CHEVY RACING AT DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – JEFF CHEW, MARKETING MANAGER, NASCAR, CHEVY RACING:
“This will be the first time that the Team Chevy Racing Display has ever visited Dover International Speedway, so we are very much looking forward to this trip and meeting with all of the race fans in that area. There will be plenty for the entire family, like green-screen photos with their favorite Chevy driver, and the opportunity to drive one or more of Chevrolet’s 2010 lineup of award-winning cars and trucks.”
TEAM CHEVY IN 2010 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES (NSCS) COMPETITION:
· Race wins – 6 as of race 11 of 36
· Poles – 5 as of race 11 of 36
· Laps led – 2,029 (54.1% of possible 3,753)
· Top-five finishes – 32 (58% of possible)
· Top-10 finishes – 56 (51% of possible)
· Has six (6) drivers in top-12 points positions
o Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet is the points leader
CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK-DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY:
Team Chevy drivers have won 30 of 80 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Dover International Speedway (Dover)
· Chevy has 20 poles at Dover
Team Chevy drivers have scored 157 top-five finishes and 300 top-10 finishes at Dover
A Chevrolet has led 14,573 laps (39.3% of possible 37,104) at Dover
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, has four (5) wins at Dover (’02, ’04 and ‘09)
Won both races in ‘09
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, has scored four (4) Dover race wins (’95, ’96 and ’01)
Won three consecutive races in ’95 and Spring, ‘96
Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, also has four victories at the Monster Mile (’97, ’98, ’99 and ’04)
Ryan Newman, No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet, has three (3) Dover wins (’03 and ’04)
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet, has won twice (2) at Dover (won both races in ’00)
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, has one victory at Dover (’06)
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 AMP Energy/ National Guard Chevrolet won at Dover in 2001
Bobby Labonte, No. 71 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet, has one (1) win at Dover (’99)
TEAM CHEVY AT DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – PAT SUHY, GM RACING NASCAR GROUP MANAGER:
“Team Chevy heads to the Monster Mile with six drivers currently in the top twelve in Sprint Cup standings, along with a sixteen point lead in the Manufacturers’ Cup championship. Recently, Dover has been a good track for Team Chevy drivers. In 2009, Chevy’s took 11 of the 20 available top-10 spots and Jimmie Johnson won both events in his Lowe’s Impala.
“Dover’s one-mile concrete surface and 24 degree banking are challenging for drivers and crews alike. To do well here teams need to be at the top of their game in terms of chassis setup. One of the keys to success is to understand tire performance as it relates to changes that they can make both in practice and during the race. The teams can look back at their notes from last year’s races, but with a new left side tire that they’ve not run in a race yet, that will only help so much. They will rely on tire testing information from Goodyear coupled with their chassis simulation results to fill in the gaps. Simulation results provide information about the handling effects of setup changes that the crew chief and engineer use to fine tune the chassis settings for practice, qualifying, and during the race. Accurate simulations allow the crew chief and engineer to select an initial setup that will lead to them being fast in the first run after they unload at the track, thereby maximizing productive practice time. The cause and effect results provide guidance and help them to quickly respond to the ever-changing track conditions at Dover. Our teams are consistently ahead of the curve in this area, which is part of the story that helps to explain Team Chevy’s long term NASCAR success.”
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