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Some Chassis selections for New Hampshire:

June 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM


  • #1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin ‘Bono’ Manion has elected to bring Chassis number #1008 to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. McMurray raced the chassis in April at Phoenix International Raceway where McMurray battled handling issues after an on track altercation forcing a 24th-place finish.
    #2-Kurt Busch driver Kurt Busch, crew chief Steve Addington and the ‘Blue Deuce’ crew are racing their ‘PRS-701’ Miller Lite ‘Vortex’ Dodge in this weekends action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This car has been raced only once ‘“ in last Octobers battle at Fontana, Calif. Busch started 24th and finished eighth in that race. The team originally scheduled to race it at Phoenix back in April, but opted to take a new car instead. ‘We took the car and tested at the Milwaukee Mile a couple of weeks back (on June 9) in preparation for this weekends race,’ Busch offered. ‘I thought the test went really well and we learned some things that will help us at Loudon (NHMS) this time around.’
    #5-Mark Martin: crew chief Alan Gustafson has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-588 for Sunday’s race. This is the same chassis that Martin drove to a fourth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway on April 10 earlier this year.
    #6-David Ragan: Primary: RK-635 Last ran Richmond ‘“ finished 24th . Backup: RK-660 Last ran Michigan fall ‘˜09 ‘“ finished 30th
    #11-Denny Hamlin: and the FedEx team will unload Chassis JGR 263 this weekend in New Hampshire. This car has a single start to date, registering a third-place finish in Phoenix in the fall of 2009. JGR 256 will serve as the backup this weekend ‘“ it started four races in 2009 and posted three top-five finishes. The #11 FedEx Freight Camry will carry the letters HSG on the B-posts this weekend at New Hampshire in recognition of Harrisburg center. HSG is a center of excellence within the Fedex Freight network; the top honor a service center can receive. Over the past year. the HSG team has achieved key performance metrics of the areas of people, service and profit.
    #12-Brad Keselowski: The #12 Penske Dodge Charger team will use chassis PRS-716 during Sundays 300-lap race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). This will be the second race for this chassis and Brad Keselowski raced it to a 16th-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway in April. The #12 team will welcome back AAA to their Dodge Charger this weekend. The AAA logos also adorned the car at Auto Club Speedway in February.
    #14-Tony Stewart: is running Chassis No. 14-587, this car made its debut in March at Martinsville Speedway, where it qualified fifth and finished 26th. Prior to Martinsville, Chassis No. 14-587 never turned a wheel on the racetrack. With a new body honed in the wind tunnel, it was tested at The Milwaukee Mile June 1 in preparation for its second career start this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.
    #17-Matt Kenseth: primary chassis for the #17 Crown Royal Black Ford will be Primary: Primary: RK-645, last run at Richmond.
    #18-Kyle Busch: Sundays Lenox Industrial Tools 301 will be the fifth start for Chassis No. 249. This chassis made its debut last August at Michigan, where Busch started 36th and finished 23rd. Its next start came last September at Richmond, where Busch qualified eighth and finished a solid fifth. It then participated in the October event at Charlotte, where Busch qualified 12th and finished eighth. In its most recent start at Martinsville ‘“ its one and only start thus far in 2010 ‘“ Busch qualified 10th and ran in second-place in the closing laps before an accident relegated him to a 22nd-place finish..
    #19-Elliott Sadler: The #19 Stanley Ford Fusion team led by crew chief Wally Rogers has prepared chassis No. 270 for this weekend’s event. This Ford Fusion was previously run this season at both the Martinsville and Richmond events.
    #29-Kevin Harvick: will pilot Chassis No. 304 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This Chevrolet is brand new for 2010, and was used by the No. 29 team at Phoenix where Harvick finished 13th, and at Richmond where Harvick finished third.
    #31-Jeff Burton: will race chassis No. 280 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. Built new for 2009, this RCR Chevrolet was put through its first paces at Chicagoland last July where Burton was credited with a 37th-place finish after being collected in a late-race multi-car incident. Burton then piloted the car at Kansas where he finished 23rd before posting a runner-up finish at Phoenix in November. In 2010 the car finished 25th after a penalty for pitting outside the pit box and finished 4th in Mat at at Richmond. LENOX’s associate sponsorship of RCR’s #31 Chevy kicks into high gear this weekend in New Hampshire as the #31 Chevy runs the red, white and blue LENOX colors.
    #33-Clint Bowyer: will pilot Chassis No. 303 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. Built new in 2010, Bowyer drove this Chevrolet Impala to a seventh-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. Bowyer carries a Zaxby’s paint scheme at NHMS.
    #39-Ryan Newman Newman piloted Chassis No. 39-536 to his first win as a member of Stewart-Haas Racing earlier this year at Phoenix. Newman ran in the top-10 for most of the race at Phoenix, and he took the lead from Jeff Gordon on the final restart of the race. He held onto the top spot for the final two laps around the 1-mile oval to score the victory. Prior to the 2010 season, Newman piloted Chassis No. 39-536 at four races in 2009 ‘“ twice at Phoenix and twice at Richmond. In the two races at Phoenix, Newman finished 16th and 20th, respectively. In the two races at Richmond, Newman finished fourth and 10th, respectively. During the off-season, it was made lighter and a new body was installed.
    #42-Juan Pablo Montoya: Crew Chief Brian Pattie and the #42 Target team will bring Chassis #907 to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. This chassis was used twice during the 2009 season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September and Martinsville Speedway in October where Montoya finished third in both events.
    #43-A.J. Allmendinger: The #43 Richard Petty Motorsports team led by crew chief Mike Shiplett has prepared chassis No. 289 for this weekend’s event at New Hampshire. This car was run earlier this year in both the Las Vegas and Richmond events. Berlin City Auto Group will be featured on the hood of the #43 Ford Fusion this weekend in Loudon. The Berlin City Auto Group, with dealerships throughout New England, specializes in the sales, service and parts for seventeen automotive manufacturers and pre-owned vehicles.
    #48-Jimmie Johnson: Johnson last piloted primary chassis No. 540 to a 10th-place result at Richmond International Raceway in May. Backup chassis No. 520 has been driven five times, four of which resulted in victories (Richmond 9/08, Martinsville 10/08, Phoenix 11/08, Phoenix 3/09).
    #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: This weekend at Infineon Raceway, crew chief Lance McGrew and the #88 crew will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-589. This is a brand-new chassis that has not been raced or tested. In 30 Sprint Cup events (106 starts) at the New England racetrack, Hendrick Motorsports has tallied seven wins, 29 top-five finishes, 46 top-10s, five pole positions and led 2,160 laps.
    #98-Paul Menard: Crew chief Slugger Labbe and the #98 RPM crew have prepared chassis No. 619 for this weekend’s event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The team utilized this particular Ford Fusion earlier this season at Martinsville. Menard posted his best qualifying effort of the season in Martinsville and went on to finish 14th. The Energizer Bunny will make its second appearance of the 2010 season on the hood of the #98 Ford Fusion this weekend.
    #99-Carl Edwards: The #99 Aflac team will be bringing RK-647 this weekend to New Hampshire. Edwards raced this Ford Fusion at Phoenix in April where he started ninth and finished seventh.(from team PR’s/sites if reported)(6-25-2010)