Earnhardt Ganassi Racing/ Atlanta Motor Speedway Advance Notes

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Phone (704) 662-9642

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Atlanta Motor Speedway Advance Notes

Race:                             Kobalt Tools 500 on Sunday, March 7

Track:                            Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54 miles)

Location:                      Hampton, Ga.

 

Earnhardt Ganassi Media Contacts at Atlanta Motor Speedway:

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)                                      

Jarrod England            No. 1 Bass Pro Shops(r)/Tracker Boats
Chevrolet


Shayna Keller              No. 42 Target Chevrolet

 

NOTES

Jamie McMurray and No. 1 Bass Pro Shops(r)/Tracker Boats Team 

 

Atlanta Stats: McMurray will be making his 16th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
(NSCS) start at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) this weekend. His best
start was third in this race last year and best finish of sixth came in
2005, his last time at AMS with Ganassi.  McMurray has four top-10
finishes at the 1.54-Mile track.  In the last four years at AMS,
McMurray has made 602 total green flag lap passes, ranking fifth among
47 drivers.

 

Last Week: McMurray and the No. 1 McDonald's team were involved in a
wreck on lap 93 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and finished 34th. McMurray
is currently 14th in 2010 NSCS points. 

 

Bass Pro Shopping: Outdoor enthusiasts in the Atlanta area can get all
their hunting, fishing and camping supplies at the Bass Pro Shops in
Lawrenceville, Georgia at 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway. The store is located
an hour from AMS and can be reached at 678-847-5500.

 

NASCAR Day:  Jamie McMurray and Bass Pro Shops are looking forward to
taking part in the 2010 NASCAR Day campaign.  Bass Pro Shops will be a
retail partner associated with the program while their driver, McMurray,
has participated through his foundation in years past.  Both Bass Pro
Shops and Jamie McMurray will be featured in the NASCAR Day commercials
which will be filmed this weekend at AMS.

 

Daytona 500 Winning Pit Crew Appearance:  The Pit Crew for Jamie
McMurray's No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Impala will sign
autographs at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 7 at the Team Chevy Racing
display.  The display is located near Gate 14 in the Midway display area
of AMS, and will be open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on
Saturday, and 7 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sunday.

 

Get Geared Up!:  New for 2010. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will have a
merchandise trailer located on souvenir row for the 2010 season. Get
your Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray gear trackside or visit 
www.earnhardtganassi.com to place an order online.  New items to the
store include Jamie McMurray's Daytona 500 winner's gear, and the
Orange/Camo Bass Pro Shops hat that Jamie has been seen wearing around
the race track.

 

Georgia on His Mind: Larry Hart, transporter driver for the No. 1 Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats team, is from Chatsworth, Georgia.

 

Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Target Team 

 

Atlanta History:  Juan Pablo Montoya has competed in six NSCS and one
NNS event at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Montoya has a best start of fourth
from this event last year and best finish of third in his fall visit to
the 1.54-mile quad-oval in 2009.  In the NNS garage, Montoya's one start
resulted in an eighth-place finish.

 

Closer Look:  In the last four years at AMS, Montoya leads drivers in
best number of average quality passes with 38.3, total number of quality
passes 230.  Quality passes is defined as passing a car running in the
top-15 while under the green flag.  In Montoya's best race at AMS (last
fall) he lead for 31 laps, passed for position under the green 88 times,
spent 318 laps of the 325 laps raced in the top-15 (97.8%) and ran an
average of eighth before finishing in third.

 

Last Weekend: Juan Pablo Montoya and the No.42 Target Chevrolet started
10th and were running in the top-10 when bad luck struck the team on lap
93 resulting in a 37th-place finish, 20 laps down.

Target Race Cart:  Las Vegas race weekend saw the debut of the new
oversized Target Race Cart, patterned after a TARGET shopping cart.
Montoya showcased the race cart on SPEED's Trackside at Las Vegas
displaying it is drivable up to 35 mph and is 10-feet tall.  Accompanied
with each race cart are trained Target street teams driving and
distributing samples and coupon books for Target associated brands.
Look for the new motorsports product sampling program to be used at
select NASCAR events, the next being at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May
and later in the year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in August.

 

Kids Korner:  Juan Pablo Montoya with his foundation Formula Smiles and
Colombia is Passion, a Columbian country brand, launched a program on
March 1st for Colombian children called "Design Juan Pablo Montoya's
helmet with Colombia is Passion."  The contest is for children between
the ages of 10 and 17 years old  to enter a helmet design with Colombian
biodiversity as the topic.  Montoya will be part of the selection
committee deciding each age group winner and who will get the
opportunity to accompany Montoya to the Daytona event in July where the
designs will be showcased.  For more information please visit 
www.formulasonrisas.com. 

 


Get Geared Up!:  New for 2010. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will have a
merchandise trailer located on souvenir row for the 2010 season. Get
your Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray gear trackside or visit 
www.earnhardtganassi.com to place an order online. 

 

CHASSIS INFO

No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet (NSCS):  Chassis #905.
Kevin "Bono" Manion has decided to bring chassis #905.  This is a brand
new chassis.

 

No. 42 Target Chevrolet (NSCS): Chassis #819. Crew Chief Brian Pattie
and the No. 42 Target team will bring chassis #819 to Atlanta Motor
Speedway. This is a veteran chassis that ran six times in the 2009
season finishing in the top-five three times at Pocono (August), Atlanta
(September), and California (October).  This is also the chassis used in
the Brickyard where Montoya dominated, leading 116 laps before finishing
11th.  The other two races ran were Michigan (August) and Texas
(November) where it finished 19th and 37th.

 

2010 STATS

 

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

 

 

Starts

Wins 

Poles

Top 5s

Top 10s

Ave Start

Ave Finish

Pts. Pos./(Prev)

Jamie McMurray

3

1

1

1

1

12.7

17.3

14/4

Juan Pablo Montoya

3

0

0

0

1

6.7

28.0

26/23


CAREER STATS

 

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

 

 

Starts

Wins 

Poles

Top 5s

Top 10s

Ave Start

Ave Finish

Jamie McMurray 

261

4

4

31

81

20.3

19.4

Juan Pablo Montoya

112

1

2

12

28

18.9

20.6

      

TEAM ROSTERS

Tony Glover - Team Manager

Steve Hmiel - Director of Competition

 

No. 1 (NSCS)

Hometown

 

Hometown

Crew Chief:  Kevin Manion

Boylston, MA

Rear Tire Changer: Chris Taylor 

West Plains, MO

Chief Mechanic:  Gary Putnam

Vernon, CT

Rear Tire Carrier:  Adam Mosher

Fort Mill, SC

Front Tire Changer:  Cory DeMarco

St. Louis, MO

Gas Man:  Benjy Grubbs

Richmond, VA

Front Tire Carrier:  Doug Riepe

Danbury, CT

Catch Can:  Eric Hoyle

Asheville, NC

Jack Man:  Tracy Duncan

Lincolnton, NC

Spotter:   Keith Barnwell

Hudson, NC

 

No. 42 (NSCS)

Hometown

 

Hometown

Crew Chief:  Brian Pattie

Zephyrhills, FL 

Rear Tire Changer:  Chris McMullen

Troutman, NC

Chief Mechanic:  Heath Silver

Asheville, NC 

Rear Tire Carrier:  Chip Goode

Statesville, NC 

Front Tire Changer:  Trevor Lysne

Fergus Falls, MN 

Gas Man:  Mike Bodick

Norwalk, CT 

Front Tire Carrier:  Eric Bilyeu

Waterford, MI 

Catch Can:  Heath Silver

Asheville, NC 

Jack Man:  TJ Ford

Charlotte, NC

Spotter:  Tab Boyd

Pensacola, FL 

 

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