NOTES:

· This Week’s Holiday Inn Chevrolet at Watkins Glen International … Jeff Burton and the Holiday Inn Racing team will unload Chassis No. 071 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable this weekend. Built new in 2007, Burton raced this Holiday Inn Chevy to a 10th-place finish at Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal last August. After being equipped with all the required 2008 updates, Scott Wimmer drove this No. 29 machine to a seventh-place finish at Mexico in April.

· Childress, A Champion for Children … The Holiday Inn Chevrolet will feature a Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma decal on the rear quarter-panel at Watkins Glen. The Childress Institute will work with national and regional research groups to pool knowledge and data that can be shared with healthcare providers nationwide. There is no one in the country presently studying this issue in a comprehensive manner as Childress Institute is targeted to become. You are always going to have injuries, despite our preference to prevent them, and some can’t be fixed. But for the kids who do get hurt, Childress Institute would like to find a better way to help them and reduce their disability. To learn more and help children across the nation by donating, please visit www.childresspediatrictrauma.org or call 866-635-8190.

· Gaining Ground … Based on Wimmer’s 11th-place finish last weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, RCR’s No. 29 machine maintained the fifth position in the 2008 NNS owners’ championship point standings but made a dent in the leader’s advantage. The team now sits 434 markers behind the leader and just 36 points out of third.

· Welcome Back, Burton … Burton returns to the seat of the Holiday Inn Chevy after a three-race hiatus. During that time, Wimmer notched one top-five and two top-11 finishes.

· Track Stats … In five NNS starts at Watkins Glen, Burton has earned two top-five and four top-10 finishes. The South Boston, Va., native has a 13.4 starting average and a 10.8 finishing average. He has led 17 laps and collected over $74,000 in prize money.

· Burton in the Loop …

o Driver Rating … According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Burton is fourth in the Driver Rating (111.6) at Watkins Glen. 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 ranked fourth in the Average Running Position category. His average position over the past three years at Watkins Glen is 8.104. 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 Running Up Front … The 27-time NNS winner has spent 79.3 percent (130 of 164) of laps running in the top 15 over the past three years at Watkins Glen.

· RCR Road Course Recap … In 22 previous NNS road course starts, RCR has posted two wins (Kevin Harvick – Montreal 2007 and Watkins Glen 2007), eight top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. RCR-prepared entries have also led 103 laps on road courses.

· Season Review … After competing in just eight of the 23 Nationwide Series events to date in the 2008 season, Burton has notched two top-five and five top-10 finishes and has led 39 laps. This weekend’s race is the ninth of 12 that the South Boston, Va., native is slated to run.

· Meet the Press … Burton will be available outside the No. 31 AT&T transporter to field questions from the gathered media Friday, August 8 at 10:40 a.m.

· 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.

· Catch All the Twists and Turns … The Zippo 200 from Watkins Glen International will be televised live on ABC Saturday, August 9 beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and broadcast on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 24th race on the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule will be televised live on ESPN2 the same day beginning at 10 a.m. EDT.

JEFF BURTON QUOTES:

Watkins Glen is the first and only road course race you are running in the Nationwide Series this season. Is that a disadvantage for you, especially since the series is coming from a road course race in Montreal?

“In some ways it puts me at a disadvantage because the guys ran the cars in Mexico and with them coming off of Canada, they are popping right back in the same car at Watkins Glen. That is a little bit of a disadvantage. On the other hand, I have an advantage on some of the guys because I get extra time in the Cup car and I’ll have more track time. The road course specialist that will come in and run the same car two weekends in a row will be hard to handle but I should be able to make that up with the amount of stock car experience I have.”

What does it take to have a good run in the Nationwide Series car?

“With the way things are today with the low horsepower, it has a lot to do with acceleration. Being able to really get in the gas early in the corners, drive in the corners deep, get the car to turn and start accelerating as quickly as you can is the key to road course racing. The more horsepower you pull out, the more important it is to get through the corners fast. The sooner you can get on the gas and the percentage of time you are in the throttle, is very important when you have low horsepower. So to me, it’s all about being able to be in the throttle for a long period of time.

How different is it for you to have your crews pit the car on the opposite side?

“It’s not that different. You still need to get on pit road clean and hit your marks. For the driver, it’s hitting your mark on the right and not the left. It’s not that big of a deal. You are usually coming to pit road by yourself at Watkins Glen because there aren’t a ton of cautions like the ovals. It’s a little less hectic so it makes it a little easier.”