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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang, was part of a NASCAR Zoom call this afternoon to talk about this weekend’s Round of 12 elimination race. Logano is currently seventh in the point standings and holds the last transfer position.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang — CAN YOU TALK ABOUT KANSAS? HOW DIFFERENT IS THAT TRACK NOW? “It’s been quite a few years now since it’s kind of widened out. I remember, I guess it was five years ago. I remember Jamie McMurray venturing up to the third groove and that was no-man’s territory at the time, and he went by me like I was sitting still. I was like, “Wow, there’s something going on up there,’ and then we went up there that race and that same race we won, so I remember that kind of being that moment where Kansas widened out. Now, with this rules package we have there, it’s insane because you’re almost wide-open. The leader can be wide-open. If you’re in dirty air, you’re lifting just a little bit. The runs you get off the top side are just crazy, and it makes restarts insane — kind of like Vegas is. It’s a lot like Vegas right now where this rules package just makes it nuts.”

HOW DO YOU RACE SUNDAY? DO YOU RACE BOWMAN OR JUST GO OUT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT? “From the looks of the weather we’ve got plenty of stuff to look at, so it’s kind of hard to say. Honestly, you go out there and just try to maximize your points throughout the day. That’s all you can do. If that’s winning the race? Great. If that means you finish 10th and you get a bunch of stage points and that’s what it took to get through? It’s whatever it takes to get through the round, and like we said, 21 points is a mediocre cushion, but being the car that is on the cut line makes you feel not very good about it, and then as we know at the Roval already a lot of crazy things can happen. And then you throw in the high chance of rain coming into it, what that means I have no idea. All I know is there’s not runoff at that racetrack. Most of the time it’s gonna end up in colliding with the wall. Being smart in this race is gonna pay off, but at some point you’re probably gonna have to take some risks to make some passes and do some things like that.”

IF YOU MAKE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND DO YOU FEEL A WIN WILL BE WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR? “It sure would help, but, no, I don’t think that’s the case. I think when it resets if we get through the round we’re fourth or fifth or so. I think we’re about fourth, so that puts you in at that point, so, I mean, all it takes is someone beside Denny or Kevin to win and then all of a sudden now it becomes almost a must-win situation because Kevin has so many bonus points and so does Denny that it just seems like if one of them wins, it doesn’t really affect anybody. But if someone outside of that wins that doesn’t have many playoff points, then it really shakes up the whole situation.”

SINCE THIS IS AN ELIMINATION RACE IS IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO RACE IN THE RAIN IF THAT SCENARIO PLAYS OUT? “If you’re asking me is it crazy? Yes, it’s crazy. There’s no doubt about that, but it is fair. Everyone has the same opportunity. Everyone has the same opportunity to score a bunch of points leading up to this point. Everyone has the same opportunity to score a bunch of points during a possible rain race at the Roval, although it is something we’ve never done before and it’s outside of a lot of peoples’ boxes. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do in this case and making sure we’re prepared and all that, but it’s not like it’s an unfair advantage for somebody. Maybe someone that has some rain experience might have a bit of an advantage, but that’s because that person put them in a spot to get that experience at some point in their career. So, it’s hard to say it’s not fair. It’s fair, it’s just crazy.”

WHAT IS YOUR RAIN EXPERIENCE? “Minimal. It was 2008 in Montreal. I remember running in that race and then it was a couple years back in Watkins Glen in an Xfinity car. I ran 20 laps in the rain, but that was it, so I would say minimal to say the least. I’d say the guys that have been racing in Xfinity lately have a huge advantage. When you think about how many rain races they’ve had lately, to them they’re probably starting to figure it out and know what to do, but I would say for a majority of the Cup field we’re all clueless. How hard do you drive into the corner? You start sliding and hydroplaning and take off you’re gone. You get into the paint, I assume the paint is gonna be slick, and you’re gonna be going off the racetrack and, like I said, most every corner ends up with a wall at the end of it, where there’s not really much runoff like you see at many other road courses.”

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST CHANCE FOR CHARLOTTE AREA FANS TO SEE NASCAR RACING AGAIN. HOW BENEFICIAL CAN IT BE IN THAT AREA TO COME OUT? “I love it. I want people there. I’ve missed fans. I’ve said this so many times. I’ve missed the fans being there. Some people say, ‘Oh, you’re in a race car. You can’t hear them.’ That’s not the case. It’s pre-race when you’re getting ready. That energy that the fans are able to bring really affects the drivers and also think of the pit crew members. It’s kind of weird. Look at the celebration Kevin Harvick has compared to when there are fans at the racetrack to when there are no fans there. That energy is real. We’ve got to have fans at the racetrack, so I’m excited to have a few of them there.”

CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LAP AROUND THE ROVAL? “Turn one you’ve got a pretty sharp left-hander. You’ve seen a lot of carnage in that corner — a lot of cars wheel-hop into that corner. A lot of times it’s because the main part of the racetrack has less grip than the infield, so you kind of overestimate the grip level there, and then you go down the chute from one to two. It’s pretty tight walls on both sides, which makes restarts crazy. Turn three has no banking into the corner, so the car is wanting to spin out. That’s another place you see a lot of cars crash, and then you have turn four down into turn five, which is a double right-hander, just rolling forever. That whole infield of the Roval you’re only wide-open between four and five. Everything else you’re pedaling it all the way through there to where you’re not really getting more than three-quarter throttle. It’s just about turning through the corners and then you get from turn eight back onto the racetrack. I call it the racetrack. I don’t know what to call it, the oval, whatever you want to call it. You start getting some speed and you’ve got this chicane on the backstretch, where it’s heavy, heavy braking trying to work yourself through that. It’s a good passing zone, but it’s also really tight, and then you’re back up onto the racetrack through NASCAR three and four, which I don’t even know the numbers of this place. That’s where I get kind of lost. For some reason there’s like 20 turns or something, but that’s what I call it at least. Then you’re on there and you’ve got another big braking zone with a lot of lateral in it because you’re in the corner still while you’re braking and makes it easy to lock up the tire, and then you’ve got that final chicane, which leads you back onto the frontstretch. So it’s very technical. Quite a bit of shifting once you get onto the big track and some heavy braking areas.”

WHAT DO YOU DO IF THE RAIN TIRES COME OUT? “I called Austin Cindric this morning to ask him plenty of questions. I said, ‘Dude, tell me the insight. What do you do? What do you look for? How does it drive the car? When do you change rain tires? Do rain tires wear out? I don’t know. Do they wear out when it’s raining? When it dries out I know they come apart pretty quick, but at what point do you go from wets to dries if it stops raining? At what point, and the question is too for everyone right now with NASCAR is, ‘At what point is it too much rain?’ Is standing water or running water across the racetrack where you can hydroplane what is the line? What is the drainage like at that racetrack through the infield road course. I don’t know. I’ve never really looked around when it was pouring rain to see how that road course drains, so there are so many questions that we have no answers to. We just have to expect the unexpected at this point.”

IF YOU GET THROUGH THE ROVAL, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU WITH THE LAST FOUR TRACKS THAT YOU CAN COMPETE FOR THE TITLE? “I feel like we’ve got a good shot. They’re all good racetrack for us. Kansas and Texas may be the ones that stick out a little bit more as the bigger challenges, but I feel like earlier in the year we’ve ran good at both of those. We may not have had the best finishes, but we’ve had things that went wrong, but we had speed in the car, so I feel comfortable at those races. Martinsville is probably where I feel the most confident that Team Penske can go out there and grab a win, so hopefully that car is us. We’ll have to kind of wait and see. Phoenix, we obviously feel good about. We won there in the spring. We had a very good race car and we can go back with something even better, so I feel great if we can get there. We’ve got to get through this round first. It’s one week at at a time. If we get through this round, take a deep breath, regroup and then we’ll have to attack hard to try to either score enough points to make it happen or get that win that we need.”

HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO REFLECT ON THE YELLOW LINE RULE AFTER TALLADEGA AND ARE THERE ANY CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN REGARDS TO THAT? “Honestly, it was last week so I’m trying to move forward because I’ve got a little bit more on my plate than worrying about what happened last week, but I do think the rule is necessary. I want the officiating to be consistent. I’m not saying that’s between me and the other drivers or whoever, I’m just saying from race to race needs to be consistent and not something that just pops up out of nowhere. That’s the most important part I think everybody wants, whether it’s that or you look at the blend line rules that all of a sudden started getting enforced a few weeks ago, I think at maybe Texas. You hadn’t seen a call like that for years and then all of a sudden it pops up three times in a race and you’re like, ‘Wait a minute, what happened?’ It’s not like all the drivers got together and said, ‘Hey, you know what? We’re gonna blend a little early today and see what happens.’ We didn’t do that. Contending with the double yellow line rule last week, there was some calls that were pretty clear. I’d say I ran the 21 below the yellow line. I totally, definitely did and I should get that penalty. The one with the 9 I would say is questionable and wouldn’t be called in the past. All I’m saying is be consistent with it. If that’s what the rule is, make it like that every time and I’m fine with it.”

WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM AUSTIN CINDRIC IN REGARDS TO HIS PROGRESS AND CUP READINESS? “I’d say he’s improved a lot. I think we all know he’s a good road course racer. That’s his background. Before he started NASCAR racing he did all the road course stuff, so that’s his background and that’s what he knows most about. That’s why I asked him all these questions, and I felt like he always calls me and asks me a bunch of questions, especially the first time he’s gone to racetracks, so I felt like it was time for me to call him and ask him some questions. But, I tell you what, if you look at his improvement outside of the road courses. Like I said, you know he’s good, but you look at the ovals from where he was a couple years ago to where he is today, the improvement has been drastic. I mean, it’s been big, so I think he works really hard at it just watching the way he prepares, the way he communicates with his team and his crew chief. He’s working hard and I think that’s what I respect most about Austin is that he’s not just taking an opportunity and showing up at the racetrack, putting a helmet on and driving the car. He knows that’s not what it’s gonna take. I think he learns a lot of that from his old man. I think Tim has helped him a lot with showing what effort really is and how good these drivers really are at this level and he’s come a long, long ways, particularly on restarts. If I looked at one piece that he’s gained the most on has been restarts. Where he was pretty weak in that department now I’d say he’s pretty strong.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TIMING OF IT? “The timing of the Next Gen car makes a lot of sense, instead of trying to figure out how to drive these things and then jumping out into something completely different. Going through two years of a learning curve, you might as well jump in with everybody when they’re all going through a learning curve together, so that makes sense. And, honestly, from somebody that just jumped into the Cup Series way too young and not enough experience, I’ve got to say it’s a smart move to do it the way he’s doing it, and knowing that it’s coming a year down the road. Good for him. That’s kind of nice that you know you can focus in on trying to win another Xfinity championship and going for that and focusing on that, and getting ready for the Next Gen cars that are gonna be completely different than what we’re driving right now. To me, the plan makes sense to do that. I think we all kind of know that he’s being groomed to jump into a Cup car at some point, and, like I said, with the progress he’s making he’s putting himself in that position. If he didn’t keep getting better, he wouldn’t be talked about in this situation at all.”

YOU HAVE TESTED THE NEXT GEN CAR. HOW WILL IT BE DIFFERENT? “Some of the things that you look at for this car, what do we want to be better, right? When I was in the meetings the first thing I brought up was durability. You want cars to be able to bounce off the wall, bounce off each other and not worry about cutting tires down or knocking fenders in or killing so much speed in their car. Our sport was built on close contact type racing. That’s what stock car racing is and our cars today, you can do that to a certain point, but you flatten out the side of your car, you’re gonna give up a ton of performance and you’re risking getting flat tires. You look at the Xfinity cars. They hit everything and they keep on going. It’s crazy. I watch those guys drive those things and I’m like, ‘There ain’t no way in heck you can do that in one of our cars and expect to even run close to the front.’ But they take advantage of the opportunity that’s there with those cars and they run ultra aggressive because they know they have a little bit of cushion there that they can hit the wall and it doesn’t hurt their day. That’s what we kind of want. I think that’s something that’s important with the cars. You talk about the financial piece and the efficiencies you can gain with it, but I think that and then also another piece that’s important to me is just kind of dirty air, behind cars, things like that. Even on short tracks we’ve got to make sure that we make gains in that department. There’s always gonna be clean air versus dirty air. You can never fix that completely because it’s just physics, but I think we can improve it a little bit from where we’re at.”

• Actor, director, producer known for his role in NBC hit “This Is Us” to give virtual command before racing goes green in the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400
• ‘The Voice’ standouts turned country music duo Pryor & Lee to perform live national anthem Sunday; Debut single “Y’allsome” is at Country radio now

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 9, 2020) – Award nominated actor, director, producer and avid race fan, Justin Hartley, will virtually give the command to fire engines before NASCAR’s best take to the track in a pivotal NASCAR Playoffs showdown at the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Hartley’s work as Kevin Pearson on “This Is Us” has earned him successive Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series two years in a row, and he and his cast members won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series two years in a row at the 2018 and 2019 ceremonies. “This Is Us” has collectively earned 159 award nominations, 45 wins, and counting since debuting in 2016. The show’s fifth season is scheduled to premiere Oct. 27.

Additional dignitaries for Sunday will all be live, on-site for the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400, including:

Color Guard: Charlotte Fire Department Honor Guard
Invocation: David Chadwick, Pastor of Moments of Hope Church, Charlotte
National anthem: Pryor & Lee, Season 14 of The Voice contestants and Nashville based, Black River Entertainment recording artists
Dignitaries for Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Xfinity Series race include:

Color Guard: Charlotte Fire Department Honor Guard
Invocation: Nick Terry, Motor Racing Outreach
National anthem: Stephanie Owens, Nashville recording artist
Grand Marshal: Gerald Petkau, COO, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina (virtual)

TICKETS:
Tickets are just $50 for the racing doubleheader on Saturday, Oct. 10, featuring the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series’ MOTUL 100% Synthetic Grand Prix. Kids 13 and under get in free with a paying adult on Saturday. For details or to purchase, visit www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or call 800-455-FANS (3267). There are no tickets still available for Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 due to state restrictions on total attendance.

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With their deal to keep Matt DiBenedetto in the 21 for ’21 signed and sealed, the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team now turns its attention to the Roval, the part-road course, part oval-track layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 will be contested on the three-year-old layout, a 2.28-mile course that features 17 turns. In it’s first two races, the Roval has seen a 14-car crash in the inaugural event in 2018 and four multi-car crashes last year plus one caution in which the eventual winner ran into a tire barrier.

That brief history has caused the race to be considered a “wild card” event, but it’s one that DiBenedetto looks at as an opportunity to excel.

He’s yet to compete on the Roval in the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang, but he ran well there for two previous teams, with finishes of 11th and 13th. And he had finishes of sixth and fourth last season on the road courses at Watkins Glen and Sonoma before joining the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team.

“I love road racing,” he said. “The Roval is always cool and challenging. Not much room for error there.”

DiBenedetto, who will start 20th on Sunday, also is thinking about a potential wild card within a wild card brought about by the uncertainty surrounding the possible path taken by the remnants of Hurricane Delta. That could mean continuing the race in the rain, with rain tires and windshield wipers employed.

“I think it would be interesting if rain gets thrown in the mix since it’s possible in the forecast,” he said.

There will be no practice or qualifying prior to the start of Sunday’s 109-lap, 252.88-mile race. The green flag is expected just after 2:30 p.m., with TV coverage on NBC.

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About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions. Ford employs approximately 200,000 people worldwide. For more information regarding Ford, its products and Ford Motor Credit Company, please visit www.corporate.ford.com.

Wood Brothers Racing

Wood Brothers Racing was formed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glen Wood. Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team and one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Since its founding, the team won 99 races (including at least one race in every decade for the last seven decades) and 120 poles in NASCAR’s top-tier series. Fielding only Ford products for its entire history, the Wood Brothers own the longest association of any motorsports team with a single manufacturer. Glen’s brother, Leonard, is known for inventing the modern pit stop. The team currently runs the Ford Mustang driven by Matt DiBenedetto in the famous No. 21 racer.

Toyota Racing – Kyle Busch
NASCAR Cup Series Quotes

CONCORD, North Carolina (October 8, 2020) – Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was made available to media via videoconference in advance of the race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course:

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing

What is your mindset heading into the Roval this weekend and what can you learn from your past two runs there?

“The things that we’ve learned is just how to drive the place, how to continue to improve on how to drive the place and also with the race team on trying to find more grip. The last two times we’ve been there, it just seems that we don’t quite have all of what we’re looking for. We were going to have a decent run maybe the first year, maybe a third or fourth place finish and then last year we were destined for a top-six. Each year we get caught up in stuff. The first year following everybody off the cliff into turn one and then last year getting hit on a restart with somebody making a three-wide move getting into one and caused damage to our car, got a flat tire and never recovered. Just unfortunate circumstances. We just have to keep ourselves out of trouble. That’s hard to do on such a tight circuit with a lot of stuff going on and a lot of guys making desperation moves and us needing to make some desperation moves too most likely.”

Do you believe there will be a reset in the business model to make Cup ownership more appealing?

“I have no idea on any of the specifics of any of that stuff. From just the things I’ve heard from JGR management is, I’m not sure what all the rules are going to entail as far as how many cars, but the cars are certainly going to be more expensive than the current cars that we have. As far as all that goes, again, I don’t know how the model can be sustained with these new owners coming in, especially new ones coming in right now for next year knowing that they have to buy old, useless inventory and then essentially scrap it when it’s all said and done. That to me makes absolutely no sense. We’re happy with where we’re at with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series doing what we can do with Toyota and for Toyota in the Truck Series to continue the driver development program that continue to put butts in seats in the Xfinity Series with Joe Gibbs Racing as well as the Cup Series cars.”

Do you plan to own Kyle Busch Motorsports for a long time to come?

“I mean, long time could be next year, I don’t know. We’ve been doing it now for 10 years, this is our 10th season doing it and unfortunately the last two years haven’t quite gone to the way that we would like to or the way we’re accustomed to in being able to have drivers contend for championships, be up there racing their way all the way to the final four and being in the championship race. We certainly have a little bit of work to do as an organization to continue to get our stuff better. There’s always guys that are playing catch up and all that sort of stuff so maybe they have caught up to us. We see each and every week, GMS is putting four or five trucks on the race track and they’re all running within the top-six, seven or eight spots. That’s certainly to be commended and obviously, we see that and we’re not doing that. We’ve got work to do.”

What is your goal on points to try to obtain throughout the stages on Sunday?

“Don’t have any. Just race it out. Race as best we can, as good as we can. I felt like at the Daytona Road Course, it was going okay for us. Made a lot of mistakes early on in the race and we were still up to second and trying to chase down (Chase) Elliott there towards the end to gain some of those seconds that he distanced us and the rest of the field by on a restart when I had to slice through traffic a little bit to get to second and then we ended up having all of our brake failures. For as far off as we’ve been at the Roval, that was certainly a big step in the right direction at the Daytona Road Course so we’re taking some of that similar philosophy there in order to see if we can’t improve on how our cars drive at the Roval.”

Is the struggle this season a team problem or a manufacturer problem and can you comment on David Wilson’s statement on this year’s performance being ‘unacceptable’?

“I’m not sure exactly. I did see or hear from David (Wilson, TRD president). Dave and I had conversations back at Dover and then again a couple weeks ago. We certainly understand and see that we’re a little behind the eight ball when it comes to sometimes unloading, sometimes being good enough right off the truck at the start of some of these races. It was a bit rougher earlier on, it’s been a little better more lately. I don’t know if that’s simulation improving or what we’re reading in the simulation or if it’s just more guesswork and the guesses are going right, I’m not exactly certain as to what’s been a little bit better. Obviously, it hasn’t lended itself necessarily to wins. There’s definitely probably two or maybe three wins that we, the 18 team, coulda, woulda, shoulda had, barring a little bit different circumstances this year. But that’s not talking like last year there was probably 12 or 13 wins the 18 car could have had. There’s a lot of different things that are going on for us this year, I’m not sure why or what. Next year is going to look awfully familiar to this year with no practice and all that. We definitely have to do some catch up here. Simulation is a big part of that right now. Everything is simulation, that’s the only tool we have. That’s the only practice we have. If the Ford guys or the Chevy guys are doing a better job of being on the simulator and getting better notes and being able to feel that better and make better changes on the simulator in order to have their stuff more prepared and ready to go when the race starts then by golly, we better figure out how to do the same thing. That’s the only tool and resource that we have. But if the sim is telling you the wrong information, then obviously there’s something wrong within the settings, within the sim that we also have to make sure are right.”

Do you feel this year is just not ‘Kyle-like’?

“For sure. The laps led, the running up front – I’m sure the average running position is horrendous this year from what it’s compared to be in years past. Definitely, I feel as though some of that might be due to the competition kind of catching up. Last year, this new aero package and everything, everybody was kind of trying to find their tune as far as downforce or less drag or what kind of car you would bring to what track. It seems like a lot of people are a lot closer to that and when we’re at Las Vegas for instance, just a couple weeks ago. When we all dropped the green flag and we all kind of got spread out a little bit, I was running second at one point and the third-place guy was running me down and caught up and then stalled out and couldn’t pass me and faded back. Then the fourth-place guy ran into the third-place guy and the fifth-place guy ran into the fourth-place guy, but nobody was passing, nobody was going anywhere. It just showed us the competition has equaled out and it’s hard to make up spots. My brother and myself were running for 12th and 13th with John Hunter Nemechek with about 30 (laps) to go. We, the 18 team, pitted and got our fresh tires on and then the caution came out. Kurt (Busch) had stayed out, was able to inherit the lead, came down pit road, got his tires, was able to inherit the lead on the restart, control the rest of the race, won the race. So a 13th place car went from running 13th to the lead and won the race. Just drop anybody out front and that’s possibly where they can ride.”

Why did you make the statement that you wouldn’t expect to transfer out of this round and that you didn’t care?

“I guess yes to all. Certainly, there’s reasons to believe and based off of past history, reasons as to why I said what I said. Having Talladega and the Charlotte Roval both in the same round for us is worst case scenario that’s absolutely possible. It’s a tough round for us and this team with the luck we seem to have, especially this year. But anything can happen. You can go into this race and work your guts out and finish second in each and every one of the stages and yet still get beat out by somebody else by points or finish second to the 88 (Alex Bowman) car winning and he transfers on or whatever it might be. The fact of the matter is that it’s going to come down to attrition and seeing what happens in the race and just playing it out the whole way and hoping that you’re not in the attrition.”

How much do you care about making it through to the next round?

“That’s a surprising question coming from you Claire (B. Lang, SXM). We all care and I wouldn’t be continuing to go to the race track each and every week and pouring my heart and soul into this and taking time away from my family if I didn’t care. Obviously, there’s M&M’s and Interstate Batteries and Toyota and everybody else on my race car and at Joe Gibbs Racing that supports us that works as hard as they do and my team and my crew chief and all my guys, they don’t spend the time and effort that they do each and every week and all year long for the years that we’ve been together for one of us not to care. That’s tongue and cheek talk and should be known as that coming from me obviously, I say a lot of dumb shit. It is what it is and we’re going to go on into this week and fight like hell and try to make it through.”

Can you explain the ‘Treat Town’ theme on the car for Kansas?

“It’s definitely going to be interesting. I’m certainly looking forward to going to Kansas and having the opportunity to run another M&M’s scheme brought to you by Treat Town. As the leader in Halloween candy, the M&M’s/Wrigley team has done a tremendous job of delivering hundreds of thousands, millions of products to homes over the years and no matter where we are or where our families are this season, Mars/Wrigley is a trusted resource for them. Obviously with social distancing, trick-or-treating options on October 31, Mars/Wrigley is launching Treat Town. The first ever virtual trick-or-treating app that will allow users to connect and exchange candy with family members and friends across the country. Everybody is going to want to tune into that and on October 31, go to your app store or your Google Play in order to download the app. We’re all looking forward to being able to celebrate Halloween and trick-or-treating some way, somehow and in some sort of fashion with everything that’s gone on here in 2020.”

What will your mindset being heading into Kansas?

“Going to Kansas, I’ll have a whole different perspective as to what’s going on come Monday. As to what my mindset is going into Kansas. I think next round is actually a pretty pleasing round for the 18 car barring us getting through this round. If you all remember correctly, I talked about insurance premiums and how my premiums were going to go up last year in Las Vegas. Well, I didn’t even buy insurance this year. That goes to show you how important insurance is, not having any of those stage points, not having any of those race wins to have those stage points to fall back on. Obviously, that’s going to be a tough act to follow this weekend with being able to transfer through, but hopefully we do. That will give me the precedence of what to expect going to Kansas, Texas and Martinsville and so on.”

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TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL 400
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY ROAD COURSE
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 11, 2020

ROVAL: RACE #32
The anticipation and unpredictability heightens as the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) has reached the elimination race for the Round of 12 of the NCS Playoffs. NASCAR’s premier series makes its third visit of the season to its hometown track for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on Sunday, October 11, at 2:30 p.m. ET. The event marks the third time in NASCAR history the series has held a race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. Located in Concord, North Carolina, the 2.28-mile road course is comprised of 17-turns, combining the track’s high-banked oval with a road course through the infield. The 109-lap, 248.52-mile race around the North Carolina circuit marks the 32nd race on the NCS schedule and the last chance for Playoff drivers to secure their spots into the Round of Eight of the NCS Playoffs.

The action-packed weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course also features a Saturday doubleheader with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series for the Drive for the Cure 250 gets underway on Saturday, October 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Playoff implications are on the line as the 67-lap, 155.3-mile event will be the first-round cutoff race for the series, reducing the Playoff field from 12 to eight drivers. In addition, for the first time in the series’ history, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series will make its debut at the ROVAL for a 100-minute race under the lights Saturday evening, October 10, at 8:00 p.m. ET.

A limited number of fans will be allowed to enjoy the action in-person for both the Saturday and Sunday events, adhering to all safety measures and protocols in place. With approval for up to seven-percent capacity for outdoor sports venues, Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 has been sold out at ‘socially-distanced capacity’.

ROAD COURSE DOMINANCE
Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet driver, Chase Elliott, is no stranger to success at road course events. Elliott is coming into the race weekend as the defending winner of the annual ROVAL event, after rallying from a wreck while leading the lap-64 restart and working his way back through the field to take the lead with just six laps to go.

Elliott’s most recent road course win came during the inaugural race at the Daytona International Speedway in August. The trip to victory lane was his fourth career road course win and third in a row. Elliott, the youngest road course winner in NCS history, is now just the sixth and most recent driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win three or more consecutive road course races. He also leads the way in active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in road course wins with four, tying previous NCS Champions Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. In addition, Elliott is only one of three to win at more than two different road course venues.

ROUND OF 12: THE CUT-OFF RACE
For the first time in NASCAR history, the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course will be the host of the sixth race of the Playoffs, serving as the elimination race for the second of four rounds, cutting the championship contenders field from 12 to just eight drivers. The Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course is the fourth different track to host the sixth race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, joining Martinsville Speedway (2004-2010), Talladega Superspeedway (2011, 2013-2016), and Kansas Speedway (2012, 2017-2019).

Heading into the ROVAL race weekend, four Team Chevy drivers remain, battling to secure their spots in the Round of Eight and get one step closer to their chance of being named the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Champion. Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE, has already captured his spot in the Round of Eight after his recent victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Here are where the Team Chevy drivers currently sit in the Playoff standings, as well as key statistics heading into the Bank of America ROVAL 400:

Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE – Round of 12 win (3,048 points)
Victories: 1 (Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
Top-Fives: 5; Top-10’s: 16; Laps Led: 140; Average Finish: 13.5
Stage Wins: 1
At the ROVAL: Top-Five’s: 1; Top-10’s: 1; Poles: 1; Average Finish: 12.5

Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1 1LE – 4th in Standings (3,097 points)
Victories: 2 (Charlotte Motor Speedway and Daytona Road Course)
Top-Fives: 12; Top-10’s: 18; Laps Led: 783; Average Finish: 12.6
Stage Wins: 8
At the ROVAL: Wins: 1; Top-Five’s: 1; Top-10’s: 2; Average Finish: 3.5 (second-best)

Alex Bowman, No. 88 Valvoline Camaro ZL1 1LE – 7th in Standings (3,075 points)
Victories: 1 (Auto Club Speedway)
Top-Fives: 4; Top-10’s: 11; Laps Led: 394; Average Finish: 15.9
Stage Wins: 4
At the ROVAL: Top-Five’s: 2; Top-10’s: 2; Average Finish: 3.0 (series best)

Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Camaro ZL1 1LE – 10th in Standings (3,053 points)
Victories: 1 (Texas Motor Speedway)
Top-Fives: 4; Top-10’s 9; Laps Led: 135; Average Finish: 16.1
Stage Wins: 0
At the ROVAL: Average Running Position: 23.555; Average Finish: 31.0

BOWTIE BULLETS
· There have been a total of 124 NASCAR Cup Series points races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, 122 races on the oval track and two races on the road course. Current Chevrolet drivers that have recorded wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway include:
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1, has eight wins (May 2003, May and October 2004, May and October 2005, October 2009, May 2014, October 2016)
Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1, has one win (May 2010)
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Camaro ZL1, has one win (May 2017)
Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1 1LE, has two wins (ROVAL September 2019 and Oval May 2020)

· Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet driver, William Byron, is the most recent pole winner at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course when he scored his first-career road course pole at the 2019 ROVAL event.

· Chip Ganassi Racing and Chevrolet driver, Kurt Busch, captured the pole at the inaugural ROVAL event in 2018, setting the current qualifying record of 106.868 mph, with a lap time of 76.805 seconds. He also leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in career road course poles with three, all being captured at different tracks on the NCS circuit.

· Career Chevrolet driver and NASCAR Hall of Famer, Jeff Gordon, leads the NASCAR Cup Series in overall road course wins in his NCS career with nine (five at Sonoma; four at Watkins Glen).

· Since the integration of the Playoffs into the NASCAR Cup Series, there have been four times in which the winner of the sixth race of the 10-race Playoff stretch went on to win the Series’ Championship. Three of those four times were done by Team Chevy’s Jimmie Johnson, when he won the sixth race of the Playoffs in 2006, 2007 and 2008 to go on and capture three consecutive NASCAR Cup Series titles.

STARTING LINEUP
For the remainder of the 2020 NCS season, the starting lineups will be determined by a competition-based formula, combining the following metrics from the previous race event: 15% of a fastest lap time position, 25% of the driver’s final race finish position, 25% of the owner’s final race position and 35% of the Owner points position.

Here are Team Chevy’s top-20 starters for Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400:

2nd Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1 1LE
5th Alex Bowman, No. 88 Valvoline Camaro ZL1 1LE
6th Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Camaro ZL1 1LE
10th Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE
13th William Byron, No. 24 Hendrickcars.com Camaro ZL1 1LE
16th Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Camaro ZL1 1LE
17th Ty Dillon, No. 13 GEICO Camaro ZL1 1LE
18th Ryan Preece, No. 37 Maxwell Houses for Heroes Camaro ZL1 1LE

TUNE-IN
NBC will telecast the 109-lap, 248.52-mile Bank of America ROVAL 400 live at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 11th. Live coverage of the Round of 12 cut-off race can also be found on the NBC Sports Gold App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

QUOTABLE QUOTES:
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 4th IN STANDINGS
“I don’t know why the road courses have been good to us thus far. I came from short-track racing, I did a little bit of road course racing in go karts, but I don’t know how much that translates. Most of my years coming along were short tracks around the country, asphalt racing – very different from road-course racing. I do think a lot of the credit should go to Jeff (Gordon). Jeff was a fantastic road racer, as we all know. I really think he and Alan (Gustafson) had a very good understanding of what was important at road races and what they really wanted in the cars and what mattered. As a young driver coming into a situation like that, having a good foundation has really helped me learn and learn faster because that foundation was already close. I think when you step into a situation that is good like that, as a guy that is learning, it does nothing but help you and make you better.”

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 VALVOLINE CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 7th IN STANDINGS
“This is a very stressful week. I mean the Roval is one thing to be stressed about, but then add a cut off race to it. One of my main goals for the 2020 season with Greg and the team was to make the Round of 8. We are so close and need to put together a solid race on Sunday and capitalize on stage points and a good finish. It is hard to believe that we have the best average finish at the Roval, but we definitely need to put a solid race together this weekend.”

“I am excited to move over to the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet next year with Greg (Ives). The support that we have been given by Mr. Hendrick and everyone at Ally is humbling to say the least. I am proud to be the driver Hendrick Motorsports chose to represent the Ally Financial brand and 48 nation. It has been an exciting week, but our focus from now until the end of the year, is making the final four and bringing home a championship to Hendrick Motorsports.”

GREG IVES, CREW CHIEF, NO. 88 VALVOLINE CAMARO ZL1 1LE
IVES ON BECOMING THE CREW CHIEF OF THE 48:
“It’s pretty special to be able to represent a number that gave me a lot of success early on in my career and actually built my career. (It) allowed me great opportunities to become (a) crew chief and, for a number that has affected my life so much, a team, a way of living, performing – I think it’s going to be hard to exactly put into words what I felt, other than to say it was a lot of emotion.”

IVES ON THE LEGACY OF THE 48:
“I feel like when it comes to the 48 team, it represents a young kid working hard, going through the ranks of racing, ultimately getting a shot, and that’s the 48 team. Hard work, dedication, being true to yourself, having good character, good on and off the racetrack. That’s somebody who you can look at Jimmie and say, ‘Alex is very similar to that’ and his performance on the racetrack will prove itself. The few wins that we have are quickly going to turn into more.”

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER OFF ROAD CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 10th IN STANDINGS
EVALUATE YOUR NASCAR PLAYOFFS PERFORMANCE IN THE ROUND OF 12 SO FAR.
“At Talladega Superspeedway, I got into every wreck possible. It was just a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time for most of the day. The week before that, we had a mechanical issue. But through both of those races, my Richard Childress Racing team has been amazing. The communication is unbelievable. They’ve been able to jump right in and fix the damage the last two weeks. At Talladega Superspeedway, we changed the oil cooler and only lost two laps. At Las Vegas Motor Speedway, we knocked the belts off and only lost eight laps. I don’t know how you can make either of those repairs so fast. The communication is great with this team. Even though the last two weeks have been unfortunate, we’re still in the hunt and have a chance to advance to the Round of Eight.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEXT RACE IN THE NASCAR PLAYOFFS, THE ROVAL?
“We have the ROVAL left in the Round of 12. We just need some help from some of these guys who are higher than us in the point standings, and we have to be in the position to help ourselves some, too. We’re going to rely on our notes from the Daytona Road Course a lot. Kaz Grala was a fill in driver for me that week, and he did a great job. We will try to use that same setup moving forward. The ROVAL has never been the greatest track for us, but we’ll see what we can do. We’re going to try our hardest.”

WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 14th IN STANDINGS
BYRON ON THE NO. 24 TEAM AT ROAD COURSES:
“With road course racing, we’ve been a solid top 10 team every time we’ve gone to those races. We really just have to figure out that gap between us and guys like Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch. How they run at the road courses is phenomenal. I think really trying to close that gap to the top three is key as we’re about a fourth to seventh-place team on road courses right now. We just have to figure out those little things to take it to the next level.”

BYRON ON WHAT HE STUDIES TO PREPARE FOR A ROAD COURSE RACE:
“I think I may attention mainly to the way the other guys use the brakes and small details like how they approach each corner. I like to know what they’re looking for to make speed out of those corners. I think for me, road courses have been good overall. I’m honestly probably better in qualifying than in race trim right now. It’s just about me figuring out those details to make me better and have a shot of winning.”

TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 CHEDDAR’S SCRATCH KITCHEN CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 19th IN STANDINGS
IS THERE ANY COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY ROVAL AND THE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ROAD COURSE YOU COMPETED ON EARLIER THIS YEAR?
“I really thought the two were going to be pretty similar, but they are really nothing alike. The Daytona Road Course is a really challenging track. The chicane we added to the frontstretch has some similarities to what the nature of the Charlotte ROVAL can be like, but to me, the Charlotte track feels a lot more like a street course. I’d be curious what drivers of other divisions would say to that if they ran the ROVAL. To me though, if I imagine running a street course, this is what I imagine it being like. I really enjoy both tracks even though they are nothing alike other than being two ovals we’ve turned into road courses.”

Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series Statistics

Manufacturers Championships:
Total (1949-2019): 39
First title for Chevrolet: 1958
Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)

Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Drivers Championships:
Total (1949-2019): 31
First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)
Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)

Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016

Event Victories:
Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007)

2020 STATISTICS:
Wins: 6
Poles: 3
Laps Led: 1,811
Top-five finishes: 43
Top-10 finishes: 105

CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:
Total Chevrolet race wins: 792 (1949 to date)
Poles won to date: 717
Laps led to date: 236,117
Top-five finishes to date: 4,057
Top-10 finishes to date: 8,387

Total NASCAR Cup wins by corporation, 1949 to date

       General Motors: 1,126
       Chevrolet: 792
       Pontiac: 154
       Oldsmobile: 115
       Buick: 65

       Ford: 803                                                         
       Ford: 703
       Mercury: 96
       Lincoln: 4

       Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467
       Dodge: 217
       Plymouth: 191
       Chrysler: 59

       Toyota: 151

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About Chevrolet
Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is one of the world’s largest car brands, doing business in more than 100 countries and selling more than 4.0 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature engaging performance, design that makes the heart beat, passive and active safety features and easy-to-use technology, all at a value. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.

WELCOME, N.C. (October 8, 2020)-Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM)announced today a partnership with Count On Me NC, a mutual pledge and public health initiative that empowers guests and businesses to help keep everyone safe and protected. As part of the agreement, the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE will carry the Count On Me NC badge as an associate partner in the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 at the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway on Sunday, October 11 with driver Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr.

Visit North Carolina will make its initial foray into NASCAR with the legendary Petty name. The agreement enlists Richard Petty, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, and Thaddeus “Thad” Moffitt, ARCA Menards Series driver, as Count On Me NC’s newest brand ambassadors, and includes the associate partnership of the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Moffitt and Petty have autographed the Count On Me NC pledge to help create a safer, healthier environment for everyone by following a few guidelines and best practices.

“With his support for Count On Me NC, Richard Petty will help drive COVID-19 off the track,” Wit Tuttell, director of Visit North Carolina, said. “By engaging with fans who know him from motorsports, the movies, Victory Junction and other arenas, ‘The King’ will motivate people to join his winning team and play an essential role by wearing masks, washing their hands and waiting at a distance when they’re out in public. We can all look forward to joining Richard Petty Motorsports in the Winner’s Circle as we outpace COVID-19.”

Wallace has seven road-course starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, including two each at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, and one at the DAYTONA (Fla.) Road Course. The 27-year old also has six road-course starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS), and two starts in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series (NGROTS).

The driver of the No. 43 Columbia Omni-Heat Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard Petty Motorsports has two starts in the NASCAR Cup Series at the 2.32-mile road course at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Wallace posted a career-best finish of 24th-place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on September 29, 2019. In addition, the finish on the 17-turn course that combines the high-banks of the traditional oval with an infield road course was a career-best road course finish.

The Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 will be broadcast live on NBC as well as streamed live on NBC Sports on Sunday, October 11 at 2:30 p.m. (ET). It will also broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

About Count On Me NC
Count On Me NC is a public health initiative designed to help businesses operate as safely as possible, signal their commitment to best practices with signage, and enlist consumers to do their part to curb the spread of COVID-19. A collaboration led by the N.C. Restaurant and Lodging Association in partnership with Visit North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and NC State Extension, the initiative centers on evidence-based training with specific guidance for sanitation and service that goes beyond the stringent health requirements that were in place before the pandemic. Participation is voluntary and free of charge, and training is available in English and Spanish. Thousands of hotels, restaurants, attractions and other businesses display the sea-green Count On Me NC logo that signifies completion of the training. CountOnMeNC.org

About Richard Petty Motorsports
A performance and marketing driven company, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM), co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty and successful business entrepreneur Andrew Murstein, is one of the most recognized brands in all of motorsports. RPM is the winningest team in NASCAR Cup history with 273 wins and has business partnerships with national and global leaders. Today the race operation fields the famed No. 43 in the NASCAR Cup Series with driver Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. The team is headquartered in Welcome, N.C. and is supported by primary partners Cash App, Coca-Cola, Columbia Sportswear, DoorDash, McDonald’s, United States Air Force, and World Wide Technology (WWT).

For additional information, news and the latest updates, please visit www.richardpettymotorsports.com or connect with RPM on Facebook (Richard Petty Motorsports), Twitter (@RPMotorsports) or Instagram (@richardpettymotorsports).