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Event: Helluva Good! 200 at Dover International Speedway
Date: Saturday, May 31 / 2:30 p.m. EST
TV/Radio: ABC (coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. EST) / MRN (broadcast begins at 2:00
p.m. EST)
JRM Entries: No. 5 Fastenal Chevrolet (Ryan Newman) / No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
(Brad Keselowski)
KESELOWSKI AT DOVER – Keselowski will be making his fourth start for JR
Motorsports at the one-mile concrete track. In his last three starts for JRM,
Keselowski has an average starting position of 13.3 and an average finish of
5.7 at the “Monster Mile”. In last season’s fall event, Keselowski
started 12th and finished third.
SOLID FINISHES IN 2009 – Last weekend, Keselowski came up through the pack
to finish eighth in the rain-shortened event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway after
starting 40th. This was Keselowski’s sixth top-10 finish in the last seven
races.
HELLO NEWMAN – For the first time this season, Keselowski’s teammate
in the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevrolet will be Ryan Newman. Newman is a seven-time
Nationwide series winner with one of those wins coming at Dover in 2005 where
he lead 193 laps. This is the first of four races for Newman in the No. 5 Fastenal
Chevy for JRM.
DOUBLE DUTY FOR GODADDY.COM - This weekend, Keselowski will be doing double duty
behind the wheel of a GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. Keselowski will drive the No. 88
GoDaddy.com Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports as well as
attempt to qualify the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series
for Hendrick Motorsports.
CHEERING ON THE RED WINGS: On Wednesday, Keselowski is attending game five of
the NHL Western Conference Finals at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. to cheer
on his favorite hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings. At present, the Red Wings
lead the series 3-1 and need one more win to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals
where they would face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
CHASSIS NO. 403 – The No. 88 GoDaddy.com team will run Chassis No. 403
this weekend in the Helluva Good! 200. Keselowski most recently raced this car
last weekend at Lowe’s Motor Speedway where he started 40th and finished
8th. Chassis 403 was also used at both Dover races last season.
  IN
SEARCH FOR REAL FANS: The online contest announced by Dale Earnhardt
Jr., Mark Martin and Brad Keselowski at Daytona in February continues,
as Hellmann’s has teamed up with NASCAR to find the biggest,
most loyal fans with the Hellmann’s NASCAR Real Fan of
the Year contest.
Fans
can enter for a chance to receive a VIP trip for two to Charlotte,
N.C. to meet Earnhardt Jr., and finalists
will see their faces on the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet during
the October Nationwide Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Fans can enter for a chance to receive a VIP trip for two to
Charlotte, N.C. to meet Earnhardt Jr., and finalists will see
their faces on the No. 88 JR Motorsports
Chevrolet during the October Nationwide Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
For more details, log on to www.RealFanOfTheYear.com
(No purchase necessary. Must be 18 to enter. Void where prohibited. Ends
8/31/09. Go to www.RealFanOfTheYear.com
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On racing at Dover – “Dover is both a physically
and mentally demanding track, but one that I’ve been able to
have some success at. With the track being concrete, tire management
is so important. You can’t just go out there and burn your tires
up at the start of a run or you’ll find yourself at the back
of the pack or in the garage by the end of the race.
"It’s important
to have someone on top of the pit box making the right calls too because
track position is vital at a place like Dover. I know I have that in
Pops (Tony Eury Sr., crew chief) as well as a strong team getting me
on and off pit road quickly.”
On cheering on the Red Wings – “I’ve
been a Red Wings fan since childhood and to see them doing so well,
and hopefully headed for the Stanley Cup finals is really exciting
for me. They have had a really good year and a good run in the playoffs
and I’m pumped to be able to finally get to a game, especially
a playoff game. I definitely think they can wrap up the series on Wednesday
night.”
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