This weekend’s race is the second race in a seven-race partnership with SS Racing and Green Light Racing; ASI LIMITED, Spectrum Metal Finishing, Akzo Nobel and Aluminum Shapes will join Lester Buildings on the #07 Chevy again this week. “We finished 21st at Atlanta in our first race together and I think we’ve made a lot of progress with our performance since then, ” Sauter said about the SS Racing partnership. “I’d like to give them a better finish at Lowes. ”
• The Carquest Autoparts 300 will be Tim’s 9th start in the NCTS and 122nd career NASCAR start.
• This will be the sixth time Tim has competed at Charlotte in NASCAR’s top three series. Best Finish; 13th on October 12th, 2002 driving the AP Performance Chevy in the NBS.
• Tim has completed 99.1% of the laps he has competed in at the Lowes Motor Speedway.
• This will be the fifth season Green Light Racing has competed at Charlotte in the NCTS. Best finish; 6th on May 16th, 2003 with Jeremy Mayfield driving the #07.
Tim’s thoughts on the Lowes Motor Speedway: “They repaved the track last year and this place is really fast. They took out the bumps and it really changed the track. I feel pretty good after the test we learned an awful lot about how the track changes from day to night. We just need a good solid finish to get us going the right direction. ”
The Quaker Steak and Lube 200 will be televised live on Speed TV at 8:30 eastern on May 18th and also broadcast on MRN radio. Kyle Busch is the defending race winner
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