Richard Childress Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News and Notes
Event FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2014
Location: Dover International Speedway
Richard Childress Racing at Dover International Speedway … RCR has earned four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at Dover International Speedway, most recently in September 2006 when Jeff Burton drove the No. 31 Chevrolet to Victory Lane. Three additional victories came with Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel, including both events at the “Monster Mile” in 1989 as well as the spring race in 1993. RCR has also earned one pole award, 23 top-five and 51 top-10 finishes in 141 combined starts at the high-banked, one-mile oval. Childress, a former driver in NASCAR’s top division, contributed three of those top 10s from 1976-1980.
RCR in the NSCS … In 2,428 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 46 pole awards, 105 wins, 450 top-five finishes and 957 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 15.8. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Sprint Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, ’87, ’90,’91, ’93 and ’94, six NASCAR Nationwide Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR’s three national series.
The Collective RCR …Throughout the season’s first 12 races, RCR’s Sprint Cup Series entries have earned one pole award with Austin Dillon at Daytona International Speedway in February. Collectively, the organization has notched one top-five and 11 top-10 finishes with drivers Dillon, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard. RCR’s three full-time Sprint Cup Series drivers rank 10th (Newman), 15th (Dillon) and 16th (Menard) in the driver championship point standings.
RCR Coca-Cola 600 Rewind … Last weekend, RCR teammates Menard, Newman and Dillon finished eighth, 15th and 16th, respectively, in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Interactive RCR … For up-to-date news and exclusive content, visit RCR’s Twitter page – @RCRracing – along with the RCR Sprint Cup Series team Twitter pages – @RCR3ADillon, @RCR27PMenard, @RCR31RNewman, and driver Twitter pages @austindillon3 and @RyanJNewman. Information about the 15-time championship winning organization can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardChildressRacing and at www.RCRracing.com along with official driver pages – www.facebook.com/austindillon3 , www.facebook.com/PaulMenard27 and www.facebook.com/RyanNewmanNASCAR.
Catch the Action … The FedEx 400 presented by Autism Speaks will be televised live Sunday, June 1 beginning at 1 p.m. ET on FOX and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Austin Dillon
No. 3 American Ethanol Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s American Ethanol Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway … Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 431 in the FedEx 400 benefitting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway. This is the same Chevrolet SS that Dillon raced to an eighth-place finish in the Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 16.
Dillon at Dover International Speedway …. Dillon has one previous Sprint Cup Series start to his credit at Dover International Speedway, posting a 27th-place finish in September 2013. In four previous Nationwide Series appearances at the track, Dillon has not finished worse than 10th. He is the June 2013 Nationwide Series pole sitter at the Monster Mile.
The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion has two starts at the track in the Truck Series, earning his best finish of fourth in the May 2011 event. He also finished ninth at the track in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race.
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Get to the Points … Dillon ranks 15th in the championship point standings entering this weekend’s race event at Dover International Speedway.
#ALLin Challenge … Dillon is asking fans whether they are #ALLin for a new and exciting challenge every Wednesday on his Twitter account, @austindillon3. From capturing an “awkward hug” via video to submitting your best “poker face” photo to helping crew chief Gil Martin’s son Ford find a date for his upcoming prom, each challenge is unique and the winner, as voted on by Austin, wins race tickets or unique memorabilia. Follow @austindillon3 on Twitter every Wednesday for the #ALLin Challenge.
AUSTIN DILLON QUOTES:
Some people say Dover International Speedway is like a roller coaster, is that an accurate assessment?
“That’s definitely an accurate assessment. With the new rules it’s going to be so fast. I’m looking forward to getting there. As drivers, we can really get after it behind the wheel. Dover is just a fun place to race.”
How tricky is getting on pit road there?
“It’s okay. You’re more worried about making mistakes with other people running into the back of you. The actual act of getting slowed down is not that bad. Charlotte Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway are probably the toughest places to get slowed down to come down pit road.”
Paul Menard
No. 27 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway … Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 466 in the 400-mile event at Dover International Speedway. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS was previously raced this year at Kansas Speedway, where Menard finished in the 17th position.
Dover by the numbers … Menard has 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Dover International Speedway. His best start of ninth and best finish of seventh both took place in 2010. The Wisconsin native has completed 5,140 of 5,200 laps attempted (98.8 percent) at the one-mile track. In addition to his 13 Sprint Cup Series starts, Menard has 10 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Dover. He has one top-five and four top-10 finishes. Menard’s best finish of second came in 2012 at the concrete oval.
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Season-to-date … Through the first 12 Sprint Cup Series races of the 2014 season, Menard has completed 3,832 of 3,957 laps contested (96.8 percent), led 45 laps and is currently 16th in the driver point standings.
Looking Back … In last year’s 400-lap race, Menard started the No. 27 Chevrolet from the 16th position and fought an ill-handling race car through the event, ultimately finishing 20th.
PAUL MENARD QUOTES:
How physically demanding is Dover International Speedway?
“Dover is probably one of the toughest places. My top three would probably be Dover, Darlington and some of the 1.5-mile tracks. Dover is very physical since it’s usually pretty hot and muggy. It’s the humidity that gets you more than anything, you know, for whatever reason the helmet blowers always seem to stop working when it’s nice and humid out. Dover is one of the most demanding tracks, but also very fun to drive. You definitely get a big sensation for speed out of all the tracks and you can move around a lot, which makes it interesting.”
Does it actually feel like a rollercoaster?
“In qualifying it definitely does, then during the race as the pace drops off you lose a little bit of that sensation once you’re in your rhythm. It’s pretty exciting.”
Do you like concrete tracks in general?
“Not really, but Dover has been kind of bittersweet to us. We’ve had some good runs and we’ve had some bad runs. There’s just something about concrete that’s’ really hard to get the tires to follow the row with all the real high-frequency seams.”
Ryan Newman
No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Caterpillar Chevrolet SS at Dover International Speedway … Ryan Newman will drive chassis No. 441 on Sunday at Dover International Speedway. Chassis No. 441 has competed in two Sprint Cup Series events so far in 2014, producing two top-10 finishes (Phoenix International Raceway – seventh and Darlington Raceway – 10th).
Newman at the Monster Mile … In 24 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Dover’s high-banked, one-mile oval, Newman is a force to contend with as he has three victories to his credit, including a Dover sweep in 2003 and a win in the fall of 2004. The “Rocket Man” also owns three pole awards. In total, he owns six top-five and 12 top-10 finishes. Also, he has led 848 laps in competition. The South Bend, Ind., native has an average start of ninth and average finish of 13th.
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Team Test … Newman, along with teammates Austin Dillon and Paul Menard, participated in an RCR team test at Pocono Raceway in Pocono, Pa., on May 27 and 28.
Point of Interest … Newman ranks 10th in the Sprint Cup Series championship point standings, trailing the current leader by 71 points, entering the 13th event on the schedule, the FedEx 400 presented by Autism Speaks.
Race Rewind … Last season, Newman was relegated to a 36th-place finish as a result of a power-steering issue and a late-race accident.
RYAN NEWMAN QUOTES:
Do you like racing at Dover International Speedway?
“Dover is one of my favorite race tracks on the circuit. It doesn’t seem to change a whole lot year-to-year. It is just a fun place that you can drop down in the corners and pull up through the straightaways. It’s a fun track and a great place to race. I always look forward to it and it’s a place where I feel the No. 31 Caterpillar team can contend for the race win.”
Bristol and Dover are different tracks and yet, they are both concrete. Can you take any information from Bristol and apply it to this weekend’s race?
“To me, Dover is a big Bristol, but the speed is so much more different. That’s the big multiplier in the equation. Things happen a lot quicker and you have to also consider the elevation change at Dover versus Bristol, but I find both a lot of fun to race on.”
Richard Childress Racing
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes
Race: Buckle Up 200 presented by Click it or Ticket
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014
Location: Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del.
Richard Childress Racing at Dover International Speedway … Richard Childress Racing has 54 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the one-mile speedway. Since 2000, the team has earned three wins; one with Jeff Burton in June 2006 and two with Clint Bowyer, September 2006 and September 2009. The organization has also accumulated 16 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes leading a total of 696 laps. RCR has completed 10,433 of 10,823 laps (96.4 percent) and averages a start of 11.9 and a finish of 12.2.
Recap of Charlotte … Brian Scott, Ty Dillon and Brendan Gaughan posted fifth, 10th and 17th-place finishes, respectively, in the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway,
Getting to the Points … As the Nationwide Series heads to Dover International Speedway this weekend, the three full-time RCR Nationwide Series drivers sit inside the top-10 of the driver point standings, Ty Dillon is fifth, Brian Scott sixth and Brendan Gaughan in seventh.
Social Media … To stay on track with the latest news and information and to view exclusive, behind the scenes content visit RCR’s Twitter page – @RCRracing, RCR’s NASCAR Nationwide Series team Twitter pages – @RCR2BScott, @RCR3TDillon, @RCR33NNS and @RCR62BGaughan. RCR’s Nationwide Series driver twitter pages – @bscottracing, @tydillon, @caleconley and @Brendan62. For additional photos, news and video log on to rcrracing.com.
Dover Coverage… Coverage of this weekend’s Buckle Up 200 at Dover International Speedway will be televised live on Saturday, May 31, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. It will also be broadcasted live on MRN and SiriusXM channel 90.
Brian Scott
No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Shore Lodge Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway … This weekend at Dover International Speedway, Brian Scott and the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro will race chassis No. 101. This chassis was most recently raced at Iowa Speedway where Scott qualified seventh and finished sixth. Earlier this season at Richmond International Raceway, Scott started from the pole position and captured a fifth-place finish. In addition to the spring race, this chassis was raced during the 2013 fall Richmond race where he sat on the pole, led 239 of 250 laps and finished second. The chassis has a strong history with spring victories at Phoenix International Raceway and Bristol Motor Speedway in 2012, and also earned six top-five and 11 top-10 finishes.
Scott at The Monster Mile … In eight NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Dover, Scott has earned one top-five, three top-10 finishes with an average starting position of 15.1 and an average finish of 12.2. Scott earned his first NASCAR sanctioned victory in the Camping World Truck Series at Dover in June of 2009 after starting third. He has two additional Truck Series starts with an average 11.3 starting position and 14 laps led.
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What are your points? … Brian Scott and his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet Camaro team enter Dover International Speedway sixth in the Nationwide Series driver point standings.
Rearview Mirror … Brian Scott and the No. 2 Anderson’s Maple Syrup Chevrolet Camaro qualified sixth for the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Scott battled with the leaders for position and ultimately finished fifth, collecting his second top-five finish of the season.
BRIAN SCOTT QUOTES:
They call Dover the Monster Mile, is it a Monster to drive?
“I think it is. I think the greatest sensation of speed is at Dover over anywhere else we race. You really fall into the corners and carry a lot of speed on the concrete. Everything about Dover is really unique, which is what makes it fun and exciting. I’ve always loved Dover. I’ve had good success there in the Truck Series and the Nationwide Series. I’m looking forward to it, it’s a fun place.”
How physically demanding is Dover?
“It is demanding. If your car is setup pretty well, it becomes less and less physically demanding. It’s never been what I would consider one of the most demanding. Because normally we go there and it’s not as hot. The heat is what, I think, brings in the physical aspect. The hotter it is, like in the summer months, those are the tougher races where you have to put in some extra hydration and physique.”
Ty Dillon
No. 3 Airgas/Bulwark Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Airgas/Bulwark Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway … Dillon will pilot chassis No. 136 in this weekend’s Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared chassis has two starts this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Dillon won the pole, and at Texas Motor Speedway. Last season, Austin Dillon drove chassis No. 136 to two top-five finishes (Texas and Kentucky Speedway).
Dillon in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the Monster Mile … Two years ago, Dillon made his career debut in the Nationwide Series at Dover International Speedway, recording a top-10 finish. Last season, he drove the No. 33 WESCO Chevrolet Camaro to a 23rd-place finish. In two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the one-miler, he has one top-10 finish.
Second time back … Dillon and the No. 3 team visited Dover International Speedway on May 7, 2014 to participate in a Goodyear tire test. The team spent several hours making laps around the Monster Mile, which Dillon and crew chief Danny Stockman called “extremely beneficial.”
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Last week at Charlotte Motor Speedway … Dillon drove the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/NWTF Chevrolet Camaro to a 10th-place finish, the team’s eighth top-10 of the season. He was the second rookie to cross the finish line.
Get to the points … Dillon is fifth in the driver point standings trailing the leaders by only 36 points. The 22-year-old driver is second in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings.
TY DILLON QUOTE:
What are you looking forward to this weekend in Dover?
“The team and I had an opportunity to go to Dover a few weeks ago to be a part of a Goodyear tire test, and fortunately we were able to gather a lot of data and notes on the track. It’s a really great track, the fans love racing up there and it’s where I made my Nationwide Series debut. This could definitely be a track where we could make some noise and get into victory lane.”
Cale Conley
No. 33 IAVA Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s IAVA Chevrolet Camaro at Dover International Speedway … Cale Conley will pilot chassis No. 112 in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Dover International Speedway. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared Chevrolet last saw track action nine separate times in 2013, earning two third-place finishes with Matt Crafton behind the wheel both times at Kentucky Speedway. In total, this chassis has one victory with Kevin Harvick at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012, seven top-five and nine top-10 finishes. Additionally, this workhorse holds an average starting spot of 6.7 and finish of 7.4.
Back in the Driver’s Seat … On Saturday afternoon, Conley will make his first competitive laps at Dover International Speedway in the Nationwide Series. The Vienna, West Va.,-native driver has two K&N Series East Pro Series starts at the Monster Mile. Conley earned the pole and led seven laps in the fall 2013 event at the Delaware high-banked track.
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CALE CONLEY QUOTES:
What are your thoughts heading into this weekend?
“Dover is a fun and fast track. You definitely have to “cowboy up” and go for it when running there. We need a good race to rebound off the last couple, and what better place to do it than at the Monster. If we lock ourselves into the top-12 in qualifying, we can definitely come out with a top-10 and maybe a top-five finish. I know the cars Nick Harrison and the guys build are capable, I just have to do my job behind the seat. I hope Dover is a nice monster to us and a mean one to the rest of my competition.”
What is the feeling is when driving into the corners at Dover International Speedway?
“I think what gives Dover such a unique feel is where most race tracks you drive into the corner, at Dover you drive down into it. As you drop into Turn 1 and 3 you lose the feel of the car, it’s such a weird sensation. Before the race car lands back into the track it spooks you, and that’s where Dover gets its intimidation. Your stomach is still sitting back on the front-stretch while you’re in the middle of the corner.
Can you compare driving a K&N car to a Nationwide car at Dover International Speedway?
“If there’s a big difference between K&N and Nationwide on any of the tracks this season, Dover will be the most. K&N is so underpowered; you literally don’t have to be off the gas that much and I’m sure in the Nationwide cars you have to let off.”
Brendan Gaughan
No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway … This weekend at Dover International Speedway, Brendan Gaughan and his No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro will race chassis No. 109 at the one-mile speedway. This is the third start for this chassis this season. Chassis No. 109 was previously piloted at Bristol Motor Speedway where Gaughan qualified 20th and finished seventh, and at Darlington Raceway where the he qualified 13th and finished 22nd.
Gaughan’s Stats at Dover …Returning for his fifth NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Dover International Speedway, Gaughan has completed 99.8 percent of the laps ran at the Monster Mile, which is 803 out of 805. The Las Vegas-native averages a 19th- place start and a 15th-place finish. The driver of the No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino also has eight starts at the track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, where he earned one top-five and three top-10 finishes.
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In the Rearview Mirror: Charlotte Motor Speedway … Last Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the No. 62 RCR team qualified 20th. Gaughan had a right-rear tire go down putting the team two laps down during the History 300, but they battled back to finish 17th.
To the Points …Gaughan and the No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino team remain seventh in the driver point standings as the Nationwide Series heads to Dover this weekend.
BRENDAN GAUGHAN QUOTES:
How intense is Dover International Speedway with it being concrete?
“I love Dover. If you are talking race tracks, Dover is one that gets your blood pumping. You drive off a three-story building going into Turn 1, it is so much fun. Hopefully rubber will get laid down, that is what gives you the multiple grooves around the race track. There are also a couple of ripples in the concrete that creates a little looseness going into Turn 3. Dover is just a ton of fun and a challenging place.”
How physically demanding is Dover?
“It is very demanding. It is the only place that I have had to be reminded by my spotter to breathe. I came in after one of my practice runs, barely able to give feedback because I had been holding my breath out on the track so much.”
