SRT Motorsports – Nationwide Series Race Advance
O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
Texas Motor Speedway
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
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SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter
Career Stats: Starts: 63 Wins: 1 Top Fives: 11 Top 10s: 26 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 243
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 30 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 9 Top 10s: 20 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 128
• Finished ninth at Kansas in last NNS start, his 20th top 10 of the 2012 season.
• Fourth in NNS championship standings, 98 points behind leader Elliott Sadler.
• Has four top-five and 13 top 10-finishes in 18 previous superspeedway races this season.
• Has five NNS starts at TMS – best finish of seventh came in the 2011 fall race.
• Made 13 IndyCar starts at TMS; won three races (2001, 2002 and 2007) and two poles.
• Has been running at the finish in 42 consecutive NNS starts dating back to the 2011 spring race at TMS.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Career Stats: Starts: 11 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 5 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 11 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 5 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
• Finished 11th at Kansas in last NNS start.
• Will make his first TMS Nationwide start this weekend.
• Best finish this season is seventh-place (twice, most recently at Bristol in August).
DODGE QUOTES: “This has been the trend all year: going to places I haven’t been to. I’m really excited to be in both the RAM truck and the Challenger Nationwide car this weekend. I love running double-duty. I think it just teaches you more about the race track. Running the truck race the night before definitely helps with the Nationwide car, so it’s kind of a win-win there. One thing I’ve struggled with a lot is being too loose at big race tracks. It’s just a learning thing. We were very good at Kansas; we definitely got it tightened up from practice where it was really good in the race.” –Ryan Blaney
DODGE NUMBERS: TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
• Dodge has TWO NNS wins at TMS, both in the spring race: Kasey Kahne (2005) and Kurt Busch (2006).
• Dodge has ONE pole at TMS – Ryan Newman (2005 fall race).
FROM THE CREW CHIEF “I feel like our Dodge Challengers are pretty good right now. I think there are about 10 teams that can win one of these Nationwide races on a given weekend. I feel like Ryan has the talent. I think he’s shown a lot of potential in the stuff that he’s driven to this point. It’s like I told him, every time you take that step it’s going to get a little more difficult.” — Jeremy Bullins, Crew Chief, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger
