BORNEMAN LOOKS FOR FIRST TOP FINISH AT COLORADO TRACK

Source: NASCAR
Date: 06/03/2008

Colorado National Speedway is a track that has always been very popular with drivers, teams and fans of the NASCAR Camping World Series West. The .375-mile track, located just north of Denver, has been the scene of plenty of exciting side-by-side competition – with drivers such as Ron Hornaday Jr., Mike Chase, Mike Duncan and Steve Portenga emerging victorious. The track has not been so kind, however, to veteran driver Johnny Borneman (No. 8 Twisted X Boots/Red Line Oil Ford). It is the only oval track visited by the NASCAR Camping World Series West where the second-generation driver from Ramona, Calif., has yet to score a top-five finish. In fact, he has not even managed a top-10 finish there. His best finish in two starts at CNS was 13th in 2001. Borneman hopes to turn his luck around when the NASCAR Camping World Series West heads to Colorado this week for the Toyota NAPA 150 on Saturday, June 7. The event, the fifth of a 13-race schedule, will be televised to a national audience live in high definition on HDNet. In addition, SPEED is to provide an enhanced replay. Borneman recently recalled his problems of a year ago at Colorado: “I know last year we really, really struggled there. We just really missed the boat. We just got off our game, I guess. I think that was our worst run last year. We struggled to even stay on the lead lap.” He and his family-owned team hope to turn things by bringing a different car to Colorado for this event. “We’re actually taking the car we won with at Washington,” Borneman said, referring to his most recent victory in 2006. “So, I hope we’ll have a better run.” There is another reason for Borneman to remain optimistic of doing well at Colorado National Speedway. He says the track is comparable to the now-shuttered Cajon Speedway near San Diego, where he grew up racing. “It’s a lot like my home track before they tore it down,” said the veteran driver, who will celebrate his 31st birthday later this month. “We just have not had good runs there, but I definitely think we’ll turn it around this year.” Regardless of his performance, Borneman points out that the Colorado track offers plenty of exciting racing. “It definitely puts on a good show there,” he said. “There’s room to pass on the outside or on the bottom. It’s an exciting place to run.” Since making his series debut in 2000 – Borneman has three wins, 23 top-five and 43 top-10 finishes in 80 starts. His father, John Borneman, raced in the series in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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