TEAM CHEVY AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PAT SUHY, GM RACING NASCAR GROUP MANAGER:
“Congratulations to Kevin Harvick, Gil Martin, the 29 crew, and all of RCR for their victory Sunday at Michigan! That marked the twelfth win of in the Sprint Cup Series this season for Chevrolet, and boosted our lead in the Manufacturers’ Cup standings to 30 points.
“Heading to Bristol this coming week we’ll get to see all three NASCAR racing series on the tour battle under the lights. As the Race to the Chase draws to a close in the Sprint Cup Series, there are still plenty of unanswered questions about who will be in and who will be out. Right now, with six Chevy drivers in the top 12, and several more in reserve in the 13th through 15th positions, it’s a safe bet that we’ll have at least six drivers in contention for the Sprint Cup Drivers Championship. With the already intense conditions at the high-speed half-mile track, drivers will need to balance the drive to maximize points with the need to finish the race. Finding that balance is hard to do, and even harder with an ill-handling car. Over the years, GM Racing engineers have worked hard to develop technology that leads to better handling race cars; and a key component of that for Bristol is the seven post rig.
“Starting off with a relatively basic piece of technology used to run durability testing on production cars, GM Racing engineers saw the potential to do much more. By adding supplemental actuators and sophisticated controls, the ‘four poster’ became a ‘seven poster’ and we haven’t looked back. It used to be available only at the GM Vehicle Engineering Lab in Warren, Michigan; but today the seven post rig has become a standard fixture at almost every race shop. Our engineers continue work with the teams’ very capable engineers and test technicians to achieve ongoing improvements that allow the rigs to better duplicate the behavior of the car on-track. That information allows better pre-race decisions about set-ups and how chassis changes affect the car’s handling.
“We’ll see how it plays out on Saturday night under the lights, and I’m looking forward to celebrating the next Chevy win when the checkered flag flies.”
TEAM CHEVY IN 2010 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES (NSCS) COMPETITION:
· Race wins – 12 as of race 23 of 36
· Poles – 10 as of race 23 of 36
· Laps led – 3,371 (52.3% of possible 6,451)
· Top-five finishes – 62 (53.9% of possible)
· Top-10 finishes – 116 (50.4% of possible)
· With three (3) races remaining in the Race to the Chase, Team Chevy has six (6) drivers in top-12 points positions:
o Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet is the points leader
o Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet – 2nd
o Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet – 4th
o Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet – 5th
o Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet – 7th
o Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Hamburger Helper Chevrolet – 12th
CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK-BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
A Chevrolet driver has won 42 of the 99 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS)
· Chevrolet drivers have won 34 poles at BMS
Team Chevy drivers have scored 175 top-five finishes and 350 top-10 finishes at BMS
A Chevrolet has led 20,632 laps (42.1% of 48,974 possible) at BMS
Active drivers with wins at BMS are:
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, has five (5) wins at BMS - ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98, and ‘02
Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST Auto Parts/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet has two (2) BMS victories – ’93 and ’98
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet won at BMS in ‘08
Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet won at BMS in ’04
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet won at BMS in ‘05
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet has one BMS win – Spring, ‘10
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet took the win at BMS in ’01
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