'Special K' Shrader and Kenny Wallace, Guys who love working on their stuff as well!

  • @jefftroublefield1539
    @jefftroublefield1539 7 місяців тому +7

    Pretty cool Ron’s building car for Keelan 🏁😎🏁

  • @Mojoriser
    @Mojoriser 5 місяців тому +2

    He is so down to earth. Always was a class act and still is.

  • @jamespayne2478
    @jamespayne2478 7 місяців тому +1

    Met him years ago when I was crewing in the truck series. His daughter was married to Rick McCrays son.He was on Jimmie Johnsons crew at the time.The real deal

  • @OE_Racing
    @OE_Racing 7 місяців тому +3

    I always end up running out of time in a day to watch these videos but whenever I get the chance, I’m really glad I do, absolutely love your content man 👍🏻

  • @wayned1807
    @wayned1807 7 місяців тому +5

    Way back in the late 50's or early 60's we used to go to Saugus speedway to watch the races and his dad was one of the drivers. Someone I went with was friends of the Hornadays and would chear him on. They would meet on the infield after the races. I was pretty young then so the memory is foggy now. I saw a Saugus speedway picture on the wall in this video and it jogged my memory.

  • @OlSgtLove
    @OlSgtLove 7 місяців тому +3

    One of the Best NASCAR CHANNELS ON UA-cam!!! THANKYOU FOR WHAT YALL ARE DOING !!! GOD BLESS !!!

  • @Weasel3DE
    @Weasel3DE 7 місяців тому +9

    Great video Ole Ron is about as humble as could be. A true racer and gentlemen.

  • @sheltonsmith8821
    @sheltonsmith8821 7 місяців тому +4

    Hello Stapleton42. You've done it again.What an incredible video. Its really fascinating to see that Ron is keeping so many memories and history alive in one small building .As a car guy I wish I be with you guys on your'e trips and videos. Or be invited by you guys. & a reminder, don't forget to do a video with Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon together at the Hendrick Motorsports facility and Museum in Concord. And to Ron Horaday. Never forget where you came from. & you too Stapleton. Shelton Smith shouting out from the Queen City/ Charlotte NC.

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +1

      thanks man! I would love to do a video like that

  • @shafferjoe1962
    @shafferjoe1962 7 місяців тому +8

    Ron is amazing, he has done it all and loves his life. Thank you two once again for another great video. God bless you both.

  • @kenjoseph-bw5bo
    @kenjoseph-bw5bo 7 місяців тому +3

    Hornaday is the real deal, the epitome of a true bad ass racer. Hornaday and his family opened their doors and played an instrumental part in so many racers careers, drivers and crew guys. Great stuff!

  • @Dealete420
    @Dealete420 7 місяців тому +1

    We raced against Ron back in the day at Saugus Speedway, Mesa Marin, El Cajon and other tracks around SoCal. Great video!!

  • @richreinhart7181
    @richreinhart7181 7 місяців тому +13

    Glad to see Ron is still active in racing.

  • @barrymccociner6802
    @barrymccociner6802 7 місяців тому +5

    Ron was a local hero in California when I was a kid . Good to see an update on him !

  • @Badassinblack51
    @Badassinblack51 7 місяців тому +3

    Loved Ron Hornaday.
    He was my favorite driver in the Truck Series

  • @gregorygolden1296
    @gregorygolden1296 7 місяців тому +3

    Thanks Again for another video of one of NASCAR'S Legends. Ron is one of my favorites. Thanks for doing a video on him.🏁

  • @louislepage5111
    @louislepage5111 7 місяців тому +4

    Great content again, thank you 😊. And I always liked Ron Horneday , he was my favorite Chevy driver in the truck series

  • @carlmccoy5146
    @carlmccoy5146 7 місяців тому +1

    Ron is the man!❤

  • @donaldhalls2189
    @donaldhalls2189 7 місяців тому +2

    COOL seeing KISS, they used to be Australian 😂 all the best to you all

  • @tcc882
    @tcc882 7 місяців тому +1

    Keep the video rolling. You two are killing it

  • @michaelkiefrieder9354
    @michaelkiefrieder9354 7 місяців тому +1

    Ron is without a doubt the only reason that the truck series made it as it did.As for u two going around putting in work great job...Can't wait to watch the video on your car...

  • @RobbinsJoe
    @RobbinsJoe Місяць тому +1

    My all time favorite Truck driver!! My first Truck race was at IRP and he won it and the title that year.

  • @garyallowayjralloway2126
    @garyallowayjralloway2126 7 місяців тому +1

    The man the truck series legend

  • @mattrzewnicki6343
    @mattrzewnicki6343 7 місяців тому +2

    It's cool to see what these guys still have and do. Its even better that you're gifting these to us via youtube. Thanks!

  • @arrowkart4j
    @arrowkart4j 7 місяців тому +1

    One hell of a driver and pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Blackswan19874
    @Blackswan19874 7 місяців тому +3

    Hornadays connections are amazing! Last of a dying breed that knew how to build them from the ground up , and that’s the advantage he and a few others had , they were into it totally , not like the nerds of today that bought their way into the sport .
    Really hope you can hook up with Donnie Allison , he seems to be a real character!
    Thanks guys for your dedication to bringing top shelf material every time!

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +2

      Thanks man! We do need to set something up with Donnie!

  • @volksrodden9522
    @volksrodden9522 7 місяців тому +4

    Honestly, I hit the thumbs up before the video really starts

  • @thegreenfella6214
    @thegreenfella6214 7 місяців тому +3

    Duuuude hell yes! I've been waiting for the day he showed up on this channel! Thank yall for doing all of this❤

  • @Mikesacco1B
    @Mikesacco1B 7 місяців тому +1

    Man, that Superman kit is sweet!!!

  • @4thturnslider
    @4thturnslider 7 місяців тому +4

    Raced against Ron in the Southwest Tour back in 1992. Great times!

  • @matthewzierenbergpoliceser1822
    @matthewzierenbergpoliceser1822 7 місяців тому +9

    Love seeing his 97 car with Saugus speedway backstretch grandstands behind it.

  • @billygibson3184
    @billygibson3184 7 місяців тому +3

    Ron Hornaday, real car guy! Great video!

  • @Kelleypaintbody
    @Kelleypaintbody 7 місяців тому +2

    Cool stuff man thank y'all.

  • @brianwilham3728
    @brianwilham3728 7 місяців тому +2

    Mitchell I love the content you and logan put out. i'm one of the old heads that liveed through the peak of Nascar 70's 80's 90's I love it you find the old guys to interview you need to do Donnie for sure

  • @revvyhevvy
    @revvyhevvy 7 місяців тому +1

    Ron is such a cook guy! Great job, Mitchell and Logan!

  • @70centurian
    @70centurian 7 місяців тому +2

    Galpin Ford has an Amazing History. Love Ron and Family. Thanks for Talking with him.

  • @apatriotofhopedanjohn4781
    @apatriotofhopedanjohn4781 7 місяців тому +2

    Ron is that guy……
    Thanks y’all

  • @teamswavymotorsports8338
    @teamswavymotorsports8338 7 місяців тому +1

    thank u so very much i am sick in bed and the videos keep
    me happy

  • @tvann
    @tvann 7 місяців тому +1

    Ide give anything to see veterans again running. Trucks!!! Loved Hornaday!

  • @stewpuddy4161
    @stewpuddy4161 7 місяців тому +2

    Dude! I have always LOVED Hornaday! King of the restart!!!!

  • @speedmaverick
    @speedmaverick 7 місяців тому +3

    I was a customer of Victory Circle back in the 90's before he got the Truck ride. I bought front clips and then built the rest of the chassis to . Their stuff like he said, was dominant. I believe the story is he acquired VC from Ivan Baldwin when he was hired by Bill Elliot to run their short track program and moved to NC.

  • @MrUltraworld
    @MrUltraworld 7 місяців тому +4

    Thank You for posting this, I really enjoyed it.
    Just watched the Ronnie Thomas episode from February.
    But I watch pretty much all your older episodes, Picked up a boom tube T-Shirt too. I love what you two are doing

  • @NeedsLessWedge
    @NeedsLessWedge 7 місяців тому +2

    Hell of a channel.
    I had some west coast regular guys to help crew and adjust on my car at Cajon. They had traveled with Hornaday when he started out. I loved the atmosphere of short track racing on the west coast. It was a different vibe than the southeast where I came from.
    Folks got along better and were all down to Earth. Met and raced with great folks while out there

  • @seantyler369
    @seantyler369 7 місяців тому

    I met Ron in Atlanta and got his autograph he was super nice. My wife at the time had a pen that looked like a shot and we had a good laugh. Pretty cool.

  • @jim-jam7304
    @jim-jam7304 7 місяців тому +1

    Imagine if the drivers now were more like him, but maybe things will cycle back around anyway awesome video, keep up the awesome work

  • @charlesjoplin3399
    @charlesjoplin3399 7 місяців тому +3

    Man Ron Hornaday is a cool guy and a racer miss that style of race car drivers

  • @Timbo428CJ
    @Timbo428CJ 7 місяців тому

    I have always liked Ron Hornaday, he tells you everything straight the way it's supposed to be, not sugar coated. Very Kool interview, thanks for sharing !

  • @Dupontman627
    @Dupontman627 7 місяців тому +10

    Imagine Hornaday driving the #15 from 2001 to 2005 and wondering what could've been

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +3

      Probably would have changed the course of DEI. I don't know if it would still be around but it sure would have been different

    • @yipperskipper
      @yipperskipper 7 місяців тому +5

      Dale more or likely doesn't come up with his plan for one of his drivers to win at Daytona, and finishes yet another 500 in a long and happy career. Wins the '01 championship to beat out Richard Petty for an 8th and final championship, gains a few more wins, and retires in 2003 to pursue road course racing at LeMans and elsewhere with his own Corvette division of DEI. Junior wins the 500 and a couple championships, and continues to drive for his father's team, now the flagship team for Chevrolet in NASCAR.
      What could have been...

    • @crouchb15
      @crouchb15 7 місяців тому

      you stole my thought 😆

    • @Dupontman627
      @Dupontman627 7 місяців тому +2

      Before Dale Earnhardt died Ron Fellows of Canada signed on to drive for DEI in 2002 but the 2001 Daytona 500 kept it from happening

    • @davidvanbrunt4233
      @davidvanbrunt4233 7 місяців тому

      Still hurts my heart , 23 years later.

  • @timothyhill9146
    @timothyhill9146 7 місяців тому +2

    A living legend!

  • @theotherbrent
    @theotherbrent 7 місяців тому +3

    I don't always comment but i have left a like on every video since you painted Coopers garage ceiling.

  • @biggallcaps
    @biggallcaps 7 місяців тому +1

    I really appreciate guys like you for getting these videos recorded so everyone can see NASCAR's history through these drivers. Keep up the good work man ❤

  • @CJODell12
    @CJODell12 7 місяців тому +23

    50 of Ron’s 51 Truck Series wins came from either Dale Earnhardt Inc, or Kevin Harvick Inc.

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +2

      What was the 1 outlier?

    • @crystaljon
      @crystaljon 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Stapleton42 Xpress Motorsports at Homestead '02.
      By the way, considering Hornaday's GM loyalty, I have to ask. If he still raced today, do you think Ron would've driven for Kyle Busch Motorsports after they switched to Chevy?

    • @Carlos-r5n2b
      @Carlos-r5n2b 7 місяців тому

      ​@@crystaljonif you want my opinion yes he would . being taken out on caution lap by kyle didn't surprise Ron and knew Kevin Harvick would take care of any retaliation. After Kyle was suspended from all remaining events ,that seasons Kevin backed off. I think Ron might have driven sooner and drive a Toyota that late in his career if offered. By the time KBM switched to Chevy Ron needed a billionaire Daddy to run trucks. JMO

    • @randalskinner1194
      @randalskinner1194 7 місяців тому

      @@crystaljon no!!!

  • @dadstevens9433
    @dadstevens9433 7 місяців тому +3

    You two your wife has done a lot for the history of NASCAR really appreciate what you have done I’m about Ron’s age and haven’t seen him in years so thanks for sharing your videos have you ever done one with Mike Skinner anyway thanks again

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +2

      Yes we have! Check the video list or search for it!

    • @dadstevens9433
      @dadstevens9433 7 місяців тому

      Thanks I’ll look for it keep up your great work your car is coming along

  • @raykaufman7156
    @raykaufman7156 7 місяців тому +2

    I sat with Ron at a dinner fundraiser years ago (when he was the big dog in the truck series). I was impressed with how down to earth he was. He never let his career success go to his head. He had to feed his family, and he always treated racing as his day job and took it very seriously.

  • @ericmcelroy6970
    @ericmcelroy6970 7 місяців тому +1

    Great video. Miss how the racing used to be with these guys. Setzer, Hornaday, Andy Houston, Biffle, Kvapil man that was some great racing back then.

  • @thesuneversets
    @thesuneversets 7 місяців тому +2

    Trucks are still the best. I got to meet him and his son at jennerstown speedway when he was driving the Napa truck. Nice guys.

  • @geesss8675
    @geesss8675 7 місяців тому +1

    Without a doubt one of the best movies you have made. . . The mans appears to have all his Faculties.
    And it's still working like you said to this day Helping young folks or anyone worthy birthday intwoe racing

  • @CraigShaw-x6s
    @CraigShaw-x6s 7 місяців тому +2

    It’s so cool to see, we should never forget how it all started and the people like Ron who help racing at the grass roots, keep up the great work 👍👍👍

  • @TWub78
    @TWub78 7 місяців тому +1

    Was good to see Ron Hornaday still helping drivers and to see him doing stuff with Kevin I was a fan of him and Skinner and enjoyed watching him race for Dale Sr and when he raced for KHI he is a racer

  • @bretloy4565
    @bretloy4565 7 місяців тому +2

    Man, the car is really coming along! She's really looking nice with the silver and blue with black shadowing. Keep rockin' you guys. Love your content and hard work!

  • @harryayness133
    @harryayness133 7 місяців тому +1

    Y'all are awesome.

  • @swaycanales9513
    @swaycanales9513 7 місяців тому +3

    Yeah man Ron is the man great video.

  • @larryjohnson7591
    @larryjohnson7591 7 місяців тому +1

    I have always liked Ron. He is just a racer. It doesn't matter what kind of vehicle it is, just let him in and turn him lose. Great video. Thanks again.

  • @gordonward4671
    @gordonward4671 7 місяців тому +2

    Man you guys always knock it out of the park

  • @Hysjulien69
    @Hysjulien69 7 місяців тому +3

    You've kinda re kindled my interest in nascar. These videos send me down memory lane with my family on Sunday. Dad Makin breakfast, watching the show Trucks! in the morning, and then we all sat down to watch the races. Thanks for what you do my guy!

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +1

      Heck that’s what happened to me. Went down memory lane and ended up staying 😂

    • @lpe655
      @lpe655 7 місяців тому +1

      Same but for the dirt racing, not the modern day all cars are the same, all u need is $250,000 to get started. LOL.

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому

      @@lpe655 Yeah I wish there were an affordable yet entertaining way to go circle track racing. Even street stock is not as attainable as drag racing for the average guy.

  • @DownEastSaw
    @DownEastSaw 7 місяців тому

    Again, thanks so much for making these videos. You’re awesome bro!!!! And your awesome gf/wife is 50% of the team and does her part too!!!!

  • @johnglyder9587
    @johnglyder9587 7 місяців тому +4

    Hello, Luv your shows and you guys rock!! I am 72 and have been a NASCAR fan since I was about 10. Ron Hornaday was one of my favorites along with Mike Skinner. Keep up the great work and would luv to know more about the car your going to race and where you are going to race. Videos on that will be very interesting. John

  • @chrisbean9310
    @chrisbean9310 7 місяців тому +1

    I'm a huge fan of your videos!!! You get the best stories from back in the day!!! I'm a local racer in Maine and love all the passion you two put into your content! Keep up the great work and I can't wait for the next video! Hope all is well with you guys and God bless

  • @jerrynelson2599
    @jerrynelson2599 7 місяців тому +2

    I really enjoy seeing drivers personal shops.

  • @lpe655
    @lpe655 7 місяців тому +1

    Ron is the most successful Nascar truck series racer I knew very little about. Thank You so much for the education. Ron seems like a really down to earth guy. Thank You so much for all these videos!!!

    • @Stapleton42
      @Stapleton42  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for being here for it!

  • @brandonhuiras1451
    @brandonhuiras1451 7 місяців тому +1

    Love hearing these stories about Wayne Spears. He was my wife’s uncle, crazy to think I’m married into the family that brought legends like Kevin Harvick into NASCAR. He sadly passed last year in September. Every time I hear the name, see the pictures or merch, or hear one of these legendary driver speak the name, I can’t believe I’m in the family! lol

  • @cjbecker1683
    @cjbecker1683 7 місяців тому +1

    Such a down to earth man in Ron 👍

  • @ryanfolks6024
    @ryanfolks6024 7 місяців тому +2

    Love this video! Being from CA, Hornaday was the man. My first race was Sonoma in 95. The day before the Cup race, I watched Hornaday run the Southwest tour race and he won by a whole lap on the field. That's when I became an instant fan and wanted a #16 Papa Johns Pizza Racing hat.
    Mitchell and Logan, thanks for another A+ video. So grateful!!

  • @robineervin8633
    @robineervin8633 7 місяців тому +2

    Great tour of Ron's shop. Brought back great memories from our visits to Ron's place. Especially the neon sign 'live everyday like it's Saturday night ' sign.

  • @jimhaines8370
    @jimhaines8370 7 місяців тому +1

    The Truck series started out fantastic running mostly short tracks and you never knew who would show up to race and the races were always good racing period then NASCAR started changes with needing big money and longer tracks started to kill off what made it magic and next thing no short tracks and high dollar pit crews and it was all just another expensive feeder series. When Hornaday and Skinner and Carrelli and others started it out just a great time to watch races glad I did get to see them.

  • @robbygaines3214
    @robbygaines3214 7 місяців тому +1

    Ron has always been 1 of my favorite drivers. Thanks for a great video.

  • @05Glm
    @05Glm 7 місяців тому +2

    Bloody awesome yet again guys 🏁🇦🇺🏁

  • @sergiusbarre1373
    @sergiusbarre1373 7 місяців тому +3

    How about Johnny Benson 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion. He has a very similar background as the great Ron Hornaday. Loved this video keep up the good work. Thanks

  • @Hondosspeedshop88
    @Hondosspeedshop88 7 місяців тому +1

    Loved Ron since he was young. Solid guy. Never waivered. Just like Dale