Gilliland: The Monster Is a Moving Target

STATESVILLE, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 – David Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 Long John Silver’s Ford, comments on racing at Dover International Speedway:”Dover is one of my favorite racetracks. It’s just got a lot of speed. If you’re going 150 miles an hour, it feels like you’re going 200 mile an hour. It’s a lot fun and a handful. It’s a physically and mentally demanding racetrack and it puts on a great show. It’s like a roller-coaster ride, for sure. I remember my first time there, driving off the straightaway down into the corner, I thought it was never going to land. It gets a light feeling.

“You’re aiming for a moving target. Once the track starts taking rubber and starts getting black, the car drives 100-percent different than when the rubber’s not down. So, do you set up and adjust your car to drive on the rubber at the end of a run? Or for the first three-quarters of a run when it’s not down? So, it makes it really challenging to chase it. It’s strange to go around the track on a black racetrack, and then caution comes out, and by the time you go green again, it’s regular white concrete again. It’s kind of crazy.”

JUST THE FACTS: Gilliland has 16 starts at Dover International Speedway … His top finish at the one-mile oval is 16th (2008) … Gilliland is among NASCAR’s top 10 closers at the “Monster Mile,” ranking eighth in positions improved in the last 10 percent of a race.

. @DavidGilliland will visit fans at the @MonsterMile @PunkinChunkin display Sunday at 9:45am. What’s Punkin Chunkin? www.punkinchunkin.com

About Front Row Motorsports

Front Row Motorsports is a race-winning organization competing in the NASCAR’s premier Sprint Cup Series, fielding the No. 34 of David Ragan and the No. 38 of David Gilliland.  The team is owned by Bob Jenkins and is headquartered just outside of Charlotte, N.C.  FRM was named to INC Magazine’s “INC 5000” list in 2012, recognizing the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The team’s partnership base is representative of more than $200 billion of the U.S. economy and includes organizations such as Ford Motor Company, CSX Transportation, Love’s Travel Stops, Farm Rich, Taco Bell and Long John Silver’s. Visit teamfrm.com.