NOTES:

· This Week’s Holiday Inn Chevrolet at Chicagoland Speedway … Jeff Burton will pilot Chassis No. 049 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable. Built new in 2006, Burton drove this chassis at Dover that June to notch Holiday Inn’s first series win. Last season, Scott Wimmer drove this No. 29 Chevrolet to an 11th-place finish at New Hampshire. After receiving all the required 2008 updates, Wimmer drove this Holiday Inn Chevy to a second-place finish at Kentucky last month.

· Still in the Hunt … Based on Wimmer’s seventh-place finish last weekend at the “World Center of Racing,” RCR’s No. 29 team maintained the third position in the NNS owners’ championship point standings and sits 377 markers out of the top spot. At the same time last year, the No. 29 team was 268 points behind the points leader and, after the Homestead finale, ended up 255 points ahead of the closest competition proving that the No. 29 is still in the hunt to defend the Nationwide Series owners’ championship.

· Welcome Back, Burton … Burton returns to the seat of the Holiday Inn Chevy after a six-race hiatus. During that time, teammate Wimmer notched one top-five and four top-10 finishes with a pair of 12th-place finishes being his worst showing.

· Good Things Come in Threes … Burton has five third-place finishes to match his five NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway.

· Chicago Loop …

o Driver Rating … According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Burton leads the Driver Rating (121.4) at Chicago. The Driver Rating is a formula that combines the following categories: wins, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum points a driver can earn in each race is 150 points. The Driver Rating number is used pre-race as a prediction tool and post-race as a performance evaluator.

o Average Running Position … Meanwhile, the 41-year-old driver is also ranked first in the Average Running Position category. His average position over the past three years at Chicago is 4.138. The ARP is derived from taking the sum of a driver’s position on each lap and dividing it by the number of laps run in each race.

o Laps in the Top 15 …The 27-time NNS winner has spent 97.8 percent (391 of 400) of laps running in the top 15 over the past three years at Chicago.

· RCR Nationwide Cars at Chicago … RCR has won three Nationwide Series races at Chicagoland Speedway with Johnny Sauter (2002) and Kevin Harvick (2005 and 2007). In 17 NNS starts at the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval, RCR-prepared entries have earned eight top-five and 12 top-10 finishes. RCR cars have also led 217 laps in the Windy City.

· 2008 RCR Nationwide Report … In 47 NNS starts this season, RCR has claimed two victories – Clint Bowyer (Bristol) and Wimmer (Nashville) – 14 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes with five different drivers including Wimmer, Bowyer, Burton, Bobby Labonte and Stephen Leicht. Additionally, the three RCR Nationwide teams (Nos. 2, 21 and 29) have led a total of 430 laps.

· Meet the Press … Burton will be available inside Chicagoland Speedway’s infield media center on Thursday, July 10 at 1p.m. to field questions from the gathered media.

· Design the Holiday Inn Racing Chevy … The Holiday Inn Family of Brands -- Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express -- will rev up race fans' creativity with the launch of its third annual online "Design a Car" contest. Through August 22, 2008, consumers can log on to http://www.holidayinn.com/designacar to design a new paint scheme for RCR’s No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and submit their design for judging. Wimmer and Burton will select the top-three designs and then invite the fans to select the winning paint scheme. The winning design will be featured on Wimmer's car at a NASCAR Nationwide Series race in November. The winner of this year's "Design a Car" contest will also receive a trip for two to the race with V.I.P. treatment that includes a meeting with Wimmer.

· Bright Lights, Big City … The Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola at Chicagoland Speedway will be televised live on ESPN Friday, July 11 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will also broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 20th of 35 races on the 2008 Nationwide Series calendar will be televised, taped delay, on ESPN2 the same day at 4 p.m. EDT.

JEFF BURTON QUOTES:

Do you feel like you have a good mix of Nationwide Series races this season?

“I think I have a good mix. There are times when I wish I was doing more races and then there are times I think it’s just right. We haven’t been as competitive in the Nationwide Series this year as we are accustomed to being. That has made it a little bit harder this year and the Holiday Inn Racing team has had to work a lot harder to get caught up. I really like racing in the Nationwide Series. It’s a fun series to me. I grew up wanting to be a Nationwide Series driver. I didn’t really want to be a Cup driver when I was a kid. Whenever I race the Nationwide Series car, it reminds me that this is what I wanted to race. Jack Ingram, Tommy Ellis and Tommy Houston were the guys that I thought were cool and looked up to. I have a lot of respect for the series.”

Does anything you learn in the Nationwide car translate to the Cup car?

“It is more of a racing experience than a learning experience, especially from a technical standpoint. Anytime you are driving something you have a chance to learn. I certainly believe that but I don’t think we are learning anything from a technical standpoint.”