death_date cup_poles |name birth_place total_cup_races awards last_cup_race first_cup_race birth_date birthname cup_top_tens article_title
december 21 , 2008 -lrb- age 77 -rrb- 0 ron hornaday , sr. . san fernando , california , u.s. 17 inducted fame -rrb- -lrb- 2002 -rrb- in the west coast stock car hall of 1973 tuborg 400 -lrb- riverside -rrb- 1955 race at arizona state fairgrounds -lrb- phoenix -rrb- january 13 , 1931 ronald lee hornaday 4 ron hornaday , sr. .

ron hornaday , sr. .

ron hornaday , sr. -lrb- january 13 , 1931 -- december 21 , 2008 -rrb- was an american racer from san fernando , california .
he was the father of nascar camping world truck series champion ron hornaday jr. and the grandfather of ron hornaday .
hornaday was inducted in the west coast stock car hall of fame in its first class in 2002 .
he made 17 nascar sprint cup series starts between 1955 and 1973 ; mainly on the west coast .
