SRT Motorsports – Dodge Nationwide Series Race Advance
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Richmond International Raceway
Friday, Sept. 7, 2012
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SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter
Career Stats: Starts: 57 Wins: 1 Top Fives: 10 Top 10s: 23 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 237
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 24 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 8 Top 10s: 17 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 122
• Third in NNS championship standings, 32 points behind leader Elliott Sadler.
• Owns one top-five and two top-10 finishes in four previous NNS starts at RIR. Best finish was fifth in 2012.
• Has put together a series-best 12 consecutive top-10 finishes dating back to Michigan (race No. 13).
• Ranks third overall among NNS regulars with 178 points on short tracks this season and owns three top-10 finishes in five short track races.
• Has completed all but two laps this season (4,176 of a possible 4,178 laps – 99.95 percent).
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Snap-On Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Career Stats: Starts: 6 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 3 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 6 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 3 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
• Making second NNS start in No. 22 Dodge for Penske Racing. Finished 10th at Iowa in first start for the team.
• Made first career NNS start at RIR in 2012 spring race, scoring an impressive seventh-place finish.
• The 18-year- old son of NASCAR driver Dave Blaney.
DODGE QUOTES: “I try not to play any favorites but Richmond is one of the places that I’ve been good at in the past in both Nationwide and Cup. So I’m really looking forward to going there. It’s all about getting your car to rotate in the middle (of the turns) so you can start applying throttle.
“Our Alliance Truck Parts Dodge team ran well here the last couple of times out and we feel like we are ready to put it all together and finish up front. Penske Racing has been building great cars for us and we are focused on making a strong effort towards the series championship over the balance of the season.” –Sam Hornish Jr.
DODGE NUMBERS: RICHMOND
• Dodge has one NNS victory at RIR (Brad Keselowski in 2010 spring race).
• Dodge drivers have racked up 10 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes at the .75-mile speedway.
• Dodge drivers own four poles at RIR.
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 Ryan Blaney are sharing the driving duties in the second Penske Racing entry.
• Brad Keselowski gave Dodge and Penske Racing their first NASCAR Nationwide championship in 2010. His average finish for the season was 5.2.
• Dodge has 44 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 50 times.
• Dodge drivers have led 523 laps in the NNS this season.
FROM THE CREW CHIEF “I think the key to Richmond is getting a good drive off of turn four and setting yourself up to have the inside line in (turns) one and two. You can run the high line in one and two for a little while but I think the car that can handle on the bottom in one and two is going to win the race.” — Chad Walter, Crew Chief, No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger
