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Concord, N.C. (Aug 16, 2011) – Earlier this year at Charlotte Motor Speedway, fans witnessed three Fastenal-branded cars running in a single Nationwide race. This weekend, they’ll see two. Fastenal, a regular primary on Carl Edwards’ No. 60, will also sponsor current Nationwide points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in this week’s Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal , Canada .

Fastenal’s blue and white colors will be featured on two of the fastest cars in the series. The all-star lineup includes the No. 60 Fastenal Ford Mustang driven by series champion Carl Edwards – who has already chalked up five Nationwide Series victories this season – as well as the No. 6 Ford Fastenal Mustang of 2010 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Ricky Stenhouse, who has captured two victories this season by sweeping at Iowa Speedway.

“It’s great to have Fastenal on board at Montreal ,” Stenhouse said. “We had a great run with the Fastenal Ford Mustang when they were on our car at Charlotte back in May and hopefully we can have a solid finish for them on Saturday afternoon.”

“You have to like your odds anytime you start a race with Carl and Ricky behind the wheel,” added Steve Rucinski, Fastenal’s Executive Vice President, International Sales. “It’s a great opportunity to spotlight our brand for Canadian race fans.”

The two Roush Fenway teams bring a combined seven Nationwide wins along with 23 top-five finishes and 33 top-10 finishes this season. As a whole, Roush Fenway’s Nationwide program boasts 121 victories, 415 top fives, 643 top 10s, two championships and has led over 20,300 laps it its illustrious history.

Saturday’s (August 20) race will be televised live on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

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 (http://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 Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.

NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

No. 18 Sherwin-Williams/Fix Auto Toyota News & Notes:

· McDOWELL LOOKING FOR A LITTLE REDEMPTION: Michael McDowell isn’t one to show his disappointment. Ask him, and he’ll tell you that he’s getting an amazing opportunity to drive the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on several occasions in 2011 and there is nothing to be disappointed about in that. But in the back of his mind, McDowell might just be looking to make up for some disappointment and get himself and the No. 18 team a little redemption this weekend in Montreal. McDowell proved himself quite the road race specialist earlier this season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Road America. McDowell captured his first-career NASCAR pole at Road America, touring the four-plus mile road course nearly a full second faster than the second-place qualifier Max Papis. McDowell then went on to lead a race-high 30 laps and had a 15-second lead before a late-race caution bunched the field. On the ensuing restart, McDowell slid off the track and spun in the grass, leading to an eventual 12th-place finish.

· FIX AUTO JOINS SHERWIN-WILLIAMS ON BOARD No. 18 THIS WEEK: Sherwin-Williams and Fix Auto will both adorn the side of the No. 18 Toyota this weekend in Montreal. Sherwin-Williams is the nation’s largest specialty retailer of paint, stains, coatings, wall coverings and sundry items. The company is dedicated to supporting the do-it-yourself consumer with exceptional products; resources to make confident color selections; and expert, personalized service that’s focused on the do-it-yourselfer’s unique project needs. Sherwin-Williams brand-name products can only be found at Sherwin-Williams stores. Visit sherwin-williams.com. Fix Auto is revolutionizing the collision repair industry. First, Fix Auto has an extensive network of carefully selected collision body and auto paint shops that are at hand, and at your service, after an accident involving automobile body damage. Whatever needs to be done to get you back on the road – frame reconstruction, car paint or collision and body repair – every one of our collision repair facilities offers the brand of reliable auto repair service that has made our name synonymous with excellence. The Fix Auto network is 301 bodyshops all maintaining the same standards of quality, ethics and performance.

· NOT A MONTREAL FIRST-TIMER: This will not be McDowell’s first go around at the 14-turn Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. McDowell has competed twice at the speedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He ran the event in 2009 with the Keselowski family-owned No. 96. In that event, McDowell started 32nd and ran as high as sixth before coming home a respectable 11th. Last season, McDowell qualified 12th in the No. 81 machine and ran as high as eighth in the event before engine failure knocked him out of the race.

· McDOWELL A SPECIALIST? SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE: Michael McDowell surprised many people with his strength on the road course at Road America earlier this year. And Michael liked it that way, keeping his road racing skills mostly quite. However, just one look at his racing resume would give away where his road course abilities come from. McDowell made his early mark in go-kart racing and followed that up with a variety of road racing experience. Following go-karts, McDowell headed to the Star Mazda Series, where he was the 2003 Rookie of the Year and the 2004 North American Champion. Following his Star Mazda career, McDowell co-drove a Daytona Prototype with Champ Car veteran Memo Gidley. The duo finished sixth in the Rolex Sports Car Series Championship in 2005 and gave Finlay Motorsports its first victory in Mexico City. Also in 2005, McDowell made his Champ Car debut at Mexico City, finishing 11th. The following season, McDowell again drove in the Rolex Series and the Grand-Am Cup Series, finishing fourth in points and collecting one win (at VIR). It was only then that McDowell began on an oval-track career, racing in the ARCA Racing Series in 2007, where he finished second in points and was Rookie of the Year.

· CHASSIS: The JGR team will take chassis #133-18 this weekend to Montreal. Despite the fact that the team has had two road course events already in 2011, this will be the first time this chassis has been run all season long.

· STAT OF THE WEEK: 66. McDowell has led a total of 66 laps this season in just four starts behind the wheel of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Those 66 laps have come in three different races (Iowa 1, Road America, Iowa 2). Prior to this season, McDowell had led a total of just eight laps in his entire Nationwide Series career.

· THE RACE: The NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 2.71-mile, 14 turn road course) is set for Saturday, August 20th. The race will be broadcast on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. EST, with radio coverage on MRN starting at 2 p.m. EST.

Michael McDowell Quotes:

“Road course racing is the biggest part of my racing background and it’s what I’ve done the most, but it’s kind of funny because I haven’t talked about it much because I haven’t been in a really good road race car in NASCAR. When I got to Road America in the No. 18, I kind of knew we were going to have a special weekend even though everyone else didn’t. I’d been looking forward to that race for a long time and we were just a few laps away from winning it. So Montreal is really about redemption for me from Road America. I know we are going to have a great car and this will be a great opportunity to get another pole and have another chance for the win. I know it’s going to be tough though as there will be a lot of good road course specialists there as well.

“Montreal is a very cool track. I tell people it’s kind of like the Martinsville of road course racing. It’s tight and you’ve got concrete walls and not a lot of run off all around you, so that place tends to lead to a lot of beating and banging. It’s also very technical and lends itself more to a road racer because it is pretty challenging. You can’t afford to make any mistakes there and you have to be right on point each and every lap to keep running good lap times. It requires a lot of discipline.

“This is also my last scheduled race in the No. 18 for now and my last shot to get these guys a victory. I feel like I owe them one after Road America. The thing is, we’ve been running up front all year long together and not just at the road courses. Maybe this weekend, we can have the same type of performance and hold onto the win. You can never get wins back, so no need to think about Road America too much. For me, to close the deal would be big. I’ll take a lot from Marcos Ambrose winning last weekend at Watkins Glen. He finally closed the deal. You have to put yourself in position to lose a few before you can win one. Maybe this weekend, it will be our turn to win one.”

JUSTIN ALLGAIER QUICK FACTS

No. 31 Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet

NAPA Auto Parts 200

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

August 20, 2011

No. 31 Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet News and Notes

•Florida Gulf Safe Adorns the Hood… Florida Gulf Safe will return to the hood of Justin Allgaier’s No. 31 Chevrolet Impala this weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. A campaign launched by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to combat the low consumer confidence in Florida’s Gulf seafood, the ‘Florida Gulf Safe’ sticker can be found on seafood to emphasize the safety and availability of Florida seafood harvested from the Gulf.

•Allgaier Heads to Montreal Fifth in Points… Allgaier held onto fifth-place in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship point standings, 80 points behind leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. All three championship-contending Turner Motorsports drivers are currently in the top-10, with Reed Sorenson in second and Jason Leffler in sixth-place.

•Montreal by the Numbers… The 25-year-old Turner Motorsports Chevy driver has two NNS starts at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with his best finish of ninth coming in August of 2010. He has an average start of 31.5 and average finish of 22.5.

•This Week’s Impala… The No. 31Florida Gulf Safe Chevy team will hit the track with chassis TMS-302 this weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. This chassis last saw track action at Road America where Allgaier held a fourth-place average running position and was on track to claim victory, but ran out of fuel while under caution on the white-flag lap.

•In the Loop… Thus far in 2011, Allgaier ranks among the top-10 in several of NASCAR’s Loop Data statistics: Quality Passes (4th), Fastest on Restarts (7th), Laps in the Top-15 (7th), Average Running Position (7th), Percentage of Laps Run on the Lead Lap (8th), Fastest Early in the Run (9th), Fastest Speed in Traffic (9th), Green Flag Speed (9th) and Fastest Late in the Run (10th).

•Turner Motorsports In the Hunt… In 23 Nationwide Series events in 2011, Turner Motorsports-prepared entries have notched three wins, 19 top-five and 45 top-10 finishes.

Justin Allgaier on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve:

“I really enjoy coming to Montreal each year. It provides a unique challenge that most tracks don’t during the season. It’s a very challenging track where I’ve had finishes on each end of the spectrum. We’re bringing our car from Road America, so I know it’s fast. I just need to keep it on track and stay clean. I’m sure we’ll come home with a solid finish at the end of the day.”

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Fuel Doctor Team News and Notes

•This Week’s Fuel Doctor Toyota … Jason Bowles will pilot Rusty Wallace Racing chassis RWR-053 in Saturday afternoon’s NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. A former No. 62 chassis, this Toyota Camry debuted at Las Vegas in March, where Michael Annett finished recorded a 13th-place finish, followed by an 18th-place finish at Auto Club Speedway in March, and a 31st-place finish after a crash at Darlington in May. Following that incident, this chassis was converted from its original downforce configuration into a road course car. Since then, Bowles started 10th but finished 34th after being involved in an incident at Road America in June, and most recently Most recently, he finished 36th after a clutch failure last weekend at Watkins Glen International.

•I’ve Been Here Before … While Bowles has not yet competed at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Nationwide Series competition, he has raced there once before. Driving the No. 11 machine for Marty Gaunt in the Canadian Tire Series, Bowles started third and was leading on the final lap, but was taken out by another competitor and finished 20th in the 2010 running of the NAPA Autopro 100.

•Stock Car Experience … Despite having made only four Nationwide Series starts, Bowles is no stranger to racing stock cars. The 28-year-old driver has accumulated three starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, four in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, and 45 between the NASCAR K&N Pro East and West Series. Bowles won nine races while competing full-time in the West series from 2007 through 2009, and claimed the series championship in 2009.

•Last Time Out … Drivetrain issues derailed what was an otherwise strong weekend for Bowles and the No. 64 Aspen Dental team at Watkins Glen last weekend. In his second start of the 2011 season, Bowles consistently turned lap times equal to, or faster than some of the top-10 running drivers, but clutch failure at lap 52 relegated the 28-year-old driver to a 36th-place finish.

•Double Duty … In addition to his driving duties in Saturday afternoon’s NAPA Auto Parts 200, Bowles will drive the No. 11 Fuel Doctor entry in Saturday morning’s NAPA Autopro 100 Canadian Tire Series race.

•Rusty Wallace Racing at Montreal … In seven previous Nationwide Series starts at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Rusty Wallace Racing entries have recorded two top-10 finishes.

•Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011 … With 23 of 34 races completed thus far in the 2011 season, Rusty Wallace Racing’s three NASCAR Nationwide Series entries have recorded a combined two top-five, 10 top 10 and 23 top-15 finishes. Rusty Wallace Racing Toyotas have completed 8,975 of 9,357 laps attempted, and have been atop the leaderboard for 19 laps with drivers Michael Annett, Bowles, David Reutimann and Steve Wallace.

“I’m really looking forward to go to a track where I have some stock car experience. I think we learned a lot about what I need in the last two races in the No. 64 car and hopefully we can capitalize on that going to Montreal this weekend.” – Jason Bowles on racing at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

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About Rusty Wallace Racing

North Carolina-based Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) is a professional auto racing team steeped in the legendary racing history of its founder, Rusty Wallace. The team currently campaigns the No. 66 and No. 62 Toyota Camrys-driven by Steve Wallace and Michael Annett, respectively-in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. RWR will also campaign the No. 64 Camry in select 2011 events. RWR entries have finished among the top-ten in the Nationwide Series driver or owner standings in each of the last three seasons. For more on Rusty Wallace Racing, please visit the award-winning rustywallace.com.

•This Week’s 5 Hour Energy Toyota … Steve Wallace will pilot Rusty Wallace Racing chassis RWR-052 in Saturday afternoon’s NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Built new for the 2011 season, this Toyota Camry debuted at Road America in June, where the Greensboro, N.C.-native started sixth and led four laps before being involved in an incident that eliminated him from contention after 52 of 57 laps. Most recently, Wallace raced this chassis to a 16th-place finish at Watkins Glen International last week.

•Through 23 Races … With 23 races of the 2011 season in the record books, Wallace has accumulated one top-five, four top 10 and 11 top-15 finishes, an average starting position of 13.7 and an average finish of 16.4. Wallace has completed 97.6 percent of the laps contested (4,128 of 4,228) thus far.

•Get to the Points … Wallace is currently ranked eighth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver point standings, 50 in arrears to seventh-place driver Kenny Wallace.

•Wallace at Montreal … In four previous Nationwide Series starts at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Wallace has recorded one top-10 finish.

•Road Course Averages … In 13 previous Nationwide Series road course starts (Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Road America, and Watkins Glen International) Wallace has four top-10 finishes, an average starting position of 16.5, an average finish of 19.8, has completed 835 of 958 of the laps contested, and has led six laps.

•Welcome Aboard … 5-Hour Energy Racing welcomes Couche-Tard as a partner for this weekend’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Couche-Tard branding will adorn the TV panel of Wallace’s No. 66 Toyota in Saturday afternoon’s race.

•Last Time Out … Wallace struggled with a multitude of handling issues in the mid-part of last Saturday’s Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International, but persevered over long green-flag runs to bring his No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry home in the 16th position.

•Rusty Wallace Racing at Montreal … In seven previous Nationwide Series starts at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Rusty Wallace Racing entries have recorded two top-10 finishes.

•Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011 … With 23 of 34 races completed thus far in the 2011 season, Rusty Wallace Racing’s three NASCAR Nationwide Series entries have recorded a combined two top-five, 10 top 10 and 23 top-15 finishes. Rusty Wallace Racing Toyotas have completed 8,975 of 9,357 laps attempted, and have been atop the leaderboard for 19 laps with drivers Michael Annett, Jason Bowles, David Reutimann and Wallace.

•Happy Birthday, Steve … Wallace will celebrate his 24th birthday on Thursday, August 18.

•Baby Watch … Team engineer Josh Sell will miss this weekend’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve to stay home with his wife, as the couple awaits the birth of their first child. Donovan Haidinger will be atop the pitbox in his absence this weekend.

•Codespotter … Interested in a chance to win a NASCAR Champion VIP Experience? Go to CodeSpotter.com and enter Steve’s code “SWALLACE” once per day through midnight on September 5th for your chance.

•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.

 

“I always look forward to racing at Montreal. We get in there early enough where we have time to check out the town and see some sights before we get on the track for practice. We haven’t had the finishes we wanted in the two road races so far this year, so we’ll work hard to get the finish we know we’re capable of this weekend.”- Steve Wallace on racing at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

 

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Scott Speed

No. 33 Rheem Heating, Cooling & Water Heating Chevrolet Impala

NASCAR Nationwide Series Race 24 of 34 – Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

SPEED ON BOARD: Driver Scott Speed will join the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team this weekend as the NASCAR Nationwide Series heads north to Canada. Speed will pilot the Rheem Chevrolet Impala at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, the third and final road-course event of the season. The California native has 13 starts in the series with one pole (Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 2009) and eight top-10 finishes. This will be his first Nationwide Series start since the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2009.

FIRST TIME: Speed will sport yellow rookie stripes on the back on the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet this weekend marking the driver’s first Nationwide Series start at the 15-turn road course. Speed has two starts in Formula One at Montreal with a best finish of 10th in 2006.

KHI AT MONTREAL: KHI has made a total of five starts at the Montreal, Canada track since the inaugural event in 2007 with three top-five finishes. Max Papis earned the highest-finishing spot for the organization in 2010 with a second-place finish.

CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 33 Rheem team will utilize chassis No. 077 for this weekend’s race in Montreal. This chassis is new to competition this season, but it was previously prepared as the back-up car for this season’s road-course events at Road America and Watkins Glen International.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Paul Menard returned to the driver’s seat of the No. 33 Rheem/Menards Chevrolet Impala for the Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International. Menard put the KHI Chevrolet in the seventh position to start the road-course event. The driver remained in the top 10 throughout the race to bring home a sixth-place finish.

COMMENTS FROM THE DRIVER: SCOTT SPEED

“I am super excited to get back to Montreal. It has always been one of my favorite cities in the world. It is going to be very interesting to run on a track in a stock car where I’ve run in a Formula One car, I look forward to it though. We are going there with one goal, and that is to win for KHI and Rheem. I’m thankful for this opportunity and I hope to make them proud.”

About Rheem:

Rheem Manufacturing Company (www.rheem.com) is privately held with headquarters in Atlanta. In its 86th year of operation, the company manufactures a full-line of eco-friendly, technologically advanced residential and commercial heating and cooling systems; tank, tankless, solar and hybrid heat pump water heaters; whole-home standby generators, controls, swimming pool and spa heaters; indoor air-purification products; and commercial boilers throughout North America and world markets. The company’s premium brands, including Raypak, Ruud and Rheem, have been recognized with countless industry and consumer awards for reliability, innovative design and high quality. Rheem is the official heating, cooling and water-heating supplier to Richard Childress Racing (RCR), Kevin Harvick, Inc. (KHI) and is a primary sponsor of RCR’s No. 29 Sprint Cup Series car and KHI’s No. 33 Nationwide Series car and Camping World Truck Series No. 2 truck. Harvick was named Nationwide Series “Driver of the Decade” in 2010.

Fast Facts:

Scott Speed

Nationwide Series Statistics at

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

-No Previous Starts-

Race Info:

August 20, 2011

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

NAPA Auto Parts 200

2.71-mile Road Course/15 Turns

74 Laps/ 200.46 Miles

Broadcast Info:

TV: ESPN will broadcast live at

2:30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN will broadcast live at

2 p.m. ET

Car Specs:

Chassis: 077

Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)

Elliott Sadler

No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala

NASCAR Nationwide Series Race 24 of 34 – Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

OH CANADA: Elliott Sadler will hit Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the first time in his career this weekend for the NAPA Auto Parts 200. The Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) driver will makes his debut at the Montreal, Canada road course in the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala as the NASCAR Nationwide Series hits the final road course on the 2011 schedule.

TURNING RIGHT AND LEFT: Sadler has 24 starts at road courses in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, including 12 starts at both Watkins Glen International and Infineon Raceway with a total of six top-10 finishes. In the Nationwide Series, Sadler has made five starts at road courses, including three starts at Watkins Glen, one start at Road America and one start at Autodrome Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico.

ALWAYS COMPETING: Although not on the race track, Sadler will take to a different kind of competition this week: Fishing. The Emporia, Va., driver will hit the water this week as part of the Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament in the Outer Banks, N.C.

KHI IN MONTREAL: KHI has made a total of five starts at the Montreal, Canada track since the inaugural event in 2007 with three top-five finishes. Max Papis earned the highest-finishing spot for the organization in 2010 with a second-place finish.

CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 2 OneMain Financial team has prepared chassis No. 076 for the event at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The 2.71-mile road course will be the debut of the chassis for the organization.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet team finished 10th at Watkins Glen International last Saturday afternoon. The KHI team qualified in the fourth position for the second road-course event of the season and remained near the front of the field until the team was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop near the halfway mark. The KHI crew removed grass from the grille, which had collected as cars in front of the No. 2 went off course, to prevent the car from over-heating. Sadler battled his way back and brought home the team’s 15th top-10 finish of the season.

TO THE POINT: Sadler remains in the third position in the Nationwide Series Driver’s Point Standings, 24 points behind leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and 14 points behind Reed Sorenson with 10 events remaining in the season.

THOUGHTS FROM THE DRIVER: Elliott Sadler

How do you feel heading into this week’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve?

“I’m looking forward to heading up to Montreal. This will be my first time competing at the track, but I was able to go up there a few months ago and get a lay of the land. We were up for a media event and had the opportunity to drive a few people around in a van. I did get to see how narrow the track is, and there is no run off room. Saving your car and keeping your car in one piece until the very end is going to be very important. All I’ve heard is how amazing the fans are in Canada, how much they welcome the NASCAR teams and drivers and how excited they get during race weekend. I’m looking forward to my first trip to get to race in front of a lot of Canadian fans. It’s a road course, which I feel very confident about, and I think it’s going to be a great weekend.”

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