Alex Bowman
Event Preview Fact Sheet
Event/Date: Kansas Lottery 300 – October 5, 2013
Venue: Kansas Speedway
News & Notes:
- This Week’s St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Toyota … Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 42 in Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. A workhorse of the RAB Racing stable, this chassis last saw action at Kentucky Speedway in September where Bowman finished in the fifth position. Earlier this season, Bowman piloted this chassis to the top of the pylon in qualifying to earn the pole at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Welcome Back… St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will serve as primary sponsor of the No. 99 Toyota Camry this weekend. Founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on childhood diseases.
- I’ve Been Here… Though Bowman has yet to compete at Kansas Speedway in the Nationwide Series, he has quite the track record here in the ARCA Racing Series, winning in 2011 from the second-place starting position and in 2012 from the pole.
- RAB Racing at Kansas … RAB Racing with Brack Maggard has competed in four Nationwide Series events at Kansas Speedway since their inaugural year of competition in 2009, accumulating two top 20 finishes with Kenny Wallace.
- Rice at Kansas… Crew chief of the No. 99 Toyota Camry, Chris Rice, has sat atop the pit box at Kansas Speedway five times in his Nationwide Series career, garnering one top 10 and three top 20 finishes. His best finish of seventh came with driver Scott Wimmer in 2003.
- Get to the Points … As we head into the 29th race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Bowman currently occupies the 11th position in the drivers’ point standings, 55 points out of the top 10. Owner Robby Benton sits at 16th position in the Nationwide Series owners’ point standings.
- Rookie Battle… Following his 18th place finish at Dover International Speedway, Bowman retained the second position in the Rookie of the Year point standings, 72 points behind Kyle Larson.
- Catch the Action … Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway will be televised live Saturday, October 5 beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST on ESPN 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 really excited to be racing at Kansas again, home of two of my six wins in the ARCA Racing Series. I’m curious to see how the track has changed since last year with the repave and how much grip it still has. Although these are my first laps here in a Nationwide Series car, I’ve got a fair amount of experience around Kansas Speedway. My experience, paired with how good our Toyota Camrys run on speedways like Kansas, should provide us with a good finish.”
Chris Rice Quotes:
“Kansas Speedway is definitely a track that we can continue to carry the momentum of the last month into. Recently we haven’t finished where we deserved, but this type of high speed track lends itself to the Toyota Camrys and the Joe Gibbs Racing Engines. With its recent repaving, this is only the second time the NASCAR Nationwide Series will see the track, but already the track has developed a second groove and we’ll probably see it develop a third groove by the time the race ends.”
