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Ryan Truex, No. 20 Martin Truex Jr. Foundation Toyota Kansas Speedway Preview

Kansas Speedway

Kansas Lottery 300

TV: ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

RADIO: MRN, 3 p.m.

No. 20 Notes of Interest

-Truex is riding a wave of momentum in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with Joe Gibbs Racing; his top-10 at Dover, combined with a top-5 at Richmond and strong showings at Chicago and Atlanta make four consecutive top-15 finishes in just as many starts for JGR. He’s also received the Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award for all four races.

-Saturday marks Truex’s 2nd start at Kansas Speedway in a NASCAR Nationwide Series car, and his 15th start in the Nationwide Series in 2011. He finished in the top-15 at his only other start at Kansas last year in a Toyota Camry for Pastrana-Waltrip Racing.

-He is teamed up with veteran crew chief Adam Stevens this weekend; with whom he’s posted a 4th and an 11th place finish in their two other starts together at Atlanta and Richmond, respectively.

-Truex is also scheduled to drive for JGR at Phoenix International Raceway on Nov. 13.

Ryan Truex on the Momentum of Strong Finishes

I’m going in with the same mindset as the past four races. Hopefully we’ve gotten all the bad luck out of the way. We have been very fast off the truck every weekend and I’m sure this will be no different.”

Truex on Returning to Kansas Speedway

“I’ve been there in the old car last year so it won’t be my first time there. From what I can remember, it is a bumpy track so we will need to make sure our car handle the bumps well in order to be fast.

Crew Chief Adam Stevens on Truex’s Performance

“Ryan has done a great job in his four races so far at JGR. I have been really impressed with his ability to finish strong and bring the car back in one piece. We had a great time working with him at Atlanta and Richmond. Kansas will be a slightly different challenge; it will be more similar to Chicago. Ryan had a decent run there. We plan on using some if the No. 11 team’s Chicago notes and going from there. We are on a different left side tire than the (Sprint) Cup cars this weekend so that will be interesting.”

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Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes

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Kansas Speedway

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011

DODGE AT KANSAS SPEEDWAY

·  Dodge has two wins in 11 previous races at Kansas: Ryan Newman (2003) and Brad Keselowski (2011).

·  Dodge has three poles at Kansas: Jason Leffler (2001), Kasey Kahne (2006) and Kurt Busch (2011).

·  Penske Racing earned a Kansas sweep in June, winning the pole (Kurt Busch and the race (Brad Keselowski).  Keselowski started 25th, the farthest back in the field a race winner has started.

·  Busch has started all 11 previous races at Kansas.  He has led the most laps twice (2007, 2011) and scored three top-10 finishes.

CHASE FAST FACTS

·  Dodge’s Kurt Busch qualified second and won at Dover. He gained five positions in the standings to fourth, nine points.

·  Dodge’s Brad Keselowski qualified 15th and finished 20th at Dover.  He is sixth in the standings, 14 points behind the leader.

·  The last time two Penske Racing Dodges qualified for the Chase was 2005 (Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman).

·  Dodge has not won a championship since the Chase format was introduced in 2004.  Kurt Busch won the 2004 title before moving to Penske Racing in 2006.

·  Dodge has won four Sprint Cup championships: David Pearson (1966), Bobby Isaac (1970), Richard Petty (1974, 1975).

2011 CHASE to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings (after 29 of 36 Events)

1.  Kevin Harvick            2122

2.  Carl Edwards          2122

3.  Tony Stewart          -9

4.  Kurt Busch                -9

5.  Jimmie Johnson    -13

6.  Brad Keselowski      -14

7.  Matt Kenseth            -14

8.  Kyle Busch                    -15

9.  Jeff Gordon                  -19

10.  Dale Earnhardt Jr.      -34

11.  Ryan Newman            -41

12.  Denny Hamlin            -68

DODGE IN THE CHASE: KANSAS

·  2004:  Jeremy Mayfield led a race-high 72 laps on the way to a fifth-place finish.  Ryan Newman was sidelined by an accident and was credited with 33rd-place in the final rundown.

·  2005:  All three Dodge drivers in the Chase finished on the lead lap led by Rusty Wallace.  Wallace rallied from a 33rd-place starting position to finish seventh.  Jeremy Mayfield placed 16th followed by Ryan Newman in 23rd.

·  2006:  Kasey Kahne started from the pole and led 11 laps but finished 33rd.

·  2007: Kurt Busch was the long Dodge driver in the Chase.  He started 12th, led the most laps (76) and finished 11th in a race shortened from 267 to 210 laps.

·  2008:  There were no Dodges in the 2008 Chase field.

·  2009:  Kasey Kahne scored a solid sixth-place finish while Kurt Busch rallied from a 39th-place starting position to finish 11th.

·  2010:  Kurt Busch was the single Dodge entry.  He started ninth and finished 13th, completing all 267 laps.

THE DODGE BOYS

·  Dodge has 212 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories.

·  Dodge has five victories this season, three by Brad Keselowski (Kansas, Pocono and Bristol) and two by Kurt Busch (Infineon, Dover).  Dodge’s most recent win came at Dover.  Busch led five times for 90 of the 400 laps.

·  Dodge teams have recorded 52 victories since the manufacturer’s return to NASCAR’s premier series in 2001 after being out of the sport since 1977.

STATS OF THE WEEK

·  Kurt Busch led the STP 400 in June at Kansas Speedway four times for 152 laps, a record for number of laps led in a Sprint Cup race at the 1.5-mile speedway.  He also led the most laps (76) in the 2007 event.  For the season, Busch has led a total of 706 laps in 17 of the 29 Sprint Cup races.

·  Brad Keselowski’s qualifying position of 25th was the deepest a Kansas race winner has started from in the 11 Cup races at the 1.5-mile speedway.  He has an average finish of 12.3 in three races at the track.

2011 SPRINT CUP SERIES SEASON BEST

·  Kurt Busch                      Start: 1st (Kansas, Pocono & Michigan)                                                 Finish: 1st (Infineon, Dover)

·  Brad Keselowski              Start: 1st (Charlotte)                         Finish: 1st (Kansas, Pocono, Bristol)

·  Robby Gordon                  Start: 30th (Daytona)                                             Finish: 16th (Daytona)

FROM THE DODGE ENGINEER:  HOWARD COMSTOCK “Get ready, here they come.  Love them or hate them, four of the last seven Chase races are at 1.5-mile tracks.  We start the string this weekend at Kansas.  But don’t believe it when you hear that all mile-and-a-half tracks are the same.  They’re not.  The four 1.5-mile tracks that teams face in the Chase have different bank angles in the turns, different radii in the turns, different doglegs on each front stretch and different straightaway lengths.  We run different top speeds at each, run different average speeds at each and lose different amounts of time per lap as tires wear at each. Other than those factors, they are all 1.5-miles in length; maybe that’s what people say make them all the same.”

DODGE QUOTES: ON RACING AT KANSAS “I don’t know what it is about the Kansas track.  The year that I won the championship, I finished sixth and that had been the highlight so far.  It’s a flat mile-and-a-half that reminds me of Las Vegas when it was built and flat.  It’s just a tough combination.  If you’re just a tick off, you feel like you play catch-up most of the weekend and if you unload fast, you’re tough to chase down.” Kurt Busch, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T

“This is a sister car to our ‘758’ that we won Dover with last weekend.  Since the last time out, we’ve gone back and completely redone this car with our latest stuff.  It’ll be a good car for Kansas and we can’t wait to get back out there.  We’re heading in there with the attitude that we have some unfinished business to take care of this time around.”

Steve Addington, crew chief, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T

“Wow.  So much has happened this year since we won at Kansas, but I don’t want the significance of that win lost in the fact that we won two more races and made the Chase.  That win at Kansas was special because we knew we were doing the right things to be successful, but just didn’t get the luck needed to win.  Winning at Kansas was a validation, of sorts, and it was definitely the catalyst for what we were able to accomplish as the summer months wore on.  We won the race on fuel mileage, but we had a very fast car throughout the race.  We ran in the top-10 most of the day.  With a fast Miller Lite Dodge and good fuel mileage, I’m confident about our chances this weekend.”

Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T

“Even though we were able to get the win in June from the 25th position, we really want to qualify better this weekend at Kansas.  Track position and clean air are key at that track.  Once we got Brad out in front, it was like it was a completely different Miller Lite Dodge.  Not only were we able to pick up the win the last time we were there, we also learned a lot about our car.  We’ve seen improvement each time we have gone back to a track for the second time and I expect the same thing this weekend.  The Chase battle is getting tight so we want to come out of here with a good finish.” Paul Wolfe, crew chief, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T

5-Hour Energy Team News and Notes

* This Week’s 5 Hour Energy Toyota …Steve Wallace will pilot Rusty Wallace Racing chassis RWR-064 in Saturday afternoon’s Kansas Lottery 300. Built new for the 2011 season, this Toyota Camry debuted at Chicagoland Speedway last month, where Wallace finished 18th.

* Through 29 Races …With 29 races of the 2011 season in the record books, Wallace has accumulated two top-five, five top 10 and 14 top-15 finishes, an average starting position of 13.3 and an average finish of 16th. Wallace has completed 98.1 percent of the laps contested (5,293 of 5,397) thus far.

* Get to the Points …Wallace continues to maintain the eighth position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver point standings. With five races remaining in the 2011 season, Wallace trails seventh-place driver Kenny Wallace by 26 markers, and holds a four-point advantage over ninth-place contender Brian Scott.

* Wallace at Kansas …In five NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Wallace has recorded two top-15 finishes. His best finish at the 1.5-mile oval is 11th, which he posted when the series last raced there in October 2010.Additionally, Wallace has one start in ARCA Series competition at Kansas, which resulted in a fifth-place finish in July 2006.

* Welcome Aboard …5-Hour Energy Racing welcomes QuickTrip as a partner for this weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway. QuickTrip branding will adorn the TV panel of Wallace’s No. 66 Toyota in Saturday afternoon’s race.

* Rusty Wallace Racing at Kansas … In nine combined NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile Midwest oval, Rusty Wallace Racing has earned just one top-10 finish, coming in October 2010when Brendan Gaughandrove the No. 62Toyota to a ninth-place finish in the Kansas Lottery 300.Rusty Wallace Racing entries have completed 1,577 of the 1,800 (87.6 percent) laps contested in those events.

* Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011 …With 29 of 34 races completed thus far in the 2011 season, Rusty Wallace Racing’s three NASCAR Nationwide Series entries have recorded a combined three top-five, 12 top 10 and 30 top-15 finishes. Rusty Wallace Racing Toyotas have completed 11,625 of 12,019 laps attempted, and have been atop the leaderboard for 19 laps with drivers Michael Annett, Jason Bowles, David Reutimann and Steve Wallace.

* The Battle For Best in Class …Rusty Wallace Racing’s 14th-place position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner point standings is second-best among full-time, non-cup affiliated teams. Wallace’s No. 66 entry trails RAB Racing, currently ranked 13th, by 26 points.

* Cast Your Vote …Voting has begun for the Most Popular Driver of the Year award in the Nationwide Series. Fans are encouraged to log onto NASCAR.com to vote for their favorite driver from the series once per day until voting ends on Thursday, November 17.

“The mile-and-a-half tracks have been a struggle for our 5-Hour Energy team this year, but Doug Randolph and all the guys have been working hard on aero stuff and we feel like we’ve made some gains. They cut the sides off this car on Monday and applied some things they learned in the wind tunnel, so we feel pretty confident that we’ll have a better package this time out. I enjoy racing at Kansas Speedway, and heading there knowing that we’ve made some gains really gives us something to look forward to.” – Steve Wallace on racing at Kansas Speedway

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Robert Richardson, Jr. to take on Kansas Speedway in No. 23 Chevrolet for R3 Motorsports

CHINA GROVE, N.C.(October 4, 2011) – When the NASCAR Nationwide Series activities begin this weekend at the 1.5-mile oval of Kansas Speedway, Robert Richardson, Jr. will be back in the seat of the No. 23 North Texas Pipe Chevrolet.

The family-owned team of R3 Motorsports has entered and made every race this year. This has allowed them to remain solidly locked into the Owner’s Points so they can concentrate more on their race set-ups to maximize their performance in Saturday’s race.

The 29-year old native of McKinney, Texas has some experience under his belt at the Midwestern track to aid in the young team’s quest for speed and handling. Richardson used the recent off-week to take an extensive tour of Colorado and New Mexico utilizing his minor in photography from Southern Methodist University to take some great photos available for viewing on his Facebook page.

Fast Facts:This will be Richardson’s 20th start of the 2011 season and 89th of his NNS career. Throughout this year, he’s completed 2,946 of 3,740 laps contested and led one lap, at Talladega. His best finish took place at Richmond in May where he was 20th.

Track Facts: This will be the fourth start at Kansas Speedway for Richardson. In the previous three, he’s achieved a best start of 31st and finish of 22nd, both taking place in the 2009 event. As far as consistency, he’s completed 99 percent of the laps (594 of 600) of competition. In this race last year, he started 42nd and went on to finish in 31st place.

Tune in for the Win:A fairly normal schedule awaits the Nationwide Series drivers this weekend in Kansas. Their first practice takes place from 2:10 p.m. (ET) to 3:15 p.m., which is then followed by the final practice from 3:45 to 5 p.m.; both of which will be seen live on ESPN2. Then, qualifying takes place Saturday morning at 10 a.m. on ESPN2 before all 200 laps of action start at 3:30 p.m. start on, yep – you guessed it – ESPN2. All of the race action can also be heard on MRN Radio and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90

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Conveniently located minutes from the KCI Airport, we offer courtesy shuttle transportation to and from the airport. Chase Suite Hotel Kansas City Airport is the perfect destination for business or leisure travel just minutes from the Kansas City Expo Center, Zona Rosa Shopping District, World’s of Fun & Oceans of Fun Water Park, and Tiffany Greens Golf Course. Chase Suite Hotel Kansas City Airport is also pet-friendly. With 112 hotel suites ranging in size from 550 to 850 square feet, you have all the touches of home with the added value of business amenities. Our KCI Airport hotel suites are appointed with spacious living rooms, sofa beds for added flexibility and inviting pillow top mattresses complete with goose/down feather pillows for comfort.

Next!The NASCAR series return home for the following week when they race under the lights of Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday evening.

Robert Richardson, Jr. Quotes: “This is one of those 1.5-mile tracks on our schedule that is pretty much like the others, when it comes to the layout. But, don’t get me wrong, this track has its own personality and quirks just like the others do, too.

“We need to get ourselves dialed in real good in the first practice so we know what we have to deal with during the race. If we start to get in some of those long, green-flag runs like we have been lately, then we need to know what to expect.

“Qualifying will get worked on some, too, because you really want to get a good starting spot at a place like Kansas. The more positions you can put behind you before the green flag flies, the better.

“Kansas is a great area and the fans get into us being there every year. The cooler temperatures now will help us some in the car, but also in how the tires could wear differently  than they do in the summer time.”

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. –Kansas Lottery 300 Advance

200 laps/300 miles

Team:           No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com  Ford Mustang

Crew Chief:  Mike Kelley

Chassis:       RK-696– primary – New Nationwide Chassis.

RK–635 – backup – last raced at LOR- finished third

QUOTES

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Kansas Speedway:   “I’m really looking forward to Kansas. We got to do the Goodyear tire test there earlier this year, which will hopefully benefit us.  Last year, that was one of the good races we really had heading down the homestretch.  We ran in the top five and we got a penalty and had to go to the back and drove our way back up to the front.  We restarted third and on the last restart I got trapped on the bottom and finished sixth, but had a really fast race car and ran really well, so I’m looking forward to getting back there.”

Crew chief Mike Kelley on racing at Kansas Speedway:   “We have had a lot of success on mile-and-a-half tracks this season. Kansas is track that suits Ricky’s driving style. I am confident that we will have a strong performance here but we also have to think championship picture and make sure we stay up front and out of trouble to gain the maximum points.”

FAST FACTS

* So far in 2011, Stenhouse, Jr. has two wins, 13 top-fives, 21 top-10s, and three poles.

* Stenhouse, Jr. is the current Nationwide Series point leader with a 22 point lead over Elliot Sadler.

* Stenhouse’s average finish at Kansas is 6.0 and he has completed 100% of laps there.

* Stenhouse won the Nationwide Dash 4 Cash in Richmond. He is now qualified for the Dash 4 Cash at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

About Roush Fenway Racing Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating seven motorsports teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and three in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Trevor Bayne. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com. Become a fan of Roush Fenway Racing on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway and follow us on Twitter @roushfenway. For sponsorship inquiries please contact John Bauersfeld at 704.720.4621.

Team: No. 60 Fastenal Ford Mustang

Crew Chief: Mike Beam

Chassis: RK-648– primary – last ran in Iowa. Finished second.

RK–621 – backup – new Nationwide chassis

QUOTES

Carl Edwards on racing at Kansas Speedway:

“I absolutely love Kansas Speedway.  It’s not far from my hometown and I will have several of my family and friends there.  It’s a track I really want to win at.  Our Fastenal team has been on a roll and we are coming off a strong win at Dover.  I love the mile and a half speedways.  Kansas Speedway is exactly what this Fastenal team needs for the owners points.  We have five races left and we want to gain as many points as possible and make it count.  These last races are at very good tracks and we will make it exciting for the fans!”

 

Crew chief Mike Beam on racing at Kansas Speedway:

 

“We are coming off a dominating win at Dover so we are going to carry that momentum to Kansas. Our mile-and-a-half program has been superb this year. Our goal is to stay up front, have fast pit-stops and get this No. 60 Fastenal Ford back to victory lane for the eighth time this season.”

 

FAST FACTS

• So far in 2011, Edwards has seven wins, 18 top-fives, and 22 top-10s.
• Edwards captured his 36^th career Nationwide win at Dover International Speedway.
• Edwards has captured six Coors Light pole awards so far in the 2011 Nationwide Series season.
• Edwards average start at Kansas is 7.2.
• The No. 60 Mustang is 13 points out of first place in the NNS owner’s championship.

JAMES BUESCHER QUICK FACTS No. 30 Sporting Kansas City Chevrolet Impala Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway October 8, 2011   James Buescher 2011 Season Starts Poles Wins Top-fives Top-10s DNFs 7 0 0 1 3 1   No. 30 Sporting Kansas City Chevrolet News and Notes   Sporting Kansas City… In a first for the organization, Turner Motorsports will cross over into the world of Major League Soccer (MLS) this weekend. The team will welcome Sporting Kansas City to the hood of James Buescher’s No. 30 Chevrolet Impala at Kansas Speedway. Sporting Kansas City is currently in their 16th year as a MLS club. In 2011, the organization celebrated the opening of LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, a brand new, $200 million soccer-specific stadium, directly across the street from Kansas Speedway. Winners of the 2000 MLS Cup, the 2000 MLS Supporters’ Shield and the 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Sporting Kansas City currently sits in first-place in the Eastern Conference and is one of only five MLS clubs to have won all three major domestic titles. Practicing with the team… Before representing Sporting Kansas City on the track, Buescher will get the chance to train with the team at their state-of-the-art practice facility (Sporting Club Training Facility at 6310 Lewis Road, KCMO, 64130). He will have the opportunity meet the players and workout with the team on Thursday, October 6th at 11:30 a.m. CT. The session will be open to any media members who may want to see the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) championship contender trade in his driving shoes for a pair of cleats and try his hand at a very different professional sport. Role swap… After they get a chance to see what Buescher has got on the soccer field, several members of the Sporting Kansas City soccer club will have the opportunity to see what he has on the track. A group of players and executive staff members will attend the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race as guests of Turner Motorsports. They will experience what race day is like for the young driver and will view the race from atop the No. 30 pit box. NCWTS notes… Buescher is having a career-year in his full-time pursuit for the NCWTS championship. The 21-year-old has collected nine top-five and 17 top-10 finishes, finishing outside the top-10 on only two occasions. He captured one pole award and led 190 laps. He is currently second in the championship point standings, just three points behind leader Austin Dillon with five races left on the schedule. Kansas Speedway: by the numbers… Buescher has three NCWTS starts and one NNS start at the 1.5-mile oval. In his three NCWTS starts, he captured his best finish of fourth in the Truck Series June stop at the track. He made his one NNS start at the track in October 2010, finishing 35th after qualifying in the ninth spot. This week’s Impala… The No. 30 team will hit the track with chassis TMS-113 this weekend at Kansas Speedway. This is the same chassis that Buescher raced to a runner-up finish at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis (LORI). TMS-113 has also seen track time at Phoenix International Raceway (Ryan Newman St. 6, Fn. 4), Bristol Motor Speedway (Kasey Kahne St. 9, Fn. 2), Richmond International Raceway (Buescher St. 36, Fn. 22) and Iowa Speedway (Mikey Kile St. 15, Fn. 19). NNS this season… Buescher has made seven NNS starts this season, capturing one top-five and three top-10 finishes. He brought home his career-best finish of second at LORI in July. Buescher’s Blog… Each week Buescher is in the No. 30 Impala he writes a blog on TheHotLap.com previewing the upcoming Nationwide race and following the race recapping the weekend’s event. You can read his preview blog on Thursday before the race and his recap on Tuesday following the event. Turner Motorsports: In the hunt… In 29 Nationwide Series events in 2011, Turner Motorsports-prepared entries have notched three wins, 21 top-five and 57 top-10 finishes. All three of Turner Motorsports’ championship-contending drivers are inside the top-six in the driver point standings with Reed Sorenson in third, Justin Allgaier in fifth and Jason Leffler in sixth. Buescher on Turner Motorsports partnership with Sporting Kansas City “I am really excited to have the opportunity to work with Sporting Kansas City. It’s cool to get the chance to work out with the team, I just hope I can keep up! It will be a great experience to see how other athletes prepare and then get the chance to show them around the garage and the pits. Racing is so different from other sports, so it’s interesting to be able to compare the two worlds. I really want to thank Steve [Turner] and Sporting Kansas City for putting this weekend together. Hopefully we’ll be able to put on a great show!” Follow the No. 30 team on Twitter! Twitter.com/No30TurnerNNS Follow James Buescher on Twitter! Twitter.com/JamesBuescher Follow Turner Motorsports on Facebook! Facebook.com/TurnerMotorsports

Elliott Sadler

No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala

NASCAR Nationwide Series Race 30 of 34 – Kansas Speedway

KANSAS CITY RACING: Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team will head to Kansas Speedway this weekend for the first NASCAR Nationwide Series event at the Kansas City, Mo., track this season. Sadler has only competed at the track once in the Nationwide Series back in 2005 where he started 18th and was relegated to a 42nd-place finish after an accident on lap five.

EXPERIENCE IN KC: Sadler has also made 10 starts at the 1.5-mile track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He collected one top-five and three top-10 finishes with a best finish of fourth in 2004.

MAKE IT TEN: In the Nationwide Series, KHI has nine starts at Kansas. With fourth-place results, KHI co-owner Kevin Harvick (2010 and 2009) and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart (2006) share the record for the organization’s best finish at the 1.5-mile Kansas City, Kan., facility. Harvick scored KHI its one pole at the track in 2008.

CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 2 OneMain Financial team will use chassis No. 070 this weekend in Kansas. This is the eighth time this season the No.2 team will compete with this particular chassis. The team has earned four top-five finishes with No. 070 thus far this season with a best finish of third at Darlington Raceway in May and Iowa Speedway in August.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: After starting from the pole for the fourth time this season, Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet raced among the top 15 for the majority of the day before an untimely caution put the KHI team one lap down and left the team to finish 14th in the OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway.

TO THE POINT: Sadler remains in the second position in the Nationwide Series Driver’s Point standings. With five races remaining in the season, the driver sits 22 points out of the lead.

MEET ELLIOTT SADLER: Fans will have the opportunity to meet Sadler at the OneMain Financial Branch at 1154 West 103rd St. in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 7. From 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sadler will meet with fans, sign autographs and take photos.

THOUGHTS FROM THE DRIVER: Elliott Sadler

How do you feel heading into this week’s race at Kansas?

“Kansas Speedway is a very slick 1.5-mile race track. It is one of the slickest race tracks that we will compete on all season long. It’s another 1.5-mile track that I am fond of, and it seems to be a strong area for our team. Kansas is another track that we feel like we can go to and be very competitive. Track position is very important there as it is very hard to pass. We race in the middle of the day, which is going to make it nice and slick. I feel good about this weekend, and I know we will go and perform to the best of our ability.”

MOST POPULAR DRIVER: Plenty of time remains to vote for Sadler for the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver award. Fans can vote for Sadler now through November 17 on www.NASCARNationwideSeries.com.

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