RCR Event Preview – Chicagoland Speedway

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Catch the Action … The Myafibstory.com 400 will be televised live Sunday, September 14 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Austin Dillon
No. 3 Dow Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet

This Week’s Dow Chevrolet at Chicagoland Speedway … Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 481 in the Myafibstory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. This is the same Chevrolet SS that Dillon raced to a 22nd-place finish at Michigan International Speedway in August and a 10th-place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.

Winner, Winner …. Although this weekend will mark Dillon’s first time racing at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion has four previous Nationwide Series starts at the track, earning a pair of third-place finishes in July 2013 and September 2012, along with a fourth-place finish in September 2014 and a sixth-place finish in July 2012. He has led 77 laps at the 1.5-mile track. He is also the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race winner.

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Get to the Points … Dillon ranks 21st in the championship point standings leading into the Myafibstory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Season-to-Date …According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Season-to-Date Statistics, Dillon leads the Sprint Cup Series in most Laps Completed (7,334).

Double Duty … In addition to racing the No. 3 Dow Chevrolet on Sunday, watch Dillon in Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in the No. 20 Rheem Chevrolet. The Lucas Oil 225 is live on FOX Sports 1 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Sept. 12.

AUSTIN DILLON QUOTES:

This is your first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, but it’s pretty similar to other tracks you have run. What are you looking for when you head to Chicagoland?

“Chicagoland Speedway is one of my favorite tracks. I love the city of Chicago, so getting there is always fun. It’s a place where you can move around. From top to bottom, it’s really racy. I’m really excited about getting back to a mile-and-a-half track. Mile-and-a-halves are my favorite and it feels like we’ve gone to so many different, weird tracks lately and just getting back in the rhythm of mile-and-a-halves will be nice because I have kind of missed that. I’m looking forward to getting to Chicago and we’ll see how we do.”

How are you as a teammate when it comes to “Playoff Time” in the Chase?

“I think it’s very important to work with your guys and try and do what you can because RCR is all that matters in the end for me. I’ll do what it takes to give them, hopefully, a few breaks when I can. You still have to race. You want to go out there and do well for your sponsors, and you want to have a shot to win a race for them at the end of the year to improve on next year. So you can’t just lay over for those guys because you’re racing, too, and you want to do well and go out there and win races.”

Paul Menard
No. 27 Richmond/Menards Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet

This Week’s Richmond/Menards Chevrolet at Chicagoland Speedway … Paul Menard will utilize chassis No. 480 during the 400-mile event at Chicagoland Speedway. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS has seen the track two times in 2014, once at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Menard started 29th and finished 34th, then again in August at Michigan International Speedway where he started seventh and finished fourth.

Chicago by the Numbers … The Eau Claire, Wisc. driver has seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at the Joliet, Ill. track. His best start of second came in 2011 and best finish of 10th came in 2010. Menard has one top-10 finish at the 1.5-mile track. He has an average start of 14.7 and finish of 24.3. In addition, Menard has eight NASCAR Nationwide Series starts with one top-five and four top-10 finishes.

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Double Duty … In addition to driving the No. 27 Richmond/Menards Chevrolet SS in Sunday afternoon’s race, Menard will pilot the No. 33 Tarkett/Menards Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event on Saturday. This race is scheduled to air live on ESPN at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, along with SiriusXM Radio, channel 90.

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Season-to-Date … Through 26 Sprint Cup Series races of the 2014 season, Menard has completed 7,208 of 7,356 laps contested (98 percent), led 45 laps and is currently 20th in the driver point standings. In addition, the RCR driver has four top-five and 11 top-10 finishes this year.

Last Time in Chicago … The No. 27 Chevrolet team started the 2013 rain-delayed event from the 11th position and finished 22nd after changing track conditions hampered handling of the car.

PAUL MENARD QUOTE:

How does Chicagoland Speedway drive?

“Chicago is one of the older surfaces we go to, which lends itself to being wide. You can run all over the track depending on where your tires are and what part of the fuel run you are in. It’s similar to Atlanta or Texas where you can start searching to try and find grip which is what drivers like. It’s got some character to it, the backstretch is curved and there are a lot of bumps throughout the corners, which keep getting worse with weather and age. So there’s a lot of character at this track.”

Ryan Newman
No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS

This Week’s Caterpillar Chevrolet SS at Chicagoland Speedway … Ryan Newman will drive chassis No. 479 in Sunday’s 400-mile event. This chassis was utilized earlier this season at Michigan International Speedway (Start: 12th / Finish: 9th) and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Start: 4th / Finish: 11th).

Career Stats at Chicagoland … In 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Chicagoland Speedway, Newman visited victory lane in 2003. The “Rocket Man” also earned one pole award in 2002. In total, he owns three top-five and eight top-10 finishes. The South Bend, Ind., native has an average start of 11th and average finish of 15th.

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Cut to the Chase … Newman’s Chase Across North America begins Wednesday morning in Martinsville, Va. He’ll be participating in a pep rally and various activities with students at Martinsville High School. He’ll finish at Martinsville Speedway with a luncheon and media availability. Then Newman heads to Chicago for Thursday’s Chase Media Day.

Media Availability … Newman is scheduled to be accessible to media in attendance at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday at 11 a.m. local time. It will be held outside the No. 31 hauler in the NSCS garage.

Point of Interest … When calculating points earned through the last six races at the 1.5-mile track, Newman ranks seventh in most points earned. Entering the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, Newman is ranked 16th heading into the first of three races in the Challenger Round.

Race Rewind … Last season, Newman kicked off his fifth-career Chase with a 10th-place finish at Chicagoland after starting 20th.

RYAN NEWMAN QUOTES:

What are your thoughts now that you have qualified for The Chase?

“It is such an awesome feeling. I want to thank Caterpillar, Quicken Loans, WIX Filters, Kwikset, Lucas Oil, Chevrolet, Sprint and everyone involved who gave us this opportunity to race for a championship. I truly appreciate being where I am. I know how hard fought it is for everybody. I’ve been that bubble guy for quite a few years. It is so nice to be in now, especially the way we worked to accomplish this feat since this is the first year I have raced with RCR. This team has shown a lot of consistency. I think it will pay off in the last 10 races.”

Do you feel this No. 31 Caterpillar team can contend for the championship?
“We were up to fifth in points before the Watkins Glen crash. I think we can certainly contend. We just need to step up our game because everyone else will, too.”

When evaluating your team from the beginning of the season to now, what has been the biggest difference in your team’s progression?
“RCR has dug in as an entire organization to work on improving our aero program. The guys at ECR have done a good job in making a better engine package for us. We definitely needed that when looking back at where we were at the start of the season. The guys on pit road have done a good job at stepping up. We have had much better pit stops over the last few weeks than we did at the start of the season. All of those things add up. This is a whole new experience for me as a driver at RCR. As a whole, I am really looking forward to next season as I think it will be a better test of what I have learned working together with the entire RCR organization and its drivers.”

Richard Childress Racing
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes

Event:        Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 Powered by Coca-Cola
Date:          Saturday, September 13, 2014
Location:   Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.

Richard Childress Racing at Chicagoland … Richard Childress Racing has four wins at Chicagoland Speedway, Johnny Sauter in 2002, Kevin Harvick in 2005 and 2007, also with Elliott Sadler in 2012. The Welcome, N.C. race team currently has 38 starts at the 1.5-mile tri-oval, 14 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes. The RCR stable has completed 7,369 of 7,606 laps ran, led 363 laps and averages a starting position of 10.9 and finish of 9.7 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Recap of Richmond … Brian Scott, Ty Dillon, Cale Conley and Brendan Gaughan recorded fifth, ninth, 17th and 18th-place finishes, respectively, in the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway.

To the Points … As the Series heads back to Chicagoland Speedway for the Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300, Ty Dillon remains third in the Nationwide Series driver championship standings. Brian Scott is fifth, only 57 points from the leader, and Brendan Gaughan is eighth.

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Chicago Coverage … Coverage of this weekend’s race at Chicagoland Speedway will be televised live on Saturday, September 13, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. 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 Chicagoland Speedway … This weekend in the Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 powered by Coca-Cola at Chicagoland Speedway, Brian Scott and the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro team will race chassis No. 141. One of the newest Richard Childress Racing chassis built for its 1.5-mile program, Scott earned a sixth-place finish at the series first visit to the track and has also collected two fifth-place finishes; one at Michigan International Speedway and the other at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Scott at Chicagoland … In eight NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile paved speedway, Scott has an average starting position of 13 and an average finish of 9.4. One of his best performances was during the Series’ last visit to the track in July where he qualified on the pole and finished sixth. Scott has earned two pole positions, two top-five and four top-10 finishes, with 1603 of 1604 laps completed (99.9 percent). In addition to his Nationwide Series starts, Scott has one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start.

Nationwide Series Leader … Brian Scott continues to lead the Nationwide Series regulars with a 6.9 average starting position, and the most laps spent inside the top 15 (4,243, 95.3 percent). Currently fifth in the driver point standings only 57 points out of the lead, and three points out of fourth, the No. 2 Chevrolet team has collected five top-five and 15 top-10 finishes this season. Additionally, Scott has earned two pole positions at Richmond International Raceway and Chicagoland Speedway in the series first visit.

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What are your points? … Scott and his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet Camaro team enter Richmond International Raceway fifth in the Nationwide Series driver point standings.

Where to see Scott? … On Saturday, September 13, Scott will join other drivers of the Nationwide Series for an autograph session at 9:30 a.m. located in Champions Park.

Rearview Mirror … Brian Scott and the No. 2 Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet qualified inside the top 10 for the ninth-straight week at Richmond International Raceway in the fifth position. The Smokey Mountain Chevy battled tight-handling conditions in the center of the corner and lacked drive off the corners. Scott brought home a fifth-place finish for the Richard Childress Racing team, his fifth of the season and 15th top 10 of the year.

BRIAN SCOTT QUOTES:

What are your thoughts heading into Chicagoland?

“I’m really excited right now with this stretch of races. Richmond is one of my favorite tracks; Chicago is a really good track for me. Kentucky and Dover those are all a good stretch of races for me. We had a good top-five finish at Richmond, and hopefully we’ll go to Chicago where I’ve had a lot of success at in the past and come out ahead.”

Can you compare Chicagoland to another track?

“Chicagoland is pretty much it’s own animal. It drives a little like Auto Club Speedway, to me, with the seams and the grooves. But it is also a little different with the D-shaped backstretch and the uniqueness of it. But you have a lot of room and in these Nationwide Series cars where you are constantly working on momentum, it allows you to open up your entries and exits of the corner. I can’t tell you why certain tracks fit my driving style, but they do, and Chicago is one of them.”

Ty Dillon
No. 3 Red Kap Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet

This Week’s Red Kap Chevrolet Camaro at Chicagoland Speedway … This week Ty Dillon will race chassis No. 142 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 Powered by Coca-Cola. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared Camaro was raced earlier this season at Kentucky Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway where he finished seventh and fifth, respectively.

Dillon at Chicagoland Speedway … Dillon will be making his second-career Nationwide Series start at the 1.5-mile tri-oval this Saturday night. The 22-year-old rookie has made two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts, recording one top-five finish. He won the ARCA Series presented by Menards race at Chicagoland in June, 2011.

Chicagoland rewind … Earlier this season, Dillon and the No. 3 team had a strong showing at the 1.5-mile tri-oval. He recorded one of his four top-five finishes of the season after qualifying second and racing inside the top-five for a majority of the 200-lap event.

Happy Homecoming … No. 3 team rear tire changer Brian Bottlemy is returning to his home state this weekend. The 32-year-old Johnsburg, Ill.-native is in his third year hitting lug nuts on the rear wheels of the No. 3 Camaro. Bottlemy was a part of last year’s Nationwide Series championship team with driver Austin Dillon. He is also the rear tire changer on the No. 3 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team.

Fuel The Future … Red Kap has partnered with University of Northwestern Ohio to donate to its scholarship fund for students in UNOH’s applied technology field. Red Kap has pledged $5,000 to be awarded to lucky applied technology students, an additional $5,000 if Dillon wins the race, and $1 towards the scholarship for every “Like” Red Kap adds to its Facebook page by the end of the race on Saturday.

Red Kap & RCR … This week Red Kap will be featured as a primary sponsor on the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro. The official provider of high performance work wear and uniforms for RCR, Red Kap has been in business since 1923.

Last time out at Richmond International Raceway … Dillon qualified eighth and drove the No. 3 Yuengling Light Lager Chevrolet Camaro inside the top-10 for a majority of the 250-lap event. In the end, Dillon battled a tight-handling race car and finished ninth, the team’s 18th top-10 finish of the season

Get to the points … Dillon remains third in the Nationwide Series driver point standings trailing the leader by 42 points. Also competing for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award, Dillon currently is in second-place.

TY DILLON QUOTES:

How do you feel about being third in the point standings with eight races to go?

“We’re very well aware of where we are and what we need to do to get to the top. I think we’ve had strong performances in the past few weeks, but we’re still able to build on it. We just need to stay focused and stick to the task at hand, capitalize on other team’s mistakes and win another race.”

This is the second time back to Chicagoland, what is your approach?

“We earned a well-fought, top-five finish earlier this year, which is something we are definitely going to improve on. I think we have the notebook and capability of winning this race. We’re going to really get after it in practice and dial this No. 3 Red Kap Chevrolet in and be very competitive for the race.”

Paul Menard
No. 33  Tarkett / Menards Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet

This Week’s Tarkett / Menards Chevrolet at Chicagoland Speedway … Paul Menard will utilize chassis No. 150 during the 300-mile event at Chicagoland Speedway. This No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro is brand new to the Richard Childress Racing stable and will make its first laps during Thursday’s practice at 11 a.m. Central Time.

Chicago by the numbers … The Eau Claire, Wisc. driver has eight NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile track. His best start of fifth came in 2012 and best finish of third came in 2011. Menard has one top-five and four top-10 finishes at the Joliet, Ill. track. In addition, he has seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts with one top-10 finish.

Nationwide Series Racing … Menard is scheduled to compete in seven NASCAR Nationwide Series events this season in the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro. At this point in his part-time season, Menard has won the race at Michigan International Speedway, amassed two top-five and four top-10 finishes. Menard’s final double-duty race of this season is at Kansas Speedway in October.

Double Duty … In addition to driving the No. 33 Tarkett/Menards Chevrolet Camaro in Saturday afternoon’s race, Menard will pilot the No. 27 Richmond/Menards Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on Sunday. This race is scheduled to air live on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, along with SiriusXM Radio, channel 90.

Home Sweet Home … Chicagoland Speedway is the closest track on the Nationwide Series schedule to Menard’s hometown of Eau Claire, Wisc. Located only six hours from where he grew up, the RCR driver considers the 1.5-mile speedway his home track.

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Meet Paul … Come to the Menards store in Tinley Park on Thursday, September 11 at 7 p.m. Central Time for a meet and greet with Paul. The address is 6851 West 159th Street, Tinley Park, Ill. 60477.

PAUL MENARD QUOTE:

Are you ready to get back in the Nationwide Series car at Chicagoland Speedway?

“Yeah, we’ve had a few weeks off and it was nice to focus on the Chase but it’ll be good to get back in the car. I enjoy working with Nick (Harrison, crew chief) and the No. 33 team. Chicago has definitely got some character to it with bumps through the corners and the way the backstretch is. I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do and hopefully be in contention to race for another win.”

Brendan Gaughan
No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet

This Week’s South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet at Chicagoland Speedway … Brendan Gaughan will drive chassis No. 147 for the third time this season in the Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturda. This Chevrolet Camaro was last piloted at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Gaughan qualified 17th and finished 19th. The 39-year-old RCR driver also qualified 16th and finished 22nd with chassis No. 147 at Michigan International Speedway in June.

Gaughan’s Stats at Chicagoland … Gaughan will be making his fifth NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the 1.5-mile tri-oval in Joliet, Illinois. The Las Vegas-native has completed 794 of the 804 laps ran and averages a starting position of 19.8 and finish of 17th. Gaughan also has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts. He completed 441 laps of the 450 ran, led 83 laps and accumulated one top-five finish. He averages a start of 9.3 and finish position of 13.7.

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In the Rearview Mirror: Richmond … Brendan Gaughan and the No. 62 Richard Childress Racing team qualified seventh for Friday night’s Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Gaughan battled tight-handling conditions with his Camaro throughout the 250-lap race. The No. 62 U.S.A.F Combat Controllers Chevrolet crossed the finish line in the 18th position.

To the Points … Heading to Chicagoland Speedway, Brendan Gaughan remains eighth in the Nationwide Series driver championship standings, 27 points from seventh.

Meet Gaughan … Brendan Gaughan is scheduled to participate in the Nationwide Series autograph session beginning at 9:30 a.m.. Central Time on Saturday at Champions Park.

BRENDAN GAUGHAN QUOTES:

What are your thoughts on returning to Chicagoland Speedway?

“Chicagoland is one of those places I really enjoy racing. It is one of those mile-and-a-half tracks that I talk about with the double increasing radius corners, neither of them are like a traditional turn two. It has some bumps around there, which means it is a lot more fun than the places that are super smooth. So I am really looking forward to being back there for the second and final time this season. It is the type of track that I run well at, and where these new Richard Childress Racing Chevrolets have been running really well.”

How would you describe the backstretch at Chicagoland Speedway?

“It is as bent as a front straightaway at most places. It is not a D-shaped oval that we like to call at places like Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway. It is very much an O-shaped racetrack. You don’t need to follow the wall, sometimes our eyes and vision tend to make us follow it, but you can drive a straight line if you choose to, but it just depends on your driving style.”

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