SRT Motorsports – Dodge Nationwide Race Advance
Kansas Lottery 300
Kansas Speedway
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
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SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter
Career Stats: Starts: 62 Wins: 1 Top Fives: 11 Top 10s: 25 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 243
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 29 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 9 Top 10s: 19 Poles: 1 Laps Led: 128
• Fourth in NNS championship standings, 93 points behind leader Elliott Sadler.
• Has average start of 8.2 and average finish of 9.9 for the first 29 races this season.
• Will be making his first NNS start at Kansas; has competed in four Sprint Cup races at the 1.5-mile track.
• Made seven IndyCar starts at Kansas from 2001-2007. Scored one win (2006) and three podium finishes.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Career Stats: Starts: 10 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 5 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
2012 Season Stats: Starts: 10 Wins: 0 Top Fives: 0 Top 10s: 5 Poles: 0 Laps Led: 0
• Scored 14th-place finish last week at Charlotte driving for Tommy Baldwin.
• Will make his first Kansas NASCAR start this weekend.
• Has two top-10 finishes in last three starts for Penske Racing. Average start this season is 15.2 and average finish is 15.4.
DODGE QUOTES: “It’s kind of a new race track for everybody. I think getting a lot of practice Thursday is really going to help us out. I think it’s like four hours of track time. That’s really going to help us out and put us on more equal terms with everybody. It was great the way the No. 22 Dodge ran last week at Charlotte. I’m really, really excited. I think we’ll be good. I think NASCAR does a really good job of giving us enough practice time with a new surface and enough tires. It’s definitely a lot more practice than what we’re used to. The test we did at Nashville a couple weeks ago really helped out. We’re definitely getting there.” –Ryan Blaney
DODGE NUMBERS: KANSAS SPEEDWAY
• Dodge has two NNS wins at Kansas – Kasey Kahne (2005) and Brad Keselowski (2011).
• Dodge has one pole at Kansas – Parker Kligerman in 2010 in his first-ever NNS race.
• Dodge has five top-five and 12 top-10 finishes at Kansas.
• A Dodge driver has finished in the top-10 in eight of 11 previous NNS races at Kansas.
DODGE IN THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES
• Dodge is fielding two full-time entries in the series this year. Sam Hornish Jr. is competing for the series championship while Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney are sharing the driving duties in the second Penske Racing entry.
• Brad Keselowski gave Dodge and Penske Racing their first NASCAR Nationwide championship in 2010. His average finish for the season was 5.2.
• Dodge has 44 wins in the series including seven in each of the previous two seasons. The first Nationwide Series win came in 2002. Dodge had 11 wins in the series during the 2005 season.
• A Dodge has started from the pole 50 times.
• There have been 971 races in the series; Dodge has visited victory lane nine of the last 11 seasons.
FROM THE CREW CHIEF “We’re going to get a lot of practice time on Thursday and a couple extra sets of tires I’m sure. It’s actually one of the best things that could happen to him (Ryan Blaney) because he’s going to get a lot of track time. With the proper tire at the proper race track it’s almost like having a full test day. In a lot of ways it’s going to be a benefit.” — Jeremy Bullins, Crew Chief, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger
