Hornaday enters Memphis as the defending race winner. He led a total of 139 laps, but a pair of late-race accidents gave Erik Darnell an opportunity to steal the win. Hornaday held off Darnell by 0.269 seconds in a green-white- checkered finish to capture the victory.

"During last year's race, I think we learned a lot of things we can use to make good adjustments to our truck this year," Hornaday said.

Hornaday also won the inaugural race at Memphis in 1998.

This will be the last year for the distinctive Elvis (Presley) trophy for the winner at Memphis, and Hornaday would sure like to add another one to his collection.

"I think it's cool when a track goes the extra mile to make a trophy special," he said. "I now have an Elvis trophy on my shelf. When I won here in 1998, they had not gotten him yet. (Wife) Lindy and I are big Elvis fans, so adding that to my collection last year was really cool."

Thirty-four teams are on the preliminary entry list for the MemphisTravel.com 200, two short of a full field.

INDYCAR SERIES

SunTrust Indy Challenge - Richmond International Raceway - Richmond, VA

The points battle remains tight in the IndyCar Series after seven of 17 races have been completed this season.

After winning last Sunday at Iowa, Dario Franchitti moved to within three points of leader Ryan Briscoe. Franchitti grabbed the lead after the last round of pit stops and kept it for the final 51 laps to claim his second victory of the season. He also won the inaugural race at Iowa during his championship season in 2007.

"I just went out, did my job and hung on, made some good moves in traffic and here we are," Franchitti said. "More than anywhere, (Sunday) is a team win because those pit stops moved us up in track position."

Briscoe has led the most laps in the last three races and therefore earned a total of six bonus points. He has finished second in each of those events.

"I don't think we're doing anything wrong," Briscoe said. "We're doing an extraordinary job as a whole team. It's going to be like this for the rest of the season. It's going to be very close. Every race we go to, it's going to be tough."

Briscoe has already led 509 laps this year. Scott Dixon set a new series record in 2008 when he led 899 laps for the season.

Dixon, the defending series champion, is currently 12 points behind Briscoe in third place.

Briscoe is looking to keep his momentum going in this weekend's race at Richmond. The second-year Penske Team driver won the season-opener at St. Petersburg, FL in April.

Tony Kanaan won at Richmond one year ago. Kanaan led the final 95 laps and finished nearly five seconds ahead of Helio Castroneves for his first victory of the season. He has not won since Richmond last year.

Kanaan's season has not gone as well as expected. The 2004 series champion crashed in the Indianapolis 500 and suffered mechanical problems at Milwaukee last month. He also wrecked at Iowa. Kanaan is now seventh in points (-76).

Franchitti dominated Richmond two years ago. He led a record-setting 242 laps, including the final 179, for the win.

Twenty teams are on the preliminary entry list for the SunTrust Indy Challenge.