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PREVIEW – Brad
Keselowski (No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet)
EVENT – U.S Cellular 250 presented by Northland Oil and TMC
Trucking (250 laps/ 218.75 miles)
TRACK – Iowa Speedway (.875- Mile Oval)
DATE – Saturday, August 1, 2009
TV/ RADIO BROADCAST INFO – ESPN (coverage begins at 4:00 p.m.
EST) / MRN (broadcast begins at 4:00 p.m. EST)
SEASON STATS – Keselowski remains third in the championship
standings, 392 points behind leader Kyle Busch. In 20 races, Keselowski
and the No. 88 team have one win, 10 top-fives, 14 top-10s and one
pole award. His average starting position is 13.6 and average finish
is 8.8.
KESELOWSKI ON SHORT TRACKS – Keselowski has done well on short
tracks similar to Iowa Speedway this season, which include Bristol
Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway and O’Reilly
Raceway Park. He has two top-fives on these tracks in 2009 with an
average finish of 6.6.
CONTINUED STAND-ALONE SUCCESS – Keselowski continues to excel
on stand-alone race weekends, posting five top-five finishes, six
top-10 finishes, one pole award and an average finish of 3.8 at the
six stand-alone races so far in 2009. These tracks include Nashville
Superspeedway (two races), Kentucky Speedway, Milwaukee Mile, Gateway
International Raceway, and O’Reilly Raceway Park.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF DRIVING – Keselowski spent time last week
with the newest GoDaddy Girl, LPGA golfer and model Anna Rawson,
to work on his golf game. After time at the driving range, Keselowski
took Rawson to a local karting track to teach her a few things about
his kind of driving. The day was captured by camera crews and will
be aired on SPEED at a later date.
BIG WEEKEND FOR GODADDY.COM – GoDaddy.com is the presenting
sponsor for this weekend’s U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway.
Keselowski will serve as the In-Race Reporter for the ESPN broadcast.
GoDaddy.com has offices located just a few hours from the speedway
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
CHASSIS NO. 403 – The No. 88 GoDaddy.com team will run Chassis
No. 403 this weekend in the U.S. Cellular 250. This car was last
raced at Dover in May, where Keselowski led the final two laps and
won the race after starting 12th.
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.)
IN SEARCH OF REAL FANS: The search continues for the Hellmann’s
NASCAR Real Fan of the Year! Three contest winners have been
chosen so far, but there are still four more spots on the car and
fans
can log on to www.RealFanOfTheYear.com to
enter for their chance to win. Finalists will get to meet Dale
Jr. and have their face on the hood of the No. 88 JR Motorsports
Nationwide Chevrolet this October for the Dollar General 300
race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. (No purchase necessary. Must
be 18 to enter. Void where prohibited. Ends 8/31/09. Go to www.RealFanOfTheYear.com for
complete rules.)
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On going
to Iowa– “It’s going to be
a little different for all of us this weekend, going to a track that
we have never been to. It’s kind of cool though because it levels
out the playing field for us with no one driver having more experience
than another. I think it’s great that NASCAR is giving us the
extended practice session on Thursday so that everyone can get a feel
for the track. We are bringing back the car we won with at Dover and
I’m excited about that. We had a good race last weekend on the
short track at ORP and while this track is a little bigger, I’m
hoping we can take that momentum and experience into the weekend at
Iowa.”
On getting to hang out with LPGA golfer and GoDaddy girl,
Anna Rawson– “I had a lot of fun spending time with
Anna Rawson last week at our shoot. I’m not much of a golfer,
but she was able to show me a couple of things that made me look like
I actually knew what I was doing out there! She’s a talented
golfer and extremely patient. I also got to show her a few things
about my kind of driving at a local go-kart track. While it wasn’t
exactly the same as being on a full sized track, we still had a great
time. She took it a little bit on the slow side at first, but by the
end of the session, she looked really confident out there on the track.
I’ve had the opportunity to do some cool things with GoDaddy.com
as a sponsor and this is definitely at the top of the list.”
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