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Truck Champ Admits Getting Steroids, HGH
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Published: September 12, 2008
Updated: 09/12/2008 12:49 am
NEW YORK - Ron Hornaday Jr., the defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck champ who is second in this year's standings, admitted using testosterone for more than a year before it was added to the sport's banned list.
Hornaday, 50, told ESPN he received shipments of testosterone and human growth hormone from December 2004 to January 2006, and the drugs came from an anti-aging center that has been linked to drug-related scandals in the NFL and Major League Baseball.
Hornaday acknowledged taking testosterone when shown records from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center during an interview with ESPN at his home in North Carolina on Tuesday. He said the growth hormone was sent to his home for his wife's use.
He said he used the testosterone to treat a medical condition that later turned out to be a hyperactive thyroid. Hornaday provided records to ESPN showing the drugs were prescribed by doctors at the clinic within a day of his visit.
The Associated Press
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