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[/media-credit]Miguel Paludo
No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet
Charlotte Motor Speedway – N.C. Education Lottery 200
May 18, 2012
No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet News and Notes
Informações Chassis (This Week’s Silverado)…Miguel Paludo and the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Silverado team will utilize chassis TMS-213 this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is the same truck Paludo drove to his first top-10 finish of the season at Kansas Speedway in April.
São Precisos Dois (It Takes Two)…Paludo heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for only the second time in his racing career. In his first visit to NASCAR’s “home track,” Paludo had a top-10 truck before an engine failure forced him to retire from the race early, ultimately resulting in a 35th-place finish at the 1.5-mile quad-oval.
Em Meados (In The Middle)…More indicative of Paludo’s potential this weekend is a look at his stats on intermediate (1-2 mile) tracks. Paludo has earned more top-10 finishes (six) at intermediate tracks than at any other configuration the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visits. Five of those top-10 finishes have been at earned at 1.5-mile tracks like CMS.
Pare DeDiabetes (Stop Diabetes)…Last week, Paludo, a type 1 diabetic, and his wife Patricia discovered that their eight-month old son Oliver is also one of the 366 million people worldwide living with the diabetes. In response, Paludo will be running a special “Stop Diabetes” logo on the tonneau cover of the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet this weekend in Charlotte. For more information about the cause, please visit. www.diabetes.org.
FactoDiabetesda Semana (Diabetes Fact of the Week)…Paludo’s home country of Brazil has the fifth-highest rate of diabetes in the world, with 12,440,000 people diagnosed as of 2011. The United States is ranked third, with over 23,721,000 living with diabetes. First on the list? China, which has over 90,000,000 cases as of 2011.
Corrida Anterior (Previous Race Recap)…Paludo and the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components truck posted a solid day at Kansas Speedway, running consistently fast lap times and boasting near-perfect handling for much of the SFP 250, before bringing home a 10th-place finish. The team battled back from a poorly-timed caution and restarts behind struggling competitors to earn their first top-10 of the season.
Siga-me (Follow Me)…Visit www.twitter.com/miguelpaludo or www.facebook.com/miguelpaludo for the latest news and updates on Paludo and the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components team.
Veja e Ouça (Watch and Listen)…The N.C. Education Lottery 200 can be seen live on Friday, May 18th on SPEED. Race coverage will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST. The event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 90.
Miguel Paludo on driving at Charlotte Motor Speedway
“I can’t wait to get back to the racetrack. We had our first top-10 finish of the season in Kansas, and whenever you have a good race, you want everyone on the team to keep that confidence and momentum. I’m hoping we can get to Charlotte and build on that race and put together a few really good races in the coming weeks. I think we already have a good head start because we’re bringing the same truck we brought to Kansas, and it was a well-balanced truck that handled really well. I also really enjoy racing at the 1.5-mile tracks, those are the tracks where I consistently seem to run the best. I’m hoping that we can put all these positive things together and come out of Charlotte really happy with our result.”
Miguel Paludo NCWTS at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Date
Start
Finish
LC/TL
Status
$Won
5/20/2011
12
35
25/134
Engine
$7,345
Starts
Poles
Wins
Top-Fives
Top-10s
LC/TL
$Won
1
0
0
0
0
25/134 (18.6%)
$7,345
Miguel Paludo NCWTS Career Statistics
Races
Wins
Poles
Top-Fives
Top-10s
DNFs
Earnings
33
0
1
3
10
8
$419,891
Miguel Paludo 2012 NCWTS Season Totals
Starts
Wins
Poles
Top-Fives
Top-10s
DNF
Money
4
0
1
0
1
1
$50,525
Miguel Paludo 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results
Date
Start
Finish
LC
TC
Status
Money
2/24/2012
Daytona International Speedway
1
30
83
109
Accident
$13,675
3/31/2012
Martinsville Speedway
14
17
250
250
Running
$10,900
4/15/2012
Rockingham Speedway
23
15
198
200
Running
$10,850
4/21/2012
Kansas Speedway
13
10
167
167
Running
$15,100
5/18/2011
Charlotte Motor Speedway
6/1/2012
Dover International Speedway
6/8/2012
Texas Motor Speedway
6/28/2012
Kentucky  Speedway
7/14/2012
Iowa Speedway
7/21/2012
Chicagoland Speedway
8/4/2012
Pocono Raceway
8/18/2012
Michigan International Speedway
8/22/2012
Bristol Motor Speedway
8/31/2012
Atlanta Motor Speedway
9/15/2012
Iowa Speedway
9/21/2012
Kentucky Speedway
10/6/2012
Talladega Superspeedway
9/29/2012
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
10/27/2012
Martinsville Speedway
11/2/2012
Texas Motor Speedway
11/9/2012
Phoenix International Raceway
11/16/2012
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Totals
12.75
18.00
698
825
96.1%
$50,525
