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No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International / Terry Cook

Sylvania 200 / New Hampshire International Speedway - Saturday, Sept. 16,
2006 




 

STORY LINES LEADING INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE:

~         Breaking the Barriers for Women: Nicole Addison is leading the way
for women to enter NASCAR with aspirations to serve as over-the-wall crew
members.  Addison is the rear tire changer for the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke
Diesel by International race team and is the only female over-the-wall crew
member in NASCAR's top-three series.  This is her second full-time year in
the NCTS

~         "Professor Cook" Teaches Rookies: Before every race weekend, the
NCTS holds a rookie drivers meeting prior to the first practice session with
Terry Cook as the professor.  Cook teaches the rookies everything from the
racing line to avoiding trouble in the corners.  On a typical race weekend,
there are more than 10 Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contenders attempting to
qualify for the next race.  Class has been in session since February

~         Veteran Spotter Leads Team: Every position on a race team is very
important and there is no exception to the team's spotter.  For Tony
Hirschman III, he is one of the best in the business.  Hirschman began
spotting for his father, Tony Sr. in 1996 in the NASCAR Whelen Modifieds,
including at New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS).  Hirschman spotted
for IRL teams from 1999-2003 and most recently with the NASCAR Busch Series
(NBS) before joining the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International
race team this year

~         A Brand New Truck Comes to NHIS: Truck No. 10-14 will make its
NCTS debut at NHIS.  This is the latest truck in the No. 10 Ford Power
Stroke Diesel by International fleet

~         ppc Racing a Winning Team at NHIS: ppc Racing is no stranger to
Victory Lane at NHIS.  ppc Racing driver Jason Keller won the 2001 NBS race
after starting fourth.  He led 16 of 200 laps with teammate, Jeff Green
finishing fourth.  The win marked ppc Racing Owner, Greg Pollex's second NBS
win at NHIS (other victory in 1995 with driver Chad Little)

 

COOK AT NHIS:

DATE             START          FINISH          STATUS        LAPS

09/17/05            13                  16               Running      200 /
200

09/18/04            27                  35               Electrical       43
/ 200

09/13/03            9                  15               Running      200 /
200

07/20/02            2                  1               Running      207 /
207

07/21/01            10                  6               Running      200 /
200

07/08/00            13                  17               Running      200 /
204

08/01/99            12                  12               Running      202 /
202

08/02/98            22                  12               Running      200 /
200

05/31/97            19                  25               Running      196 /
200

Averages         14.1               15.4

 

COOK ON HIS 2002 VICTORY AT NHIS:

"It was actually our third win of the year.  We finished up the fourth win
of the year at Indianapolis.  Yeah, it was during that summer stretch of
2002 it just seemed like we couldn't do a whole lot wrong.  Everything was
clicking and going our way.  We qualified second for the race and kind of
settled in to running third or fourth for the majority of the race and found
ourselves running second late in the race when the leader experienced
problems and we took the lead I like with 45, 46 laps to go and led all the
way up until to a green-white-checker shootout.  At that point the track was
heavily oiled down.  They had speedy dry all over Turns 1 and 2 and they had
a modified race ready to go right after us so we went back to green with a
less-than-favorable-track condition and had to hold off Dennis Setzer on the
green-white-checker, which was a feat in itself but to race on a beach-type
road course or track at that point with speedy dry all over it was tough but
I was able to do it."

 

2006 RACE RESULTS:




Average Start:               14.1

Average Finish: 11.6

Wins:                            1

Top-5s:                         2

Top-10s:                       9

Laps Led:                      62

Earnings:                      $280,345

Total Driver Points:        2248

Points Standings:          7

Total Owner's Points:     2248

Owner's Standings:        8

Laps Completed:            2872

Total Possible Laps:      2874

Percentage:                   99.9

 

MEET THE NO. 10 FORD POWER STROKE DIESEL BY INTERNATIONAL RACE TEAM . . .




Nicole Addison, Rear Tire Changer

Marty Brice, Pit Support

Jon Bruns, Rear Tire Carrier

Cal Boprey, Truck Chief

Bill Cahill, Second Gas Can

Dennis Connor, Crew Chief

Jeff Fleenor, Catch Can

Cliff Graves, Shop Foreman

Tony Hirschman III, Spotter

Danny Johnson, Front Tire Carrier

Jeff Kirkendall, Engineer

Teresa Kirkendall, Scorer

Ken Majors, Engine Tuner

Bill Page, Gas Man / Transport Driver

Greg Pollex, Truck Owner

Kenneth Purcell, Jack Man

Marc Smith, Shock Specialist

Tim Whitaker, Front Tire Changer




 

ppc RACING'S HISTORY AT NHIS:

~         Seven drivers have started a ppc Racing car or truck at BMS.  They
are Jason Keller (2000-04), Jeff Green (2000-01), Scott Riggs (2002-03),
Kenny Wallace (2005-06), Michel Jourdain Jr. and Brent Sherman (2005), John
Andretti (2006) and Terry Cook (2004-05)

~         ppc Racing has six NBS top-10 finishes at NHIS, including Keller's
win in May 2001

~         ppc Racing has two NCTS starts at NHIS, a career-best 16 in last
year's NCTS race

 

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