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PREVIEW – Brad Keselowski (No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet)
EVENT – Dover 200 (200 laps/ 200 miles)
TRACK – Dover International Speedway (1.0-Mile Concrete Oval)
DATE – Saturday, September 26 2009
TV/ RADIO BROADCAST INFO – ESPN2 (coverage begins at 3:00 p.m.
EST) / MRN (broadcast begins at 3:00 p.m. EST)
SEASON STATS – Brad Keselowski enters the weekend third in the
NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings, 297 points behind leader
Kyle Busch. In 27 races, Keselowski and the No. 88 team have three
wins, 16 top-fives, 21 top-10s and two pole awards. His average starting
position is 13.1 and average finish is 7.5. This marks the 14th consecutive
week Keselowski has been in the top-three in the point standings.
GOING FOR MONSTER TROPHY NO. 2: The No. 88 JR Motorsports team returns
to Dover International Speedway as the defending track winner, as Keselowski
took the lead on a green-white-checkered restart as he passed Joe Gibbs
Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Joey Logano during the Heluva Good!
200. It was Keselowski’s first of three wins this season.
TOUGH AS NAILS: Crew chief Tony Eury Sr. plans to be with his No. 88
team this weekend despite injuries sustained in a two-car accident
on Sept. 13 near China Grove, N.C. Eury, 55, suffered a broken sternum,
sore ribs and several cuts and abrasions in the accident. He was held
overnight at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast and released the following
day. Eury joined JR Motorsports as director of competition in June,
2007. He became crew chief of the 88 team in October of that year.
Under his guidance, JR Motorsports has won seven races in two years,
with the No. 88 team accounting for five of them.
AROUND FOR THE LONG HAUL: Keselowski and the No. 88 JR Motorsports
team is the only full time Nationwide Series team to be running at
the end of all 27 races this season. This has added to Keselowski’s
streak of 59 races without a DNF which dates back to the Las Vegas
race in 2008.
KESELOWSKI AT DOVER – Keselowski returns to Dover International
Speedway as the defending track winner, as he took the checkered flag
in the spring race to earn his first of three wins this season. This
will mark Keselowski’s fifth NASCAR Nationwide Series start for
JR Motorsports at Dover. Keselowski has an average start of 13.0 and
average finish of 4.5, with four top-10s and two top-fives. Keselowski
has also completed 100 percent (807) of the laps he’s attempted
at Dover for JRM.
SUCCESS ON MILE TRACKS – This season, Keselowski has performed
well on tracks measuring a mile in length which include Phoenix International
Raceway, Dover International Raceway, The Milwaukee Mile and New Hampshire
Motor Speedway. At these tracks, Keselowski has finished no worse than
third with four top-three finishes and one win. His average starting
position at the mile tracks is 7.7 and average finish is 2.5.
GODADDY.COM STATS – GoDaddy.com returns to the No. 88 Chevy this
weekend as the team’s primary sponsor. GoDaddy has enjoyed a
great deal of success with Keselowski this season with three wins,
nine top-fives, 11 top-10s and an average finish of 3.7. Keselowski
has not finished outside of the top-10 with GoDaddy as his primary
sponsor since the spring race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
SOLID ON CONCRETE – Keselowski has been a top performer on concrete
tracks (Bristol Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, and Dover
International Speedway) for the past two seasons. Since 2008, Keselowski
has amassed three wins (one at each track), nine top-fives, 10 top-10s
and an average finish of 3.7 at concrete tracks. His only finish outside
of the top-10 was a 12th place finish at Bristol earlier this season.
CHASSIS NO. 403 – The No. 88 GoDaddy.com team will run Chassis
No. 403 this weekend in the Dover 200. This car was last run at Bristol
Motor Speedway where Keselowski started from the pole and finished
third. No. 403 has been a favorite for the 88 team and has seen victory
lane twice this season at Dover and Iowa.
EDUCATION FOR ELI: With the effort and support
of the entire NASCAR community, a college fund has been set
up for Eli
Ross, the 2-year-old
grandson of late motorsports journalist David Poole, who
passed away on April 28. Anyone interested in contributing
to the "Education
for Eli" fund can do so by sending donations to the
following address:
Eli Samuel Ross
Bank of Stanly
Attn: Misty Nordan
P.O. Box 539
Oakboro, NC 28129
(Please make checks payable to "Eli Ross Account" at
Bank of Stanly.)
For more information, please call the Bank of Stanly at 704.485.3435.
DEGREE V12 CHALLENGE - NASCAR fans can now team up with Dale Earnhardt
Jr. and Brad Keselowski in the Degree V12 Challenge. The Degree V12 Driving Challenge
features five road races that give players a unique and exciting online race
experience. Players compete against each other for a chance to win a variety
of prizes including a trip to the Degree V12 300 in Atlanta on September 6, 2009
and a chance to meet Dale Jr. Visit www.DegreeRacing.com to
register for the Degree V12 Challenge and begin racing to win. (No purchase
necessary. Must be 18 to enter. Void where prohibited. Ends 12/27/09. Visit www.DegreeRacing.com for
complete rules.)
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On
returning to Dover– “I’m obviously excited
to get back to Dover this weekend because of the past success we’ve
had there as a team. Getting our first win of the season in the spring
was a huge boost for me and my guys and started us on a roll into the
summer. That was such a great day for everyone at JR Motorsports. We
are bringing back that same car with us this time and I hope to have
the same results as well. I really don’t know what it is about
these concrete tracks, but my racing style is just well suited for
them. It’s very important to me that I continue to perform well
for this team and I know we have a few more wins in us before the season
is over.”
On having crew chief Tony Eury Sr. at the track this weekend– “Having
Pops (Eury Sr.) at the track this weekend is a really great thing for
this team. It really shows just how tough he is being back to work
only days after a pretty significant car accident. Not only is Pops
my crew chief, but he is a very visible leader for me and the rest
of the team. Him being here in Dover is just another example of his
commitment to this team and JR Motorsports as a whole.”
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