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EVENT – Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (250 laps/ 187.5 miles)
TRACK – Richmond International Raceway (0.75-Mile D-shaped Oval)
DATE – Friday, September 11, 2009
SEASON STATS – Brad Keselowski remains third in the championship
standings, 292 points behind leader Kyle Busch, but only 71 behind
second place Carl Edwards. In 26 races, Keselowski and the No. 88 team
have three wins, 15 top-fives, 20 top-10s and two pole awards. His
average starting position is 13.4 and average finish is 7.6.
KESELOWSKI AT RICHMOND – Keselowski will make his fifth NASCAR
Nationwide Series start for JR Motorsports at Richmond International
Raceway this weekend. His best finish at the 0.75-mile track came in
this season’s spring race where he finished fourth.
SHORT TRACK ACE – Keselowski has shown his prowess on the series’ short
tracks this season. Since the last race at Richmond in May, Keselowski
has scored one win, four top-fives and has an average finish of 3.0
on tracks less than one mile in length. In addition to RIR, these tracks
include O’Reilly Raceway Park, Iowa Speedway and Bristol Motor
Speedway.
SPOTLIGHT ON LIPTON – This weekend will mark the only race in
2009 that Keselowski will carry the Lipton seal on the hood of the
No. 88 Chevy, but it’s the second time this season that Lipton
has sponsored a JR Motorsports car. Lipton was the primary sponsor
of the No. 5 Chevy driven by Mark Martin at the Lipton Tea 250 at Richmond
in May.
WELCOME BACK WIMMER – Scott Wimmer will return as a teammate
for Keselowski this weekend, driving the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevy.
In races with Wimmer as a teammate, Keselowski has scored one win (Iowa),
three top-five finishes and has an average finish of 4.7.
CHASSIS NO. 528 – The No. 88 Lipton team will run Chassis No.
528 this weekend. This car was last run at O’Reilly Raceway Park
in July where Keselowski started seventh and finished fourth. This
car was also raced at Richmond in May.
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DALE JR'S GREAT GIVEAWAY" TO AWARD MORE THAN 60 PRIZES - JR
Motorsports announced the beginning of its six-week online
promotion, "Dale
Jr.'s Great Giveaway", in which fans can register at
www.DaleJrsGreatGiveaway.com to win 60prize packages. Beginning
Aug. 14th, prizes will be distributed each week for six weeks.
The prizes include gift certificates, product packages, autographed
merchandise, personal driver meet-n-greets, and race-weekend
giveaways. 12 of JR Motorsports' sponsorship partners donated
the
prizes. Registration began on Aug. 7th, and runs through
Sept. 18th. For
complete rules, regulations, and a list of all 60 prizes
please visit www.DaleJrsGreatGiveaway.com.
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
returning to Richmond– “It’s the final weekend
for us of the summer stretch and what a great way to finish it at Richmond
under the lights. Richmond is a place I have had some struggles, but
we had a pretty
good run here in the spring and I’m ready to back that up this weekend.
From what I remember, there was a lot of beating and banging in our first race
and I don’t expect anything different this time. We want to give these
fans a good show and I think they’ll get that with the close, side-by-side
racing under the lights that they have come to expect.”
On the points battle– “Including this weekend, we have
nine races to go in the season which, is plenty of time to make up points. Up
until last weekend at Atlanta, we were gaining on the leader and we’re
still continuing to gain on second place. Just like last season, one race can
make a huge difference in the point standings. Just look at my fall race in California
last year. That finish kind of took us out of the thick of things in a hurry.
Alan Kulwicki was running for a championship in 1992 and wrecked out at Dover
with six races to go which put him about 280 points out. He still came back and
won the title that year which goes to show you that anything is possible.”
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