TMG announces Ron Hornaday will drive the No. 30 car in 2015
A new team to the Sprint Cup Series has a familiar driver.
The Motorsports Group announced Wednesday that Ron Hornaday would drive the No. 30 in the Cup Series in 2015. TMG is moving up to planned full-time Cup competition after running in the Xfinity Series.
“I am happy to be signing on with Curtis Key and the entire TMG organization for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season,” Hornaday said in a team statement. “This team has been working really hard during the offseason to get cars ready for Daytona and the rest of the season. I’m hoping to bring some guidance and racing knowledge to this startup Cup team.”
Hornaday, 56, is a four-time Camping World Truck Series champion who last ran in the Sprint Cup Series in 2003. He only raced 16 races last year in the Truck Series because of the downfall of Turner Scott Motorsports. He was without a ride after the first 13 races of the season and then drove for three races with NTS Motorsports.
TMG survived without sponsorship in NASCAR's No. 2 series by running a hybrid two-car team of sorts in 2014. The team's primary car, the No. 40, attempted to race the full distance while the No. 46 was primarily a start-and-park car. And the team obviously found it a better move to go to the Cup Series than keep hanging on in the Xfinity Series.
Team owner Curtis Key has run 439 Xfinity Series races with one top five. It came in the team's first race in 1993 with Tommy Ellis behind the wheel. The team had three lead lap finishes in 2014.
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