Bristol Fast Facts

SHANE HMIEL 
Bristol Motor Speedway

Sponsor:  WINFUEL                                                         
Owner:   Todd Braun 
Busch Crew Chief:   Todd Lohse                                  Busch 
Chassis:    BR15   
Nextel Cup Crew Chief:   Frank Kerr                             Nextel Cup 
Chassis:   BRNC001
Manufacturer:   Chevrolet                                               
Engine Builder:   Dale Earnhardt Inc. 

Shane Hmiel / Braun Racing Quick Facts:
Ā·        -  BR15 is the same car that Shane drove in the 2004 season finale 
at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Ā·        - Shane Hmiel equaled his career-best NBS finish of 3rd (for the 4th 
time) last week at Nashville
Ā·         - BRNC001 is a new Braun Racing short-track car the will be making 
it debut at Bristol

2005 NASCAR Busch Series Stats:
Starts:                 6                Wins:                           0    
    Average Finish:        20.6   
Top-5 Finishes    3                Top-10 Finishes:           3       Average 
Start:          10.3
Driverā€™s Points:   647, 10th     Ownerā€™s Points:   647, 13th     Winnings:   
       $228,751
 
 
2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Stats (7 race limited schedule):
Atlanta Motor Speedway           Start:    21                     Finish:     
            43


Shane Hmiel about Bristol Motor Speedway:
ā€œBristol Motor Speedway is my favorite track on the schedule. I always look 
forward to going to Bristol because it is the track that I most want to win at. 
I grew up short track racing, so I think thatā€™s why Bristol is so special to 
me. I would love to get my first Busch series win this weekend at Bristol. We 
have been close to winning a few times this season, and it would be 
unbelievable if we could manage to put the WINFUEL Chevrolet into victory lane there.ā€??? 
 
Shane Hmiel about attempting his second Nextel Cup race of the 2005 season:
            ā€œMy WINFUEL team has worked so hard to build this Cup program 
from the ground up. Frank Kerr, my crew chief, and Todd Braun have put together a 
group of hard working guys that are putting in long hours to build me fast 
race cars. Unfortunately, we got involved in the lap 1 incident at Atlanta and 
we didnā€™t get to show everyone just how fast that car really was. We tested the 
short-track car that weā€™re going to run at Bristol and we put down some 
pretty fast times. It took me a little while to get used to driving the Cup car at 
Bristol, as opposed to the Busch car. Iā€™m glad that we went and tested because 
it made me a lot more confidant that we have a car that can run in the top-15.
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