SRT Motorsports – Dodge Nationwide Series Race Advance
Indy 250
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter
Career Stats: 2012 Season Stats: Starts: 51 Starts: 18 Wins: 1 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 6 Top Fives: 4 Top 10s: 17 Top 10s: 11 Poles: 0 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 210 Laps Led: 95
• Fourth in Nationwide Series driver standings, 42 points behind leader Elliott Sadler.
• Led 22 laps on the way to an eighth-place finish one week ago at Chicagoland, his sixth consecutive top 10.
• Average start and average finish in an identical 9.2 through 18 NNS races this season.
• Won 2006 Indianapolis 500 by .064-seconds over Marco Andretti. Made three Cup starts at the 2.5-mile speedway from 2008-2010.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Career Stats: 2012 Season Stats: Starts: 182 Starts: 14 Wins: 19 Wins: 2 Top Fives: 80 Top Fives: 7 Top 10s: 112 Top 10s: 9 Poles: 13 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 3,025 Laps Led: 271
• Won from the pole in most recent NNS start at New Hampshire Motors Speedway (race No. 17) and led 131 of 200 laps. Pole was his first of the 2012 NNS season.
• Won 2011 NNS race at Lucas Oil Raceway Park.
• Scored ninth-place finish in 2011 Cup race at IMS.
• Won two races and finished 10th-place or better in five of his last six NNS starts.
DODGE QUOTES: ”I’m looking forward to going to Indianapolis. I haven’t been there in almost two years. I always enjoy going to the speedway just for all the sentimental reasons, mostly the things I remember as a kid going with Dad and my Mom and having a good time. We’d love to be able to add something to that. I’d love to win but I don’t think we’re going to throw away the points if we’re running second on the last lap to try to make something happen but you never know. We’ve got to go there and do the same thing that we do every weekend. We’ve got to be smart about how we use our tires in practice.” -Sam Hornish, Jr.
DODGE IN THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES
• 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.
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NUMBERS
• The Indy 250 is the inaugural NNS event at IMS.
• The Nationwide Series has been competing in the Indianapolis area since the series was formed in 1982 – 31 consecutive seasons.
FROM THE CREW CHIEF “The Discount Tire Dodge Challenger team is beyond excited to be headed to the inaugural NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It would be a tremendous honor and accomplishment to win the first event there for Penske Racing and Mr. Penske, with all he and his teams have accomplished there in the past. We approach every race with the desire to come out on top, but winning at the Brickyard would be a tremendous bonus.” — Jeremy Bullins, Crew Chief, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger
