GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
No. 95 Procore Toyota Camry Notes:
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· DIBENEDETTO BY THE NUMBERS: In eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Talladega Superspeedway, Matt DiBenedetto has an average start of 33.4 and an average finish of 27.4. He’s completed 1,397 of 1,524 (91.7 percent) career laps and has led for 20 laps at the 2.66-mile high-banked track.
· PROCORE IS HELPING TO TRANSFORM TALLADEGA: Did you know that Procore customer, Hoar Construction is utilizing Procore to help with the redevelopment project that is transforming the iconic Talladega Superspeedway infield project? Over 79 years ago, Hoar Construction began by building churches from their Birmingham, Alabama headquarters. Today, the Hoar Construction team is spearheading work on some of the state’s most recognizable landmarks.
· RACE INFO: The GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (2.66-mile) begins at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 28th. The race will be broadcast live on FOX, Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN Radio.
DiBenedetto’s Career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Stats at Talladega:
Date Event S F Laps Status
05/03/15 GEICO 500 43 18 188/188 Running
10/25/15 CampingWorld.com 500 36 40 177/196 Running
05/01/16 GEICO 500 35 36 98/188 Engine
10/23/16 Hellmann’s 500 35 27 192/192 Running
05/07/17 GEICO 500 26 18 191/191 Running
10/15/17 Alabama 500 31 32 171/188 Parked
04/29/18 GEICO 500 33 19 188/188 Running
10/14/18 1000Bulbs.com 500 27 30 192/193 Running
DiBenedetto’s Career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Stats at Talladega:
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles
Cumulative 8 0 0 0 0
DiBenedetto’s 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Season Stats:
Starts Wins Top-5’s Top-10’s Poles Laps Led Avg. Start Avg. Finish
9 0 0 0 0 49 21.3 22.6
DiBenedetto’s Career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Stats:
Starts Wins Top-5’s Top-10’s Poles Laps Led Avg. Start Avg. Finish
149 0 0 4 0 72 30.5 28.5
From the Driver’s Seat:
Matt DiBenedetto: “Talladega is a race weekend I’m really looking forward to, and I think we all do as a team for a few different reasons. One of them being the fact that at Daytona to start off the season, we ran really well and had one of the best cars, so clearly this team knows how to crank the most speed out of our Camry at the superspeedways. I feel like I’ve always been a good superspeedway racer over the years and I’ve worked really hard to always try and put myself in a position to have a shot at winning those races. This weekend will be interesting since we’ll have some new challenges with the new aero package at Talladega, so the style of racing will be different than we’ve experienced there in the past. It’s been a season so far with a lot of unknowns going to all these tracks with the new package for the first time, but I think this weekend will be a fun one for our group and one that we’ve been looking forward to ever since we left Daytona.”
From the Pit Box:
Mike Wheeler: “Talladega might be the most interesting track we go to this year with the new aero package compared to what people expect heading into this weekend. Ultimately, Daytona notes from the start of the season are thrown out the window because that package is completely different than what we’re running this weekend. We’re hoping to keep a decent notebook from Texas and some of the other tracks that had the same 550 spec NASCAR package, but with the new spoiler height and rear tail extension, the car is a whole new animal in itself. It wouldn’t surprise us if there is a bigger pack this weekend and that the runs on guys in traffic are quicker and harder to block in the big pack. It may be similar to what we saw maybe 10 to 15 years ago, but ultimately in regard to handling, I think that cars are going to be stuck more into the track compared to where they’ve been in the past. The cars for this weekend are going to be quite a bit front-heavy with the big splitter so handling in traffic might be a concern compared to clean air traffic. We’re just not entirely sure what’s going to happen this weekend because handling might come into play because of the off-balance of the aero-balance. I do think though that with this package, if you get shuffled out of the pack, you might have a better chance of hooking back up to the big draft. The holes that cars are going to punch in the air this weekend are bigger than ever and the motors have more horsepower than before at Daytona and Talladega. The game plan for this weekend will be to figure out the new travel heights and the downforce making sure that no one has any issues. We’ll need to make sure that we get the balance of the car drivable both in clean air and in traffic. We’re really starting from scratch this weekend with a new tire, the new aero-balance, and the additional horsepower, the cars might drive completely different than what everyone is expecting them to.”
No. 95 Procore Toyota Camry Team:
Driver: Matt DiBenedetto Crew Chief: Mike Wheeler
Car Chief: Greg Emmer Spotter: Doug Campbell
Engineer: J.R. Houston Engineer: Etienne Cliche
Mechanic: Bill Mares Mechanic: Matt Kimball
Shock Specialist: Tim Lambert Mechanic: Ryan Dextraze
Tire Specialist: Tony Ramirez Jackman: Bailey Walker
Fueler: Ryan Dextraze Rear Changer: Deven Youker
Front Changer: Adam Hartman Tire Carrier: Chris Hall
Hauler Driver: Damon Lopez
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