SYLVANIA 300 and VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300
Richard Childress Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News and Notes
Event: SYLVANIA 300
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2014
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Richard Childress Racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Richard Childress has four victories as a team owner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with Robby Gordon (2001), Kevin Harvick (2006) and Clint Bowyer (2007 and 2010). In 103 starts at the 1.058-mile oval, Childress also has two pole awards, 16 top-five and 37 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Dave Blaney, Jeff Burton, Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Gordon, Harvick, Ryan Newman, Steve Park and Mike Skinner.
RCR in the NSCS … In 2,475 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 46 pole awards,105 wins, 456 top-five finishes and 970 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 27 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 seven top-five and 24 top-10 finishes with drivers Dillon, Newman and Paul Menard. RCR’s three full-time Sprint Cup Series drivers rank 13th (Newman), 20th (Dillon) and 21st (Menard) in the driver championship point standings.
RCR Chicagoland Rewind … RCR teammates Newman, Dillon and Menard finished 15th, 16th and 21st, respectively, in the MyAFibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
Save Kids’ Lives by Joining the Childress Champions … Help support the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma by selecting your favorite driver when making a bronze level donation of $33 (Austin Dillon), $27 (Paul Menard) or $31 (Ryan Newman) to CIPT. To make a tax deductable donation, visit: . The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma invests resources in research, education and awareness to improve the treatment for critically injured children in the U.S. The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center was established through the generosity of Richard and Judy Childress. For more information, please visit www.InjuredKids.org.
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 SYLVANIA 300 will be televised live Sunday, September 21 at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN and will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
No. 3 Cheerios Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact SheetThis Week’s Cheerios Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 465 in the SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This is the same Chevrolet SS that Dillon raced to a 24th-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in August, a 16th-place finish at Kentucky Speedway in June, a 16th-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May and a 21st-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April.
Dillon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Dillon earned a 14th-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in his lone NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at the track in July. The 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion has made three Nationwide Series starts at NHMS, earning two third-place finishes (2013 and 2012) and led one lap. The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion has three previous starts at the Loudon, N.H.-based facility in the Truck Series, earning his best finish of second in 2011. In two NASCAR K&N Pro Series East division starts, both in 2008, Dillon has two top-five finishes and one pole award.
#CheerThe3 … Fans can interact and receive unique content about Austin Dillon and the No. 3 race team throughout the 2014 season by visiting the “Cheer the 3” social media communities on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/Cheerthe3) and Twitter at @Cheerthe3.
Get to the Points … Dillon ranks 20th in the championship point standings leading into the SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Season-to-Date … According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Season-to-Date Statistics, Dillon leads the Sprint Cup Series in most Laps Completed (7,601).
AUSTIN DILLON QUOTES:
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a flat, one-mile track. What are the challenges, and what do you like about that track?
“I’ve run a ton of laps at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars seem to be pretty tough as far as tire wear, and having a car that is good on a long run. It is pretty tough to pass, so track position is big. I’d like to go there and qualify well, because if you qualify well it sets you up for a solid weekend.”
Is qualifying really the key at a place like New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
“Qualifying is definitely a big part of it, but there is a lot of strategy that plays into it as far as long fuel runs and being there at the end. We’ve seen guys who haven’t been running at the front all race long be able to run at the front towards the end of the race at New Hampshire, so it’s an interesting place. You never know, it might be a place to get your first win.”
Paul Menard
No. 27 SYLVANIA/Menards Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s SYLVANIA/Menards Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Paul Menard will utilize chassis No. 485 during the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS has made only one other appearance this year, doing so at Richmond International Raceway earlier this month where Menard started 14th and finished 18th.
Loudon by the numbers … The Richard Childress Racing driver has 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at the Loudon, N.H. track. Menard has an average starting position of 19.7 and an average finish of 24.3. Menard has completed 99.1 percent of the laps around the 1.058-mile track. In addition, Menard has seven NASCAR Nationwide Series starts amassing one top-five and three top-10 finishes.
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Season-to-date … Through 26 Sprint Cup Series races of the 2014 season, Menard has completed 7,474 of 7,623 laps contested (99 percent), led 45 laps and is currently 21st in the driver point standings. In addition, the RCR driver has four top-five and 11 top-10 finishes so far this season.
Last time in Loudon … Menard started 16th for the July event at NHMS and remained in the top 15 for the majority of the 301-lap event. In the closing laps, Menard experienced a loose-handling race car and ultimately finished in the 19th-position.
PAUL MENARD QUOTE:
Talk about racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, its a unique track.
“It’s like a big Martinsville Speedway. It has a long straight away with short corners. It’s got kind of a progressive banking in the corners so you run off the bottom. If you get your car working at the bottom, then you maintain and maybe make a pass or two but the majority of guys run the middle which makes it hard to pass.”
Why is Loudon so hard to get a handle of?
“Everybody runs the same speed and it’s extremely hard to pass. Literally, you might have five guys in practice that excel but the rest of the field is running the same speed which makes track position extremely important.”
Ryan Newman
No. 31 Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS
This Week’s Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Ryan Newman will drive chassis No. 456 in Sunday’s 300-lap event. This chassis was utilized earlier this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Start: 10th / Finish: 7th), Texas Motor Speedway (Start: 8th / Finish: 16th), Pocono Raceway (Start: 15th / Finish: 7th) and Richmond International Raceway (Start: 12th / Finish: 9th).
Newman at the Magic Mile … In 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, Newman is a force to contend with as he has three victories; the 2002 and 2005 fall events and the 2011 spring race. The “Rocket Man” also owns seven pole awards. In total, he owns seven top-five and 16 top-10 finishes. Also, he has led 722 laps in competition. The South Bend, Ind., native has an average start of ninth and average finish of 14th.
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Media Availability … Newman is scheduled to be accessible to media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he stops by the media center on Friday at 2 p.m. ET.
#NewmanNation …Newman is now ranked 13th (+3 positions) heading into the second of three races in the Challenger Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. When calculating points earned through the last 10 races at the 1.058-mile track, Newman ranks fourth in most points earned.
Race Rewind … On July 13, the race went into overtime and Newman used it to his advantage by racing from eighth to a fifth-place finish. It was the No. 31 team’s second top-five finish of 2014.
Double Duty … Newman will race the 7ny Gary Putnam Racing entry in Saturday’s Whelen Modified Tour event at NHMS. Partners on board with Newman are WIX Filters, Menards and Aggressive Hydraulics.
RYAN NEWMAN QUOTES:
What are your thoughts heading into New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
“New Hampshire is one of our two top-five finishes this year at RCR. I think that is an area that the No. 31 team is focused on fixing. We need more of them if we want to have a shot at being in contention at Homestead. Going back to Loudon, it is one of my best race tracks. It’s a track where I have my most wins and led a lot of laps. I’ve won a bunch of poles there. I also enjoy racing the Modifieds up there and I really look forward to racing there. I think it’s a good track for us especially leading into Dover, the final race of the Challenger Round.”
What are the keys to having a good finish at New Hampshire?
“In my opinion, New Hampshire is a bigger version of Martinsville Speedway. It has the long straightaways and tight corners. It’s a short race and I think that is probably the biggest thing because you have maybe three opportunities on pit road to either gain some spots, or lose some spots, and you need to make the best of that. It’s a different kind of race because the shortness of the race and the number of laps you put on a set of tires.”
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and NotesEvent: VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Location: Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Ky.
Richard Childress Racing at Kentucky Speedway … Richard Childress Racing has 35 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile tri-oval of Kentucky Speedway and has earned three victories, with Kevin Harvick in 2001 and back-to-back wins with Austin Dillon in June 2012 and September 2012. The organization has started from the pole position in three races at Kentucky, all with Austin Dillon. RCR has led 600 laps and also earned 15 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes. The average starting position for the team is 10.9 and average finish is 9.1.
Recap of Chicagoland Speedway … Ty Dillon, Brian Scott, Paul Menard and Brendan Gaughan recorded seventh, ninth, 11th and 13th-place finishes, respectively, in the Nationwide Series Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 powered by Coca-Cola at Chicagoland Speedway last weekend.
To the Points … As the Series returns to Kentucky Speedway, Ty Dillon remains third in the Nationwide Series driver championship standings, 22 points from second. Brian Scott is fifth, only five points from fourth and Brendan Gaughan is eighth.
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.
Kentucky Coverage … Coverage of this weekend’s race at Kentucky Speedway will be televised live on Saturday, September 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS. It will also be broadcasted live on PRN and SiriusXM channel 90.
Brian Scott
No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
Seven to Go … Brian Scott continues to lead the Nationwide Series regulars with a 6.7 average starting position, and the most laps spent inside the top 15 (4,441, 95.5 percent). Currently fifth in the driver point standings only 56 points out of the lead, and 11 points out of fourth, the No. 2 Chevrolet team has collected five top-five and 16 top-10 finishes this season. Additionally, Scott has earned three pole awards, one at Richmond International Raceway and two at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Where to see Scott? … On Saturday, September 20, Scott will join other drivers of the Nationwide Series for an autograph session at 2:30 p.m. at Kentucky Speedway.
Rearview Mirror … Brian Scott and the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro team collected their second-consecutive pole position at Chicagoland Speedway for Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Jimmy John’s 300 powered by Coca-Cola. This was Scott’s third career pole at the 1.5-mile track and 23rd top-10 starting position in 2014. There was a competition caution on lap 25 that brought the Shore Lodge Chevrolet to pit road for adjustments to the tight-handling race car. The Phil Gould-led team battled for position in the remaining laps, bringing home the team’s 16th top-10 finish of the season.
BRIAN SCOTT QUOTES:
How do you navigate around Kentucky Speedway?
“Kentucky Speedway is a great track. It has a lot of character and a lot of speed. You don’t have tires fall of nearly as bad as you do at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway or Chicagoland Speedway. But you have a ton of bumps and the place is really rough. I really like going there with RCR. This race team seems to have Kentucky Speedway figured out. It’s been a good track historically for them. I know we can go to Kentucky Speedway and have a good run.
Will you do an Austin Dillon belly slide if you win there?
“I would hope to do it more gracefully and not try to scorpion myself with my feet. You know what, celebrating is celebrating. I am confident with our race team right now and our Chevrolet’s, we can go to any of these tracks coming up and have the capabilities of winning.”
No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact SheetThis Week’s Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway … Ty Dillon will race chassis No. 145 in this weekend’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared Camaro visited victory lane earlier this season at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Dillon recorded his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Chassis No. 145 has finished inside the top-10 in all four races it has competed doing so at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Dillon in the Nationwide Series at Kentucky Speedway … Dillon is scheduled to make his second career Nationwide Series start Saturday night at the 1.5-mile speedway. He finished seventh earlier this season in the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro at Kentucky Speedway. The former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular won last June at Kentucky Speedway in the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet Silverado after leading 26 laps.
Second time back … Earlier this season, Ty Dillon drove the No. 3 Alsco/Red Kap Chevrolet Camaro to a seventh-place finish for one of his 18 top-10 finishes this year. Dillon started eighth and drove in and around the top-10 for a majority of the 200-lap event.
Bass Pro Shops & RCR in 2014 … Bass Pro Shops will be on the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Camaro for the ninth time this season as a primary sponsor. America’s No. 1 Outdoor Retailer has been a long time partner of RCR including last season with Dillon in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Race Rewind … Dillon qualified eighth for the Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 powered by Coca-Cola. After fixing an issue in the nose of the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro on lap 65, Dillon battled back and finished inside the top-10 for the 18th time this season.
Meet Ty Dillon … The 22-year-old RCR driver is scheduled to participate in the Nationwide Series autograph session on Saturday beginning at 2:30 p.m.
TY DILLON QUOTE:
Seven races remain on the Nationwide Series schedule. Where does the No. 3 team stand?
“It is a critical time in the season right now. We need to win a few more races and I think Kentucky Speedway this weekend is a prime opportunity to get into victory lane. I’ve won here before, I feel comfortable at this track and I think we have the right attitude to win.”
Cale Conley
No. 33 IAVA Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s IAVA Chevrolet Camaro at Kentucky Speedway … Cale Conley will pilot chassis No. 120 at Kentucky Speedway in Saturday evening’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared Chevrolet has earned one victory with Kevin Harvick at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2013, in addition to three top-five finishes.
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Meet Cale in Kentucky … Conley will join fellow RCR teammates for the Nationwide Series autograph session Saturday afternoon at Kentucky Speedway scheduled for 2:30pm.
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CALE CONLEY QUOTE:
What are your thoughts heading into your first start at Kentucky Speedway?
“Kentucky will be a new experience, it’s a rough bumpy track that looks like it races like a short track. I’m excited to get there and get up to speed. I think it’ll be to my benefit that it races like a short track since that’s the type track I’m competed on the most this year.”
Have you leaned on your teammates for help going into Kentucky?
“I haven’t talked with my teammates yet about Kentucky. I don’t want to too early, if I did I’d think too much about what they’ve said before getting a feel for the surface. I spent last week in Chicago with the No. 33 team and focused on how Paul (Menard) communicated, and what he did differently than myself.”
Brendan Gaughan
No. 62 Protect the Harvest Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Protect the Harvest Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway … Brendan Gaughan will drive chassis No. 140 for the fourth time this season in Saturday night’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared Camaro was most recently piloted at Chicagoland Speedway in July where Gaughan qualified ninth and finished 11th. Chassis No. 140 has also seen track action at Kentucky Speedway in June, finishing sixth and Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, finishing 17th.
Gaughan’s Stats at Kentucky …Gaughan will be making his fifth NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the 1.5-mile tri-oval on Saturday night. In the 39-year-old RCR drivers previous starts at Kentucky Speedway, he accumulated three top-five and four top-10 finishes. Gaughan has also led seven laps and completed 100 percent of the laps ran at Kentucky Speedway. The Las Vegas-native averages a starting position of 11th and finish of 4.2.
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In the Rearview Mirror: Chicago … Gaughan qualified 13th for the Nationwide Series Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 powered by Coca-Cola at Chicagoland Speedway. Gaughan battled a loose-handling race car for the first half of the 200-lap event. As the laps wound down, Gaughan’s handling went from loose to tight and the team made chassis adjustments to improve the balance. The 39-year-old driver made an incredible save after making contact with the No. 31 car and had to fight his way back through the field, but ran out of laps and crossed the finish line 13th.
To the Points … Gaughan remains eighth in the Nationwide Series driver championship standings as the Series returns to Kentucky Speedway.
BRENDAN GAUGHAN QUOTE:
What are your thoughts on returning to Kentucky Speedway?
“Statistically, Kentucky Speedway is my best mile-and-a-half race track. I love Kentucky. They have always called it the cookie cutter and it really is one of the only ones left. It is still flat, it still has very little banking and has huge bumps from all of the weather out there. There are just so many things happening to that track, it makes it the 1.5-mile that I look forward to returning to the most because it is so much fun to race.
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