Category: XFINITY Series

GIVE ME FIVE, OR TEN: When Kevin Harvick climbs into the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Jimmy John’s Chevrolet this weekend, he will be making his eighth career Nationwide Series start at Kansas Speedway. If Harvick finishes 10th or better, he will score his fifth top-10 finish and a fifth-place finish or better will mark his fifth top five at the 1.5-mile track.

In seven previous starts at the Kansas Speedway, Harvick has scored one win, one pole, four top-five and four top-10 finishes. He has an average starting position of 10.3 and an average finishing position of 10.7. With 1400 possible laps, Harvick has completed 1276 of those laps for 91.1 percent and has led 118 total laps.

On the Cup side, Harvick has recorded nine starts with three top-10 finishes. Harvick will make his 10th-career Cup start at the track for round three of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Series championship.

BEFORE THE RACE: QUOTES WITH DRIVER KEVIN HARVICK:

Talk about racing on one-and-a-half mile tracks. “I think for us as a team at KHI, the 1.5-mile tracks like Texas (Motor Speedway) and Atlanta (Motor Speedway) have been really good for us. At both tracks, we were able to run up front, lead laps and were in position to contend for the win, but just came up a little short. Hopefully this weekend we can put all the pieces together and have luck on our side to win our fourth race of the year.”

What are your expectations heading into this weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway?

“Every weekend I go to the race track expecting to run up front and contend for a win. In the past few races, we’ve had really good, fast cars and the pit crew has stepped it up on the stops to put us in the places we need to be. If we can have all of those things work together this weekend, I think we will be where we need to be at the end and that’s all I can ask for each week, is the opportunity to have a shot at the win.

CHASSIS HISTORY: This weekend the No. 33 Jimmy John’s team will unload chassis No. 053 for 2006 Kansas Speedway Nationwide Series winner Harvick. This chassis was most recently on track at Kentucky Speedway in June with Mike Bliss. Bliss started the race sixth and led 13 laps before a late-race spin relegated the team to a 24th-place finish. Prior to Kentucky, this chassis was on track at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway where KHI co-owner Harvick piloted the car to an eighth-place finish. In addition, this chassis has two other starts this season including Las Vegas Motor Speedway where two-time Nationwide Series champion Harvick won his first Nationwide Series race for sponsor Rheem, and Auto Club Speedway where a failed engine ended the team’s strong run with a 38th-place finish.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Following an off-weekend after the Friday night race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, where the No. 33 found victory lane for the third time this season, the Nationwide Series returned to action at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Taking on the famous ‘Monster Mile,’ Harvick started the Dover 200 from the ninth position. Running most of the first 120 laps in the top six, Harvick encountered an electrical fire on lap 133 that quickly went out on its own. Catching a caution at the same time, the team was able to bring Harvick down pit road for a routine stop and to look the car over. Mired back mid-pack in the field, Harvick patiently worked his way back to the front, crossing the finish line fifth at the conclusion of the 200-lap event.

ARE YOU A FOLLOWER? Twitter users can now keep up-to-date with Kevin Harvick Inc.’s NASCAR Nationwide Series by following @KHI_NNS. In addition, you can follow KHI’s Truck Series teams @KHI_TruckSeries. Want more from KHI? Follow KHI’s co-owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick @KevinHarvick and @DeLanaHarvick.

ONLINE MEDIA KITS: Media members can now access KHI media kits online at KevinHarvickInc.com. Included on the site are driver bios, driver and team images, KHI history and statistics, team profiles and schedules. Please contact Alicia Deal (adeal@kevinharvickinc.com) at KHI for access to the new site.

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Nationwide Stats at Kansas

Year No. Team Start Finish

2009 33 KHI 14 4

2008 33 KHI 1 13

2007 77 KHI 16 13

2006 21 RCR 7 1

2005 21 RCR 19 4

2003 29 RCR 13 2

2001 2 RCR 2 38

*KHI: Kevin Harvick Inc.

*RCR: Richard Childress Racing

About Jimmy John’s:

Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches was founded in 1983 by 19-year-old Jimmy John Liautaud in a converted garage in Charleston, IL. Since its inception, the company has grown to over 1,000 corporate and franchised locations in more than 37 states throughout the U.S. The company is known for its obsession with fresh, quality products and high-speed execution. For more information, visit www.jimmyjohns.com.

About Kevin Harvick Inc.:

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.

MOORESVILLE, NC (September 27, 2010) – Braun Racing announced today the release of driver Brian Scott for the remainder of the 2010 season. The parting of ways was mutual after Scott scored three top-5’s and five top-10’s in the No. 11 Braun Racing Toyota. Scott currently leads NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year standings.

“Brian has done a great job this year for AccuDoc Solutions and BigSpot.com,” said No. 11 car owner Harry Scott, Jr. “We are very proud of our Rookie of the Year efforts together and we wish him well in the future.”

About Braun Racing: Braun Racing is a leading team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series that was handpicked four years ago by Toyota to help lead their entrance into the series. The team is proud to have claimed Toyota’s first Nationwide Series pole on February 24, 2007 at California Speedway and their first win at O’Reilly Raceway Park on July 28, 2007. Founded by team owner Todd Braun in 2002, the team is in its eighth season of competition in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and is expanding into a four-car operation in 2010 with an all-star driver line-up that includes Kasey Kahne, Brian Vickers, Jason Leffler, Reed Sorenson, David Reutimann, Jacques Villeneuve and Tayler Malsam. Braun Racing’s marketing partners includes Great Clips, Dollar General, Beringer Vineyards, AccuDoc Solutions, Fraternal Order of Eagles, ABF, Iron Horse Jeans, Bigspot.com, Northeastern Supply, SEM and Safety-Kleen. For more information on Braun Racing, visit www.braunracing.com.

Harvick Battles Back from Electrical Fire to Finish Fifth at Dover

Misses Taming ‘The Monster Mile’ for His First Nationwide Series Win at the Track

Dover, Del. (September 26, 2010) – Looking to tame ‘The Monster Mile’ of Dover (Del.) International Speedway for the first time, Kevin Harvick inched his way closer with a fifth-place finish in the No. 33 Kevin Harvick 10th Anniversary Fan Club Chevrolet.

“That’s a good comeback for our team,” said Harvick following the race. “We had the issue with the air conditioner catching fire, but once the smoke cleared from the car, everything seemed to be okay. The guys did a great job sticking with the plan and worked hard to get us back in the top five. I have to thank all of the fans. We had a really cool paint scheme on the car to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Kevin Harvick Fan Club. It’s something the fans have asked for for a long time and I hope they enjoyed it.”

Starting the race from the ninth position, Harvick patiently worked his way to the sixth position on lap 20, and as the race continued under a long green-flag run, maintained his position. As teams began to discuss making green-flag pit stops, the first caution waved on lap 70 for a single-car accident, giving teams the opportunity to pit for the first time during the 200-lap event. With the car handling well, the team brought Harvick to pit road for four tires, fuel and no adjustments. A solid stop by the No. 33 team lined Harvick up in the sixth position on the lap 75 restart.

Gaining a position a lap, Harvick took over fourth on lap 77. As the run continued, Harvick radioed the team on lap 86 that the car was a little too tight and on lap 112, the second caution flag of the race waved. Harvick pitted under the caution for four tires, fuel and a wedge adjustment. Another fast stop by the team kept Harvick in the fourth position on the lap 117 restart.

Jumping to second on the restart behind eventual winner Kyle Busch, Harvick quickly slipped back to fourth by lap 120.

As the race appeared to be shaping up to be a quiet, solid day for the No. 33 team, things quickly changed on lap 133 when Harvick suddenly slowed on the track and radioed the team that the car was on fire. As the cockpit of the car filled with smoke, Harvick told the team he thought he had an electrical fire and dropped the window net to release the smoke as he made his way around the bottom line of the race track. Catching a break, the caution flag waved at the same time for a multiple car accident in turn four that put the race under red-flag conditions for clean up. With the fire appearing to be out, the smoke out of the car and everything working properly, the team made the call to bring Harvick to pit road on lap 137 for four tires and fuel, as well as to check the car over and rehook the window net. Following the stop, Harvick restarted the race 15th on lap 141 with 17 cars on the lead lap.

Mired in the middle of the field, Harvick began to work his way through traffic and was scored in the 13th position on lap 160 when the caution again waved for a multi-car incident. Opting to pit for the final time, the team made a routine stop four tires and fuel, maintaining their position in the field. Harvick restarted from the 13th position on lap 165.

With the laps winding down, Harvick moved into 10th on lap 166 and with five laps remaining in the race, moved into the fifth spot. Holding on to his position, Harvick crossed the finish line solidly in fifth.

Busch recorded his 11th Nationwide Series win of the season, making history as he passed Sam Ard for the most wins in a single season. Joey Logano finished second followed by Carl Edwards and Reed Sorenson.

About Kevin Harvick Inc.:

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.

DOVER, Del. – Kyle Busch may soon be known as “Concrete Kyle” after winning in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Dover International Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Busch completed the season sweep of Dover’s NASCAR Nationwide Series events in 2010, and in doing so, also set the record for most wins in a season with his 11th victory of the year.

“To win 11 this year is very special to me,” Busch said, “It should be special to all the guys on this team because they’re all part of it.”

Busch won his third race of the calendar year at Dover, dominating nearly from start to finish to take the 200-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series race. Busch led 192 of 200 laps. The victory comes after Busch won both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series races at the Monster Mile in May 2010.

Busch also became the all-time leader in laps led by a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver at the Monster Mile, eclipsing Harry Gant. He is also now tied with Todd Bodine for most wins by a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver at Dover with three. He only missed eclipsing the most laps led record by just one lap. Ryan Newman owns the Dover record with 193 laps led in September 2005.

Busch knew he had a good car in qualifying, when he jumped to the pole with a lap of 154.143 mph. Shortly thereafter, Logano eclipsed him by less than two hundredths of a second, causing Busch to quip that Logano must have been “super fast.”

But it was Busch who was super fast during the race. He needed just four laps to run down Logano, and never let his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate get back within striking distance, even in the final laps, when Busch felt something strange in his car and didn’t know if he’d make it to the end.

“We had to have our car perfect to keep up,” Logano said. “We did a good job, got it to a second place car. We just gave up way too much on restarts in the first 20 laps to make it up at the end.”

Carl Edwards finished third, and was able to chip away at the points lead of Brad Keselowski, who finished 17th. Edwards trimmed 53 points from his deficit and now trails Keselowski by 320 points in the series standings.

“We ran very strong, and the car was good,” Edwards said. “It had a lot of speed in it, and that’s what we were lacking last time we were here. We just didn’t have a fast car. So a good job by everybody in the shop.”

The race was a smooth one by Dover standards. The 117.379 mph average speed made it the second-fastest NASCAR Nationwide Series race in the last six years. The race required just four cautions for 19 laps, all cause from accidents. The race was red-flagged for nearly 11 minutes when Elliott Sadler hit the wall in Turn 4, rolled back down the banking and got hit by a hard-charging Drew Herring. Debris littered the track and the cars parked on the backstretch while crews cleaned the track. Both drivers walked away uninjured.

The much-anticipated debut of Danica Patrick didn’t go as well as she or her fans had hoped. Patrick blew a right front tire on lap 72 and hit the wall in Turn 4. She eventually made it back out on the track, but missed 94 laps.

“I know now from experience that when you have a vibration or the car doesn’t want to turn, you’re probably losing [tire] pressure,” Patrick said. “Lesson learned. It’s not a lesson you want to learn while everybody’s watching.”

Great seats are still available for the “AAA 400” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Sept. 26. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 1-800-441-RACE, visit DoverSpeedway.com, or visit any track ticket office on raceday.

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Kyle Busch made NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) history when he won Saturday’s race at Delaware’s Dover International Speedway by becoming the all-time single-season race winner with 11 total victories.  

Busch led a race-high 192 (of 200) laps en route to his 30th NNS win behind the wheel of a Camry and 41st of his career.  

Busch has earned the most victories in a Toyota with 60 total Toyota wins in 229 starts (15 NSCS wins, 30 NNS wins and 15 NCWTS wins).  

 Joey Logano started from the pole and led once for three laps at the one-mile oval, before finishing second to his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) teammate, Busch.    

Camry drivers Reed Sorenson (fourth), Trevor Bayne (sixth) and Jason Leffler (eighth) also had top-10 finishes at Dover.  

Other Toyota drivers in the field included Steve Wallace (12th), Brian Scott (13th), Michael Annett (15th), Brendan Gaughan (16th) and Josh Wise (39th).  

Nine Toyota drivers are in the top-15 in the unofficial NNS driver points following Dover – Busch (third), Bayne (seventh), Wallace (eighth), Leffler (ninth), Logano (10th), Gaughan (11th), Annett (12th), Sorenson (13th) and Scott (14th).

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Finished:  1st How strong was your race car today? “I can’t say enough about the guys on this team – Joe Gibbs Racing guys do a phenomenal job.  NOS Energy Drink, Z-Line Designs, this Camry was flawless and really, really good.  Unfortunately there at the end, I don’t know what happened, I don’t know if we had a wheel loose or what was going on.  It started vibrating and shaking real bad.  I wasn’t imagining things, it did happen.   That was worrying me quite a bit.  I have to thank Gillette and Nationwide Insurance, of course Combo’s, Marquis Jets and all the guys that have made this thing possible.  It’s really fun to come out here and love running these cars and winning with Jason Ratcliff and all these boys.” What does it mean to break the single season win record in the Nationwide Series? “It’s pretty spectacular to be associated with these guys and have these guys win with me.  Leo’s (Thorson, car chief) here, it’s his first time in victory lane.  I told him if I ever break 10 wins, you’re coming to victory lane.  Sure enough, we did today and it’s cool to get a guy like that who for some reason just doesn’t like to come celebrate and says, ‘That’s what we’re here to do, we’re here to win races and not to celebrate’ Tonight we’re going to celebrate.” Do you feel this win today will help you possibly win tomorrow’s Sprint Cup race? “I’m certainly hoping that it pays due tomorrow too with our Interstate Batteries Camry.  It was pretty good in practice.   Unfortunately, we’re kind of battling back and forth between tight and loose a little bit.  Dave (Rogers, crew chief) and I were really communicating well on talking about things and really trying to strategize what we’re going to do.  Learned quite a bit here today with this thing so I’ll take that knowledge and go back to Dave with it and talk to him tonight to see what we can work on to try to make sure that thing gets to victory lane.” Did you consider pitting at the end of the race for the vibration? “There was, for a second.  I was like, ‘Man, what’s more important, this win right here for number 11 or a Cup championship.’  If it was a left-rear wheel and it would have fell off going into the corner, you would have one wail of a hit.  These guys do a great job and they gave me awesome pit stops today so I can’t imagine that’s what it was.  It would have been fun to come out here and race Joey (Logano) like that and to put on a good show in front of the fans and have him close in at the end.  I know everybody was probably hoping he could have got me, but we stayed there today.” Where does this record stack up to your other records in the series? “It’s very cool and very fitting to come out here and beat one of the greats in Sam Ard and be able to put my win up there as number 11 – the most of all-time in a season.  We still have more races to go.  I’m looking forward to more wins, hopefully.  This is the first time that we got one of the guys on our team to victory lane – he’s got superstitions or something.  I told him that win number 11 he had to come to victory lane so he’s here today.” How does this record compare to the sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway? “It’s all good.  You can’t really compare all of them.  The first win I ever had in the Cup Series is big.  The first win in Nationwide that I ever had is always cool.  Every win that you get is always something else that you can just rack up and keep putting up on the shelf and keep adding your name to the record books with.  For me, it’s all about going out there and trying to do it week in and week out and next week’s another week.”

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 NOS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing (continued) Are you ever amazed at all the accomplishments you have at the age of 25? “Not really.  For myself, I like to go out there and come to think I could win every weekend.  There’s those weekends that you don’t win and you’re a little disappointed and something didn’t go your way or you made a mistake or things happen on pit road.  For where I am and where this team is this year and what we’ve been able to accomplish, I’m very fortunate to be where I’m at and couldn’t be happier for myself, for Jason (Ratcliff, crew chief) and all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing that has been a part of this and has made this happen.” What does it mean to break the record held by Sam Ard? “It’s very special.  Sam (Ard) is a great individual and was a great driver in his time.  For myself to come out and be able to compete at that level and get as many wins in a season is hard enough to do.  For where Sam Ard was in his day and for where we are today, I feel like a lot has changed in this sport and of course, it’s always challenging to go out there and get a win on a given weekend.   For us to win 11 this year is very, very special to me and that’s why I say it should be so special to Jason (Ratcliff, crew chief) and all these guys on the team because they were all a part of it.”

JASON RATCLIFF, crew chief, No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What does this day mean to you? “This has been one day that we’ve been waiting for.  Everybody’s worked extremely hard.  There are so many people, I can’t thank them all.  It would take me all night.  Great group at Joe Gibbs Racing, the 18 team – the road crew, the pit crew, the engine shop, just everybody has a part of this and these 11 wins that we’ve been able to accomplish so far.  I know it’s a huge accomplishment for Kyle (Busch).  I’m really thankful to be a part of that.  Great car today.  We worked on it in practice and we felt like, looking back at our notes from last year, we knew what direction we needed to go, where we needed to end practice to be good for the day.   The car took off really good and I think that was our strong suit, that we were really good in the first 20 laps of a run.  Once you get the first 20 laps under your belt, then the guys may close in on you, but not enough to get up there and pass you.  Great job on pit road, we made some adjustments.  We had a scare there on the last stop, after the big caution that threw debris all over the race track, we felt like we needed to pit and make sure that we didn’t have a flat.  We had a right-rear tire on the wall and we were fixing to put on the car and all of the sudden we noticed that it had a slow leak in it.  We had to regroup really quick and put a set of scuffs on the right side and adjust some air pressures, trying to figure out what that was going to do to the car.  It worked out, great day, again great day by Kyle and great accomplishment for all of us.”

JOEY LOGANO, No. 20 GameStop Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Finished:  2nd Did it take some time for your car to come around in the race? “It took us a while, as usual, to take off on the restart.  I don’t know why, the last few races we just don’t take off on restarts good.   We give them a big lead and we try to make that up and that makes it impossible.  I think everyone saw in the last few laps there, we were coming.  We had a shot at it, just a little too late, again.  It kind of stinks, but the guys did a good job adjusting the car and I think we were a third-place car most of the race and we got up to second and maybe a first-place car there at the end.  Good pit stops that kept us up there when we needed it.  We’re second and that stinks, but it’s better than third.  We’ll move on with it.”

REED SORENSON, No. 32 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Braun Racing Finished:  4th How was your race today? “It was a pretty smooth day.  We had a fast car, we qualified good and ran really good all day — real consistent.  We had the same problem all day and the first stop we weren’t able to do what we wanted to do and then after that we got it better and just needed a whole other step.  Everybody on the Dollar General team did a great job, the pit crew did great and a nice top-five finish for us.  We were just loose all day.  We got it better, but we needed another step to what we did.  We did everything we could and just needed a longer race.”

How did your race car perform on the long runs in the race? “I liked my car a lot on long runs.  I felt like that first long run, we passed the 22 (Brad Keselowski) and my car felt really good at that point.  I was kind of hoping that we would be able to stick with them a little bit better on the get-go and I knew we had a good enough car at the end.  We’ll just get a little bit better and come back.”

TREVOR BAYNE, No. 99 Out! Pet Care Toyota Camry, Diamond-Waltrip Racing Finished:  6th

JASON LEFFLER, No. 38 Great Clips Toyota Camry, Braun Racing Finished:  8th

STEVE WALLACE, No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry, Rusty Wallace Racing Finished:  12th

BRIAN SCOTT, No. 11 BigSpot.com Toyota Camry, Braun Racing Finished:  13th

MICHAEL ANNETT, No. 15 Germain.com Toyota Camry, Germain Racing Finished:  15th

BRENDAN GAUGHAN, No. 62 Snap On Toyota Camry, Rusty Wallace Racing Finished:  16th

JOSH WISE, No. 10 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota Camry, Braun Racing Finished:  39th

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Dover International Speedway

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JUSTIN ALLGAIER (No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge Charger) Finished Ninth “The Verizon Dodge guys did a great job all day. We felt we found some stuff toward the end of practice yesterday and thought it would be good for the start of the race, but unfortunately it didn’t have the lateral grip, side bite we needed to keep the pace they were running. We tried to hold our own there at the beginning, but unfortunately, we lost too many spots. We got the car fixed and back where we needed to be, but we had lost a lot of track position. It was a great job in the pits by the guys; they did a great job all day long. It’s unfortunate we finished ninth, we felt like we could have finished a little higher than that. Obviously, the 18, 20 and 60 were in a league of their own today. I don’t know where we would have ended up, but I think track position is so important here. It’s a top-10 finish and we didn’t lose too many points to all these guys.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 22 Ruby Tuesday Dodge Charger) Finished 17th “Just a little bit of an off-day for our Ruby Tuesday Dodge today. The same thing happened to us in the spring and I’m really not sure why. The car really fell off in the middle of the race for some reason. We just need to go back and figure it out. That’s the comfort of having a nice point lead. When you don’t have your best day, there’s comfort in the lead that you’ve already built.”

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CONTACT WITH THE 33? “I looked down at my gauges real quick and everybody had stopped. We caved in the right-front fender and had to come to pit road twice to fix it. That cost us a bunch of track position and with the damage on the front end, a lot of aero too.”

DID THE TRACK OPEN UP ONCE IT GOT RUBBERED IN? “No, not really. I thought it may a bit, but it really just stayed pretty much the same.”

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Dover International Speedway

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BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 22 Ruby Tuesday Dodge Charger) Qualified Fourth “My run with the Ruby Tuesday Dodge was pretty good. I had to lift because the track is a little slicker than it was here in the Spring. I’m pretty happy with our car. We’ll have a solid starting spot and a decent spot on pit lane. We should be fine.”

WITH SUCH A LARGE POINT LEAD, WILL YOUR MINDSET CHANGE FOR THE LAST EIGHT RACES? “I approach it as if we don’t even have a point lead. We’re racing each event trying to get as many points as we can, trying to win the driver and owner championships. To me, it’s like we’re 50 points behind and trying to catch the leader.”

JUSTIN ALLGAIER (No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge Charger) Qualified Seventh “We were a little snug from our practice qualifying to today. The temperature is a lot cooler and the track has a lot more grip in it. I thought that would actually help us, but unfortunately, with the way that I like to drive the car, I was just a little bit too snug. I think that it’s a decent qualifying effort for the Verizon Wireless Dodge guys. I’ve got a really fast race car and I’m excited for the race.”

TALK ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF NAVIGATING TRAFFIC ON THIS TRACK? “Qualifying poorly is one of the things that has caught us off every time that we’ve been here. That results in being subjected to going down a lap early and never getting the rhythm that you need to get into the race. Today, it was about getting a decent qualifying run and start up front. If we can stay out of trouble and have clean pit stops, I think we’ll be OK.”