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[/media-credit]Todd Bodine
No. 11 Toyota Care Tundra
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race 5 of 22
Charlotte Motor Speedway – N.C. Education Lottery 200
BACK AT IT IN CHARLOTE: Todd Bodine is ready to climb back behind the wheel of the No. 11 Toyota Care Tundra this Friday night under the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In eighTt NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts, the veteran driver notched three top five and three top-10 finishes, with a best finishing spot of second coming in 2010. He has 18 laps led to his credit and an average starting spot of 14.1 along with a 15.4 finishing spot. Additionally, Bodine has 19 Sprint Cup Series starts where he captured a pair of Winston Open (now called the Sprint Showdown) victories and 21 Nationwide Series starts with five top five and 11 top-10 finishes.
TOYOTA CARE AT CHARLOTTE: Toyota will continue their loyal support of the two-time Truck Series champion this coming weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The premier Tundra manufacturer has served as the primary sponsor of Bodine’s No. 11 Tundra at Martinsville, Rockingham Speedway as well as Kansas Speedway in an effort to help Bodine capture his third driver championship and their sixth manufacturer’s championship.
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 11 Toyota Care team will unload Chassis No. 141 this weekend at Charlotte. Bodine scored his highest finish of fifth and highest starting position of ninth for the 2012 season with Chassis 141 in the Truck Series’ last race at Kansas Speedway on April 28.
COME OUT AND SEE TEAM ONION: Bodine, alongside teammates Timothy Peters and John King will visit the Camping World in Statesville, N.C. at noon on Thursday, May 20th to sign autographs for the store’s annual Grill Fest Event. The event runs from 11:00-1:00 p.m. and includes free lunch to all those attending. The trio will then head to Walmart Supercenter on Thunder Road in Concord, N.C. for an autograph session at 2:00 p.m. in an effort to promote the Truck Series race on Friday evening. You can also catch the drivers, Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. for autographs at the Toyota Pitpass in the Midway at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
VISIT PIT: Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) is a state of the art pit-crew training facility that Red Horse Racing owners Tom DeLoach and Jeff Hammond started operating in 2004. The Mooresville, N.C. organization will host their third annual open house on Tuesday, May 22 from 6-9 p.m. The open house will feature an autograph session with Timothy Peters, John King and Jeff Hammond, live pit-stop demonstrations on the half hour and a Red Horse Racing race-used sheet metal give away. For more information on PIT and its training programs, go to VISITPit.com.
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Bodine and the No. 11 Toyota Care Tundra took off when the green-flag dropped, at Kansas Speedway and was the truck to beat during the Truck Series SFP 250. Bodine qualified in the ninth place and took the checkered flag in the fifth position, gaining five positions in the point standings. Bodine currently sits 11th only five points out of 10th place.
Todd Bodine talks about Charlotte Motor Speedway:
How is Charlotte Motor Speedway different than the other 1.5-mile tracks on the schedule?
“Charlotte is definitely its own animal. The corners have a sharper radius than most of the other 1.5-mile tracks. The majority of them have long sweeping corners, where Charlotte does not. You’re challenged with the handling of the track because of the tighter turns which makes Charlotte a lot more difficult than the others.”
You will be making your 49th Charlotte start in the Truck race on Friday night. What is one of your most memorable races?
“I have two Winston Open wins at Charlotte but have never won a points race there. I would say both of those Open wins were memorable. I have always run well here, but never got to victory lane in the points race. Any time you get to victory lane, that is something special.”
FOLLOW: Be sure to follow @RedHorseRacing and Todd Bodine @Team_Onion on twitter for all of the latest updates and news. Also check out www.redhorseracing.net and www.teamonion.net for photos, news and updates.
MEDIA ACCESS: Members of the media can now follow Red Horse Racing and it’s drivers on Twitter and Facebook. Twitter: @RedHorseRacing, @JohnKingRacing, @Team_Onion, @TimothyPeters17; Facebook: Red Horse Racing. For more information, contact Katey Hawbaker at khawbaker@redhorseracing.com or (704) 662-0039.
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About Red Horse Racing: Founded in 2005 by former Mobil Corporation executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR veteran Jeff Hammond, Red Horse Racing aims to be a professional racing team that strives for excellence on and off the race track. Red Horse Racing hopes to build and maintain solid, mutual relationships with its partners to win races and championships and to represent itself in a professional manner. The team has six victories and five poles in its brief existence. DeLoach and Hammond also own Performance Instruction Training (PIT), the number one pit crew training center in the world that also has many corporate training options that include team-building, lean manufacturing, motorsports demonstrations and more.
Quick Facts: Todd Bodine Charlotte Motor Speedway Truck Series Statistics Starts: 8 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 3 Laps Led: 18 Average Start: 14.1 Average Finish: 15.4
Race Info
May 18, 2012
Charlotte Motor Speedway
1.5-mile Quad-Oval
N.C. Education Lottery 200
134 Laps, 201 Miles
Broadcast Info
TV: SPEED will broadcast live at 7:30 p.m. ET
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will broadcast live at 7:45 p.m. ET
Truck Specs
Chassis: 141
Engine: Joe Gibbs Racing Engine
