Oct. 31, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT), a leading online vehicle auction, is proud to announce that Ron Hornaday Jr. has won the Copart Challenge of Champions and been awarded $5,000 to donate to his favorite charity – Victory Junction, a camp for chronically or terminally ill children.
“I want to thank Copart for their support this season and their generosity for providing $5,000 to Victory Junction,” Hornaday said. “My wife Lindy and I have chosen to give the money to Victory Junction because kids are a passion of ours. They are the future of our sport and anything that I can do on or off the race track to help raise money for sick children I am more than willing to do.”
Hornaday won the Challenge against fellow Camping World Truck Series Driver Todd Bodine with a final score of 642 to 594.
Copart sponsors two Truck Series champions – the No. 33 Copart truck driven by Hornaday, the 2007 champion, and the No. 30 Copart Tundra driven by Bodine, the 2006 champion. The two champions have raced Copart-sponsored trucks three times each over the course of multiple truck series events in the Copart Challenge of Champions, and raced a fourth time today in Copart trucks in Talladega. Hornaday, who accumulated the most points while driving a Copart truck during the specified races, was named the winner today and presented a trophy along with $5,000 for his charity.
Hornaday came into the Talladega race 106 points ahead of Bodine and clinched his victory with a 17th-place finish today in Talladega. Bodine finished third in Talladega, but it wasn’t enough to catch Hornaday.
Hornaday’s win also was a win for Sheryl Montavan of Rockford, Illinois, who was chosen to receive a VIP race weekend in Talladega to cheer on Hornaday after voting for him at www.copart.com in the Copart Challenge of Champions Sweepstakes. Because Hornaday won the Challenge, Montavan also received autographed memorabilia from Hornaday and a lifetime status as a Copart member.
“I want to thank Todd Bodine for being a great competitor. It was fun to compete against him and he gave me a good race and helped put on a good show for the fans,” said Hornaday.
Copart President Jay Adair congratulated both drivers on their competitiveness.
“They are both champions to me, and Copart has been proud to have both such outstanding competitors represent us this season,” Adair said. “Congratulations to Ron for wining the Copart Challenge of Champions!”
Copart sells more than 1 million cars per year and has more than 50,000 vehicles each day to choose from including classics, early and late model cars, trucks, SUVs, motorcycles, boats, snowmobiles, jet skis and recreational vehicles. Copart sells vehicles in an online auction, in which people bid against each other to get a great deal.
