Alex Bowman
No. 99 ToyotaCare Toyota Camry
Event Preview Fact Sheet
Event/Date:Â Â Â Â Â U.S. Cellular 250 – August 3, 2013
Venue:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Iowa Speedway
News & Notes:
This Week’s ToyotaCare Toyota … Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 42 in Saturday’s U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. This chassis last saw action at Chicagoland Speedway two weeks ago. Additionally, this chassis won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway in April.
I’ve Been Here … Bowman has competed at the .875-mile once in his Nationwide Series career, posting a 22nd-place finish here in June. Additionally, he has recorded laps here in K&N Pro Series East competition finishing 19th in 2011s running of the Pork 175.
> RAB Racing at Iowa … RAB Racing with Brack Maggard has competed in eight Nationwide Series events at Iowa Speedway since their inaugural year of competition in 2009. RAB Racing has accumulated three top-10 finishes, including a best showing of sixth, which came with Kenny Wallace in 2011.
Rice at Iowa … Crew chief of the No. 99 Toyota Camry, Chris Rice, has sat atop the pit box at Iowa Speedway three times in his Nationwide Series career, boasting a near perfect lap completion record and garnering one top-10 and two top-15 finishes with drivers Shelby Howard and Wallace.
> Get to the Points … As we head into the 20th race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Bowman currently occupies the 11th position in the drivers’ point standings, 73 points out of the top 10. Owner Robby Benton holds steady in the 15th position of the Nationwide Series owners’ point standings.
Rookie Battle… Following his 15th place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Bowman retained the second position in the Rookie of the Year point standings, 61 points behind Kyle Larson.
Catch the Action … The U.S. Cellular 250 from Iowa Speedway will be televised live Saturday, August 3rd beginning at 8 p.m. EST on ESPN2 and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network.
Get Social … Don’t miss any updates from Bowman and RAB Racing. Follow them on Twitter @AlexBRacing and @RAB_Racing.
Alex Bowman Quotes:
“I’m excited to be going back to one of my favorite tracks this weekend, I’ve always run well there in everything I’ve driven in and I’m confident this weekend will be no exception. It’s a place that over the years has gotten rough in the entry of turn one and through the corners which gives it a lot of character and gives the drivers a challenge. Â Also excited to have our car owner Robby Benton spotting for me, always nice to have him on the spotters stand with his ability to coach from previous driving experience and he never panics or gets excited in any kind of situation during the race.”
Chris Rice Quotes:
“Iowa is a track we’ve all been looking forward to returning to after our performance last June. We had a really good car, running in the top 10 but were involved in an incident that took us out of contention. One of the reasons we had a good car at Iowa was our ability to roll the center, keep our momentum up and drive off the corners, something we’ll work hard on in practice again this weekend.”
