Hornaday will be making his first Nationwide Series start for Turner Motorsports and his 11th career series start at Phoenix. He has three Top-5 and six Top-10 finishes in 10 career Nationwide starts there, while leading a total of 103 laps.
The team has been quick to downplay speculation that the move might provide an opportunity for Hornaday to exact a measure of revenge on rival Kyle Busch for last week's controversial crash in the Lone Star State. Busch is not currently entered in Saturday night's race, with Joey Logano slated to steer Joe Gibbs Racing's #18 GameStop Toyota, with Ryan Truex at the wheel of the team's #20 entry, backed by the Martin Truex, Jr., Foundation. A spokesman for Turner Motorsports said a deal to put Hornaday in the #32 Dollar General Chevrolet was struck weeks ago, long before the incident with Busch.
Hornaday told Sirius XM NASCAR Radio's Tradin' Paint this week that Busch phoned him Saturday and apologized for his part in the incident, adding that he now considers the case closed.
Hornaday will be part of a three-car effort for Turner Motorsports this weekend, joining Truck Series colleagues James Buescher and Ricky Carmichael. Buescher will drive the #30 Exide Battery Chevrolet in his tenth Nationwide Series event of the season, while Carmichael wheels a #34 Monster Energy Chevrolet. The race will mark Carmichael's second Nationwide start at the desert oval.
I think kb should have to pay for what he did but that's old news. Hornaday is going to show the younger guys how its done in the desert.
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