SRT Motorsports – Dodge NNS Race Advance
DRIVE4COPD 300
Daytona International Speedway
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
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SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter
Career Stats: 2011 Season Stats: Starts: 33 Starts: 13 Wins: 1 Wins: 1 Top Fives: 2 Top Fives: 2 Top 10s: 6 Top 10s: 6 Poles: 0 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 115 Laps Led: 107
• Scored first Nationwide victory in 2011 at Phoenix, edging teammate Brad Keselowski by .553 seconds for the victory. Won in his third PIR start. Led the final 61 laps. • Will be making his third NNS start at Daytona.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Career Stats: 2011 Season Stats: Starts: 68 Starts: 29 Wins: 17 Wins: 5 Top Fives: 73 Top Fives: 14 Top 10s: 103 Top 10s: 21 Poles: 12 Poles: 4 Laps Led: 2,754 Laps Led: 906
• Best Nationwide finish at Daytona was a fourth in the 2010 summer race. • Has led at least one lap in last four consecutive Daytona races. • Completed 98.3 percent of total possible laps at Daytona and has been running at the finish in seven of eight races. • Has qualified tenth or better in last 13 consecutive races. • Completed all but one possible lap in 14 of last 15 starts (2,904 of 2905) – 99.96 percent.
DODGE QUOTES: “There’s no optimal place to be at Daytona. If I had my choice I’d like to be one of the first four cars because it’s just you very seldom see the accidents that happen there. It’s usually like eighth and on back that people get together. It seems like usually being closer to the front that you are the better off you are.” — Sam Hornish, Jr.
“I look at the path that I took in my career and I’ve been very fortunate to be successful at the Nationwide and Cup levels. Success has not come from lacking mistakes; I’ve made plenty of those. Success has come from not repeating mistakes. I think that’s the secret to my success.” — Brad Keselowski
DODGE IN THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES • Dodge is fielding two full-time entries in the series this year. Sam Hornish Jr. will compete for the series championship while Brad Keselowski and Parker Kligerman will share driving duties in the second Penske Racing entry. • Dodge claimed its first NASCAR championship in 2010 when Penske Racing’s Brad Keselowski captured the driver’s title. • Dodge has 41 wins in the series including seven in each of the last two seasons. • A Dodge has started from the pole 48 times.
THE DAYTONA NUMBERS • Brad Keselowski has 17 wins in the Nationwide series which ranks 15th on the all-time win list. • There were 35 lead changes in last year’s season opener which tied the record (1984, 1986). • Joe Nemechek led 105 of the 120 laps to win the 1988 Nationwide Series event at DIS.
FROM THE CREW CHIEF “Realistically, I’d like to come out of Daytona with a top five finish. It’s very important to me that the first five to eight races we’re maximizing our points output. It’s so hard to play catch-up in this sport.” –Chad Walter, Crew Chief, No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger
