SRT Motorsports – Dodge
Nationwide Series Race Advance
STP 300
Chicagoland Speedway
Sunday, July 22, 2012
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SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter
Career Stats: Starts: 50 Wins: 1 Top Fives: 6 Top 10s: 16 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 188
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 4 Top 10s: 10 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 73
• Fourth in Nationwide Series driver standings, 32 points behind leader Elliott Sadler. Has five consecutive top-10 finishes and six top-10s in last seven starts.
• Scored fifth-place finish in only previous NNS start at Chicagoland in 2011 fall race.
• Fourth-place finish at New Hampshire was his fourth top five and equaled his best finish this season.
• Has seven top-10 finishes and scored 360 points in 10 previous superspeedway races Has completed 99.93 percent of total possible laps this season (3,017 of a possible 3,019).
PARKER KLIGERMAN – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Career Stats: Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 4 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 7
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 2 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 1 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
• Will be making his third NNS start this season and second-ever at Chicagoland. Best finish this season was eighth-place at Iowa Speedway (race No. 10).
• Won pole in first-ever NNS start at Kansas in 2009.
DODGE QUOTES: “We ran really well at Chicago last year. We had a pit stop and a couple of the nuts got away from the changer but we still finished fifth. We’ll go back and try to get it done this year.” — Sam Hornish, Jr.
“I think it’s a positive being able to hop in the Truck and learn about the track before getting in the Nationwide car, I’m really excited for my first mile-and-a-half start in the Discount Tire Dodge and I hope to put it in victory lane.” — Parker Kligerman
DODGE IN THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES
• DID YOU KNOW? Dodge drivers have six top-five and 13 top-10 finishes at Chicagoland.
• Dodge is fielding two full-time entries in the series this year. Sam Hornish Jr. is competing for the series championship while Brad Keselowski and Parker Kligerman are sharing the 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. His average finish for the season was 5.2.
• Dodge has 43 wins in the series including seven in each of the previous two seasons. The first Nationwide Series win came in 2002. Dodge had 11 wins in the series during the 2005 season.
• A Dodge has started from the pole 49 times.
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY NUMBERS
• Dodge has three NNS wins at Chicagoland: Justin Labonte (2004), Casey Mears (2006) and Brad Keselowski (2010 fall).
• Dodge has two poles at Chicagoland: Casey Mears (2003) and Ryan Newman (2005).
FROM THE CREW CHIEF “Our pit crew gave us positions every time last week at New Hampshire. You know, I told ‘em on the radio after one stop that the effort gives us a lot more options when we can rely on them to have fast pit stops. Kudos to those guys for all the effort and work that they put in. Team-wise, start to finish, Sam and the Alliance Truck Parts pit crew had very solid effort – no mistakes and we came out fourth.” — Chad Walter, Crew Chief, No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger
