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Some Chassis selections for Las Vegas:

February 26, 2010 at 12:00 AM


  • #1-Jamie McMurray: Crew chief Kevin “Bono” Manion will bring chassis #070. This chassis ran in the 2009 season spring event at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway and in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway where it finished10th, 25th and ninth respectively.
    #2-Kurt Busch the Steve Addington-led #2 Penske Racing Team will be racing their “PRS-702” Dodge Charger this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The “PRS-702” was brought out for the first time in last November’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Brother Kyle may have had the dominant car, but the #2 Dodge, carrying a special Operation Homefront color scheme, used fuel mileage strategy and came home the winner.
    #5-Mark Martin: Crew chief Alan Gustafson has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-555 for the race in Las Vegas this weekend. This chassis was raced at Texas Motor Speedway last November where Martin finished fourth.
    #6-David Ragan: The Chassis Primary is RK-620 which last ran Homestead ‘“ finished 34th. The backup is RK-670 ran Homestead in 2009 as the #26 (McMurray) ‘“ finished 18th. The Red Rock Center (SLIC ‘“ 8911) was selected as the Maximum Center for the February 28 Shelby American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The center in the Pacific Region is recognized for their achievements on the Great Basin District’s Balanced Scorecard in January 2010.
    #11-Denny Hamlin: The #11 FedEx team will unload Chassis JGR 248 this weekend in Las Vegas. This car has two starts and two wins to its credit ‘“ taking the checkered flag at both Pocono and Martinsville in 2009. The backup chassis 246 sat on the pole at Auto Club in the fall of 2009 and will serve as the backup this weekend. The #11 FedEx Ground Toyota will carry the letters DSRT on the B-posts for Sunday’s race in recognition of the Desert Region’s outstanding performance with regards to package care. The FedEx Ground Desert Region includes not only the cities of Las Vegas, El Paso and San Diego but also the entire states of Arizona and New Mexico.
    #12-Brad Keselowski The #12 Penske Dodge Charger team will use chassis PRS-708 during Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Shelby American at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. PRS-708 is a brand new chassis to the #12 Dodge team.
    #14-Tony Stewart: running Chassis No. 14-583 at Las Vegas. It is a brand new racecar that has only been tested in the wind tunnel. Las Vegas will mark its first time on a racetrack.
    #17-Matt Kenseth: primary chassis will be RK-646, with the backup being RK-616, no details
    #18-Kyle Busch will drive Chassis No. 268 which is a brand new race car that has never turned a wheel on the racetrack.
    #20-Joey Logano: The team is bringing to Las Vegas chassis No. 252, which Logano drove to two top-15 finishes last year ‘” 14th at Richmond in September and 12th at Martinsville in October.
    #29-Kevin Harvick: will pilot chassis No. 299 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This is a brand new Shell-Pennzoil Chevy which will circle the track for the first time this weekend.
    #31-Jeff Burton: This Week’s #31-Caterpillar Chevy at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ‘¦ Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 293 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This is a brand new Caterpillar Chevrolet Impala that will circle the race track for the first time this weekend.
    #33-Clint Bowyer: This Weekend’s Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet Impala at Auto Club Speedway ‘¦ Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 277 from Richard Childress Racing’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. Bowyer piloted this #33 Chevy twice last season and finished 18th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July and 21st at Kansas Speedway in October.
    #39-Ryan Newman will pilot a new #39 chassis this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The car, which was built in the offseason, will turn its first laps ever on the racetrack in first practice at the 1.5-mile speedway on Friday morning. The car was tested in the wind tunnel in early February.
    #42-Juan Pablo Montota: Crew Chief Brian Pattie and the No. 42 Target team will bring chassis #910 to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This chassis ran at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the 2009 season finale where a mid-race incident forced the team to a 38th-place finish.
    #48-Jimmie Johnson will pilot a brand new chassis – No. 580 – in Sunday’s event. The backup chassis No. 534 was last driven to a 13th-place result at Pocono Raceway last August and also ran at Las Vegas last year, finishing 24th.
    #71-Bobby Labonte will run chassis number 282, will be making its on-track debut with TRG Motorsports.
    #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. This weekend at Las Vegas, crew chief Lance McGrew and the #88 engineers will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-556, which is the first chassis McGrew built from scratch for Earnhardt. This chassis, which Earnhardt debuted in 2009 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was used last at Texas Motor Speedway in November. Earnhardt was running sixth before a late-race fuel gamble resulted in a 25th-place finish.
    #99-Carl Edwards The #99 Roush Fenway Racing crew will unload RK-565 for the weekend. Edwards raced this car at both Atlanta events, Chicago and Darlington in 2009. Its best finish was third at Atlanta in March.(from team PR’s if reported)(2-26-2010)