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PREVIEW - Brad
Keselowski (No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet)
EVENT - NAPA Auto Parts 200 (74 laps/ 200.466 miles)
TRACK - Circuit Gilles Villenueve (2.709-Mile Road Course)
DATE - Sunday, August 30, 2009
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Ron
Fellows (No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet) runs through the rain
on his way to winning the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit
Gilles Villeneuve. (Photo Credit: Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
Ron Fellows hoists his trophy after winning the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. (Photo Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) |
SEASON
STATS - Keselowski remains third in the championship
standings, 303 points behind leader Kyle Busch. In 24 races,
Keselowski and the No. 88 team have three wins, 13 top-fives, 18
top-10s and
two pole awards. His average starting position is 13.0 and average
finish is 7.9.
SECOND POLE AWARD - Last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway,
Keselowski earned his second pole of the season with a speed
of 120.566 mph. Keselowski finished third in the event after
leading
three times for 43 laps.
KESELOWSKI AT MONTREAL - Keselowski will be making his
second NASCAR Nationwide Series start for JR Motorsports at Circuit
Gilles
Villenueve this weekend. In his only previous start at the road
course, Keselowski started 28th and finished 12th. Keselowski
has three other starts at road courses for JR Motorsports including
two at Watkins Glen and one at Autodromos Hermanos Rodriguez
where
he has three top-10 finishes.
BRINGING THE HEAT - Over the last five races of the long
summer stretch, Keselowski has earned more points (853) than
any other driver in the series. This makes sense considering
over the
last five races, Keselowski has earned two wins and four top-fives
with an average finish of 3.6.
MERCI, RON - This weekend will mark the final time this
season that Keselowski will race with Ron Fellows as a teammate.
Fellows
will pilot the No. 5 Fastenal Chevy for JRM and this is the second
time Keselowski has had him as a teammate in Montreal. When Keselowski
and Fellows have been on track under the JRM banner, Keselowski
has one top-10 finish and an average finish of 10.5.
CHASSIS NO. 368 - The No. 88 GoDaddy.com team will run
Chassis No. 368 this weekend in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at
Circuit Gilles Villenueve. This car was last run at Watkins Glen
earlier this season where Keselowski started
14th and finished ninth. This car was also raced in Montreal
last season.
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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
how well the No. 88 team has done over the summer stretch- "I
said all during the spring how important this long stretch of summer
races would be to how we would finish at the end of the year. This
team has worked so hard and we have been able to get the results to
back that up. We had a slight hiccup at Chicagoland, but were able
to make up for it with the wins at Iowa and Michigan.
Looking at the
big picture, I think we still have a shot at the points championship
and we are going to continue to work toward that end. There is still
a lot of good racing to come before the season is done and I know this
team has more wins in its future."
On returning to Montreal- "Montreal is such a great
city and I'm excited that we get the chance to go back there this year.
We get to stay right in the downtown area and there are so many great restaurants
and things to do. The racing is great too. I love to be challenged and this track
definitely offers a challenge.
Last year having the rain made things even more
interesting and we were still able to come away with a solid finish. I'm
hopeful that the weather will hold off for us this year, but regardless, I think
we are going to be able to put on a good show for the fans that come out on Sunday."
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