CHEVY RACING AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY: – JEFF CHEW, MARKETING MANAGER, NASCAR, CHEVY RACING:
“We’re looking forward to bringing the Team Chevy Racing Tour back to Michigan International Speedway. The fans were very receptive when we visited MIS during the June NASCAR event. Easily accessed in the New Holland Fan Plaza outside the track, The Team Chevy Racing Tour provides an opportunity for fans to experience all of the newest Chevy products – including the opportunity to take a test drive at the Team Chevy Test Drive located in the Highbanks Village outside of Turn 3.”
TEAM CHEVY AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – PAT SUHY, GM RACING NASCAR GROUP MANAGER:
“As the Sprint Cup Series makes its return to Michigan International Speedway for the second time this year at the two-mile track, the race to the Chase is winding down. With just 4 races to go, Team Chevy drivers occupy six of the eligible positions and we have plenty of backup with Chevy drivers in the 13th – 16th spots. For the guys outside or just barely inside the top 12, this is the time of year where the teams really need to be focused on their competition. For them, unless they have a dominant car and can win the race, it will be about racing the drivers just ahead of them for the precious points that can make the difference between being inside or outside the Chase. Coupled with the usual suspense around fuel mileage and pit strategy in determining the ultimate race winner, it will be interesting to watch the races within the race as teams outside the Chase to the Sprint Cup vie to make the cut. As always, we’re looking forward to some great action this weekend at Michigan.”
TEAM CHEVY IN 2010 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES (NSCS) COMPETITION:
· Race wins – 11 as of race 22 of 36
· Poles – 10 as of race 22 of 36
· Laps led – 3,261 (52.1% of possible 6,251)
· Top-five finishes – 61 (55.5% of possible)
· Top-10 finishes – 113 (51.4% of possible)
· With four (4) 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 Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet – 3rd
o Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet – 5th
o Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/ Old Spice Chevrolet – 8th
o Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet – 12th
CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK-MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY:
Team Chevy drivers have won 18 of 82 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Michigan International Speedway (MIS)
· Chevy drivers have won 23 poles at MIS
· Team Chevy drivers have scored 137 top-five finishes and 279 top-10 finishes at MIS
A Chevrolet has led 5,904 laps (36.3% of possible 16,289) at MIS
Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, has five (5) previous NSCS victories at MIS (’90, ’93, ’97, ’98, ‘09)
Bobby Labonte, No. 71 Taxslayer.com Chevrolet, has three (3) MIS wins (’95, ’95, ’99)
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, has two (2) MIS NSCS wins (’98, ’01)
Ryan Newman, No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet, has two (2) MIS victories (’03, ’04)
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 /National Guard “Drive the Guard”/AMP Energy Chevrolet has one (1) win at MIS (’08)
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/ Old Spice Chevrolet, has won once (1) at MIS (’00)
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