DEWALT Team Will Utilize Thursday Test to Dial In New Team Chassis
CONCORD, N.C. (April 9, 2013) – Riding momentum from the team’s first top-10 of the season, Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 DEWALT Ford team look forward to high-speed racing at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway this weekend.
The team will utilize a test session Thursday to prepare their newly-built chassis for 501 miles under the lights on Saturday.
Ambrose will make his 10th start at the speedway. He has collected four top-15 finishes, including a sixth-place finish with Richard Petty Motorsports in the spring of 2011.
Comments from DEWALT Ford Fusion Driver Marcos Ambrose:
“Last week’s top-10 finish was really what we needed. We know we are a team capable of running up front each week. We just had a monkey on our back. After getting a front row start and then finishing eighth, we have our confidence back. We just need to keep going. We have something to build off.
“Texas is a fast track. We’ll get some extra track time with the test session on Thursday, so I am confident that the DEWALT guys will dial the new chassis in. We were fast at mile-and-a-half tracks last season. Our guys are getting a lot better with the new cars, and I think we’ll be pretty fast this weekend.”
Comments from Crew Chief Drew Blickensderfer on Texas:
“Texas is a very fast track and handling is very important. We’ll have three and a half hours to test the car on Thursday. We’ve got a good plan going into the test. I’m confident we can ride the high of last week’s top-10 to race up in the front this weekend.”
Chassis History:
The No. 9 team has prepared chassis No. 847 for Texas. The team built the chassis in the off-season.
About Richard Petty Motorsports
A performance and marketing driven company, Richard Petty Motorsports, co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty and successful business entrepreneurs Andrew Murstein and Douglas Bergeron, is one of the most recognized brands in all of motorsports. With a history of over 200 wins and business partnerships with national and global leaders, today the race operation fields two teams in competition in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Aric Almirola pilots the famous No. 43 Ford Fusion with primary partners Smithfield Foods, U.S. Air Force and STP and Marcos Ambrose drives the No. 9 machine with primary partners Stanley and DEWALT. In addition, Michael Annett wheels the No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The team is headquartered in Concord, N.C.
