Miguel Paludo No. 32 NCWTS Advance: Bristol Motor Speedway
Miguel Paludo
No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet
Bristol Motor Speedway – Volunteer 200
August 22, 2012
No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet News and Notes
Two Years Ago…Just four days after the wave of the checkered flag at Michigan International Speedway, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will take the green at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS), the site of Miguel Paludo’s first race in one of NASCAR’s top-three series. Paludo made his NCWTS debut at the 0.533-mile bullring in 2010, earning an impressive ninth-place finish. In his 41-career starts in the series, Paludo has accrued three top-fives and 11 top-10 finishes, as well as one pole.
One Year Ago…Last year in Bristol, Paludo had something to celebrate before the engines were even fired for the 200-lap race: He and wife Patricia welcomed their first child, Oliver, just two days prior to the event. One year later, the Wednesday-night race falls on Oliver’s birthday, and the team will celebrate with a special tribute on the No. 32 Brakes and Components Chevrolet. The truck’s bed will feature an image of Paludo’s son and a happy birthday message, as well as the one-year-old’s name above the right-side door
This Week’s Silverado…Paludo and the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components team will unload chassis TMS-205 for this week’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway. TMS-205 last hit the track at Dover International Speedway in June where Paludo finished 12th in a rain-shortened race.
Diabetes Fact of the Week…Looking for a way you can support the Paludo family in their fight against diabetes? Frontstretch.com writer and NCWTS supporter Beth Lunkenheimer is participating in the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes. Lunkenheimer has chosen to walk for Paludo and his son Oliver, and has set a goal of raising $1,000 for the ADA. If you wish to find out more or make a donation, please visit: http://stepout.diabetes.org then click the Donate button and search for Beth Lunkenheimer under participants.
Previous Race Recap…Paludo earned his second top-10 finish of 2012 at Michigan International Speedway in his debut pairing with new crew chief Jeff Hensley. Paludo ran in the top-five for most of the second half of the 100-lap event before varying pit strategy resulted in a 10th-place finish in the VFW 200.
Follow Me…Visit www.twitter.com/miguelpaludo or www.facebook.com/miguelpaludo for the latest news and updates on Paludo and the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components team.
Watch and Listen…The Volunteer 200 can be seen live on Wednesday, August 22nd on SPEED. Race coverage will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST. The event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 90.
Miguel Paludo on driving at Bristol Motor Speedway –
“Bristol is a very special track to me for many reasons. It is the place where I made my very first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start in 2010, which was the beginning of a whole new career path for me in NASCAR’s top-three series and a new adventure in my life. It was also the first race I competed in after the birth of my son Oliver in 2011. Having Oliver in our lives has been an amazing journey for my wife Patricia and I, both in terms of being parents and experiencing that whole other level of love, as well as what his diagnosis with diabetes has meant to us and our focus. I’m really looking forward to celebrating his first birthday on race day, and I hope that Bristol will become an even more special place by becoming the place where I get my first win.”
Miguel Paludo NCWTS results at Bristol Motor Speedway:
Starts: 2
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Top 5: 0
Top 10: 1
Laps Led: 0
Average Start: 19.5
Average Finish: 20.0
Biffle wins the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan
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[/media-credit]Greg Biffle captures his second win of the season on Sunday in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan Int’l Speedway.
Biffle was gaining on leader Jimmie Johnson with less than 10 laps to go. With six laps remaining, Johnson slowed with an engine failure, bringing out the final caution of the day and giving Biffle the race lead.
“I thought that I knew I would be able to get him then. I was closing in on him and I don’t know if I would have got him in those eight laps or not but it would have been a hell of a run to the end.” Biffle said.
Biffle got a great restart and held off Keselowski for his 18th career victory, third at MIS and the 609th Sprint Cup Series win for Ford.
“Junior gave me a huge push for that win. I have to thank him for that. I saw Brad laying back like always and he got a little jump on me. It probably would have been leveled out by turn one.” Biffle said.
With the victory Biffle reclaimed the Sprint Cup points lead by 20 over Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) teammate Matt Kenseth, who finished 17th after a late flat tire.
“We are going to make a run at the title.” said Biffle. “I know they don’t talk about us a lot, but they will when we get to Vegas.”
Keselowski finished second, Kasey Kahne third, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fourth and last weeks winner Marcos Ambrose finished fifth.
Pole sitter Mark Martin was dominating the race until Bobby Labonte spun in front of him, sending Martin sliding down pit road. Martin slid down pit road into an opening on the inside barrier. Martin’s car was essentially impaled by the end of the wall. Martin was able to get out and walk away.
“That was a pretty freak angle that I got it. I’m not sure what you can do. It could have been really bad if I would have got into that hole a little deeper where it would have caught me in the door instead of the crush area back there.” Martin said.
On lap 76, Ambrose got into Regan Smith, sending him into the outside wall.
“Marcos Ambrose is just driving over his head. I don’t know if it is because he won last week, he’s got extra pressure or what. He’s been doing it all day. He’s almost wrecked four times that I’ve seen. Unfortunately, four tires are better than two, and I was four.” Smith said.
“I didn’t mean to get into him. I got down in there and he came off my side of the car and I was trying to get out of there for him and just caught him on the way past. I feel bad for him. You can’t take it back, all you can say is sorry.” Ambrose said of the contact.
Hendrick Motorsports suffered four engine failures over the weekend. Two with Johnson, one with Tony Stewart and one with Jeff Gordon.
On lap 95, Gordon suffers another setback in his chase hopes. Gordon headed to the garage after his engine let go.
“A valve spring, just running along there and all of a sudden dropped a cylinder. I was pretty sure that’s what it was. Of course the No.14 had that same issue got our fingers crossed for all the other Hendrick engines out there. This is a tough place on engines. We rarely have these issues and it’s unfortunate to have this one here today. It’s the kind of year we have been having.” Gordon said.
Stewart suffered engine trouble on lap 56.
“It’s uncommon to have a problem like this there. It’s not something I’m concerned about and having problems in the future with it’s just a bad day and like I said we have the best engine department in the world in my opinion. Definitely in this series they did everything they could do.” Stewart said.
The series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway next Saturday night for the IRWIN Tools Night Race at 7pm on ABC.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Pure Michigan 400, Michigan Int’l Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/race.php?race=23 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
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| 1 | 13 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 47 |
| 2 | – | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 43 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 41 |
| 4 | – | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 41 |
| 5 | 8 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 39 |
| 6 | 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 39 |
| 7 | 12 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 38 |
| 8 | 15 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 36 |
| 9 | 10 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 36 |
| 10 | 7 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 35 |
| 11 | – | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 34 |
| 12 | – | 22 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 0 |
| 13 | – | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 31 |
| 14 | – | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 15 | – | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 29 |
| 16 | – | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 28 |
| 17 | 4 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 28 |
| 18 | – | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 26 |
| 19 | – | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 25 |
| 20 | – | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 24 |
| 21 | – | 18 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 23 |
| 22 | – | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 22 |
| 23 | – | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 21 |
| 24 | 6 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 0 |
| 25 | 9 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | 20 |
| 26 | – | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 27 | 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 28 | 11 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 16 |
| 29 | – | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 30 | – | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 31 | 16 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 13 |
| 32 | 14 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 12 |
| 33 | – | 32 | T.J. Bell | Ford | 0 |
| 34 | – | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | 10 |
| 35 | 1 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 11 |
| 36 | – | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 0 |
| 37 | – | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 7 |
| 38 | – | 10 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 39 | – | 98 | Mike Skinner | Ford | 0 |
| 40 | – | 26 | Josh Wise * | Ford | 4 |
| 41 | – | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 42 | – | 191 | Reed Sorenson | Ford | 0 |
| 43 | – | 119 | Jason Leffler | Ford | 0 |
