DOVER Fast Facts

Shane Hmiel 
Dover International Speedway
 
 
Sponsor:  WINFUEL                                                           
Owner:   Todd Braun 
Crew Chief:   Todd Lohse                                                 
Chassis:  BR10   
Manufacturer:   Chevrolet                                                 
Engine Builder:   Dale Earnhardt Inc. 
                                                                              
                                                                  
Shane Hmiel / Braun Racing Quick Facts:
Ā·        -  BR10 is the same car that Shane Hmiel drove at Darlington at the 
end of 2004
Ā·       - Shane also drove BR10 at Phoenix and Richmond earlier this season
Ā·        - Hmiel was running 3rd at Phoenix until being involved in a crash 
on the restart late in the race 
Ā·         - Shane competed in 2 Dover NASCAR events, both in 2004: 1 NCTS 
(23rd) and 1 NBS (41st) 
 
2005 NASCAR Busch Series Stats:
Starts:                            13     Wins:                      0        
    Average Finish:       23.5  
Top-5 Finishes                 3     Top-10 Finishes:     4            
Average Start:         13.7
Driverā€™s Points:   1228, 14th     Ownerā€™s Points: 1228, 19th    Winnings:    
    $375,872
 
 
Shane Hmiel about Dover International Speedway:
            ā€œDover is one of the tracks on the Busch series schedule that I 
have the least experience at. Iā€™ve only competed in one Craftsman truck race 
and one Busch race there, and they were both last year. I didnā€™t run very well 
in either the truck or the car, but hopefully we can turn that around with the 
WINFUEL Chevy this weekend. Since we wrecked both of the cars that we were 
planning on taking to Dover last weekend at Charlotte, we are now taking BR10 the 
car that weā€™ve run at Phoenix and Richmond already.  With some changes, BR10 
ran up front at Phoenix and we had a chance to contend for the win until we 
got caught up in the wreck on the restart near the end of the race. At Richmond, 
BR10 was moving through the field at Richmond until we decided to pull a 
spring rubber out of the rear and that really messed up the handling on the car. 
Hopefully we can take everything that we learned at Phoenix and Richmond, and 
get this #32 WINFUEL Chevrolet back to winning form.ā€???

Hmiel about the #32 WINFUEL teamā€™s recent finishes:
            ā€œItā€™s really frustrating that weā€™ve had such fast race cars each 
weekend, but we donā€™t have the finishes to show for it for one reason or 
another. Our pointā€™s position has definitely taken a hit since our last solid 
finish at Texas, and we need to start finishing races up front in order to work 
our way back up in the standings. The finishes that weā€™ve been having are not 
reflective of how hard this WINFUEL team works to prepare these cars. Dover is 
also the closest race that we run to WINFUELā€™s headquarters in New Jersey, so 
we really want to put together a successful run this weekend for them.ā€???