Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes – NNS Race Advance – Lucas Oil Raceway

Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes

NNS Race Advance 30th Annual Kroger 200

Lucas Oil Raceway Saturday, July 30, 2011

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger R/T

Career Stats:

Starts: 158

Wins: 13

Top Fives: 66

Top 10s: 94

Poles: 10

Laps Led: 2,213

Average Start: 14.8

Average Finish: 12.6

2011 Season Stats:

Starts: 19

Wins: 1

Top Fives: 7

Top 10s: 12

Laps Led: 365

Average Start: 8.0

Average Finish: 11.8

Lucas Oil Raceway Stats:

Starts: 4

Wins: 0

Top Fives: 1

Top 10s: 3

Laps Led: 1

Average Start: 11.2

Average Finish: 10.2

Highlights:

·  Last NASCAR Nationwide Series win came at Kentucky Speedway earlier this month.

·  The reigning NASCAR Nationwide Series champion.

·  Earned Penske Racing its first NASCAR champion last season.

·  In 2010, set career-bests in wins (6), top five’s (26), top 10s (29) and poles (5).

·  First Nationwide victory came at Nashville Superspeedway (2008).

DID YOU KNOW

·  Dodge’s Brad Keselowski has started from the pole in the last two Nationwide Series races (New Hampshire and Nashville).

THE NUMBERS

·  Dodge’s Brad Keselowski is making his fifth career Nationwide start at Lucas Oil Raceway.  His career bests at the .686-mile track came in 2009.  He started fourth and finished seventh.

·  Dodge is seeking its first NNS win at Lucas Oil Raceway.

DODGE QUOTES: “It may have a new name, but it’s the same old, tough race track.  I’m really going to miss this place after this season, but I can understand the move that the series is making to the ‘big track’ (Indianapolis Motor Speedway).  The racing we are able to put on there is unmatched by most of the other race tracks on the circuit.  It really brings a grassroots feel back to short track racing in the Nationwide Series.  We get a good crowd of Midwesterners that show up at the race, which adds to the excitement.  It’s usually a sellout crowd and, as a driver, that’s a cool feeling.  The Raceway has a great, unique tradition behind it with the open pit area and no haulers in the infield.  It really takes me back a few years to when I was racing late models on the local level.” Brad Keselowski, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Charger

FROM THE CREW CHIEF “Lucas Oil Raceway is really a momentum race track.  The line is very high and you tend to roll the top of the track without using much braking.  The straightaways are not long so there is no aerodynamic dependency.  It’s just an old-school short track where you rely on mechanical grip more than anything else.  The car needs to rotate in the center of the corner without being too loose on exit.  Tight in the center and loose off the corner is usually the condition you have to fight when racing there.  The driver that can run both lanes of the track is usually the winner because you need to be able to use the bottom to pass.” Todd Gordon, crew chief, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger R/T

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