AutoZone / Kenny Wallace TEXAS Pre-Race Report
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Kenny Wallace #22 AutoZone Ford Fusion O’Reilly 300 Texas Motor Speedway / Fort Worth, TX Saturday, April 8, 2006 KENNY WALLACE / #22 AUTOZONE RACING TEAM FAST FACTS: · Kenny Wallace will be attempting to improve on his career-best Texas finish of 9th place · The #22 AutoZone team will be running chassis #25 this weekend at TMS; #25, one of Wallace’s favorite cars from last season, had a new body put on it over the off-season and it already has a 19th place finish at Atlanta this season · Wallace also has 6 career Nextel Cup starts at Texas; best start: 31st (1997, 1998), best finish: 13th (1997) KENNY WALLACE @ TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: SERIES STARTS TOP-5’s TOP-10’s BEST START BEST FINISH NBS 6 0 1 19 (2001) 9 (Spring 2005) DATE START FINISH STATUS EARNINGS 4/2000 27 30 Running $ 14,200 3/2001 19 43 Accident $ 16,435 4/2002 25 25 Running $ 20,575 4/2004 22 37 Engine $ 21,460 4/2005 22 9 Running $ 29,510 11/2005 29 20 Running $ 19,145 WALLACE ON RACING AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: “I am always excited to get back to Texas. The whole place has such a big atmosphere and we always get the opportunity to do fun things while we’re in town. Last fall I had an awesome time introducing the Los Lonely Boys at the concert that Texas Motor Speedway had Wednesday night at the track. Eddie Gossage and the TMS staff are always coming up with exciting events for us to be part of, so we always look forward to Texas race weekends!�?? WALLACE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE #22 AUTOZONE FORD FUSION RACING TEAM: “The AutoZone Racing team went through some big changes during the off-season. The first few weeks of this season have definitely been a learning experience for all of us. I feel like we really started to turn things around in Atlanta a few weeks ago and then we finally got our first top-ten finish in Bristol. I’m looking forward to the next few weeks because we’ve got some really good tracks coming up. We ran strong in the spring race at Texas last year and we finished second twice last season at Nashville, so hopefully we are on the upswing with the AutoZone Ford. We’ve got some ground to make up in the point standings and this #22 AutoZone team is going to keep putting in the hard work to get us back on top where we belong.�?? Date Race Site Start Finish Laps Completed Status Earnings Feb. 18 Hershey’s Kissables 300 Daytona International Speedway 30 13 120 / 120 Running $ 53,206 Feb. 25 Stater Bros. 300 California Speedway 11 34 148 / 150 Running $ 26,970 March 5 Telcel-Motorola 200 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 20 19 80 / 80 Running $ 46,680 March 11 Sam’s Town 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 39 32 203 / 206 Running $ 26,553 March 18 Nicorette 300 Atlanta Motor Speedway 32 19 195 / 195 Running $ 19,905 March 25 Sharpie Mini 300 Bristol Motor Speedway 23 8 300 / 300 Running $ 32,790 April 8 O’Reilly 300 Texas Motor Speedway April 15 Pepsi 300 Nashville Superspeedway April 21 Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Phoenix International Raceway April 29 Aaron’s 312 Talladega Superspeedway May 5 Richmond 250 Richmond International Raceway May 12 Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Darlington Raceway May 27 CarQuest Auto Parts 300 Lowe’s Motor Speedway June 3 Dover 200 Dover International Speedway June 10 Federated Auto Parts 300 Nashville Superspeedway June 17 Meijer 300 presented by Oreo Kentucky Speedway June 24 AT&T 250 The Milwaukee Mile June 30 TBA Daytona International Speedway July 8 USG Durock 300 Chicagoland Speedway July 15 New England 200 New Hampshire Intl. Speedway July 22 TBA Martinsville Speedway July 29 Gateway 200 Gateway International Raceway Aug. 5 Kroger 200 Indianapolis Raceway Park Aug. 12 Zippo 200 Watkins Glen International Aug. 19 Michigan 250 Michigan International Speedway Aug. 25 Food City 250 Bristol Motor Speedway Sept. 2 Ameriquest 300 California Speedway Sept. 8 Emerson Radio 250 Richmond International Speedway Sept. 23 Dover 200 Dover International Speedway Sept. 30 Yellow Transportation 300 Kansas Speedway Oct. 13 Dollar General 300 Lowe’s Motor Speedway Oct. 28 Sam’s Town 250 Memphis Motorsports Park Nov. 4 O’Reilly Challenge Texas Motor Speedway Nov. 11 Arizona Travel 200 Phoenix International Raceway Nov. 18 Ford 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway Average Start: 25 Average Finish: 20 Wins: 0 Top-5 Finishes: 0 Top-10 Finishes: 1 Earnings: $206,104 Total Driver’s Points: 606 Driver Points Standings: 18 Total Owner’s Points: 606 Owner’s Points Standings: 20 Total Laps Completed: 1,046 Total Possible Laps: 1,051 Percentage: 99% Meet the #22 AutoZone Ford Fusion race team…. Randy Cox, Crew Chief Corey Hunter, Rear Tire Carrier Steve “Big Guy�?? Helwig, Car Chief Bryan Jacobson, Front Tire Changer Matt Cox, Jackman John Kowalski, Catch Can Dan Dittberner, Engineer Mike Murphy, Gas Man Vaughn Dunn, Tire Specialist Mike “ M&M�?? Myers, Transport Driver Matt Donley, Front Tire Carrier Dan Ryan, Roush-Yates Engine Tuner Tyler Hmiel, Extra Man Ricky Turner, Rear Tire Changer * * Note: Randy Cox is filling in for Ricky Turner while he recovers from a pre-season injury sustained during pit practice. Allison Marshall #22 AutoZone Racing / Kenny Wallace Global Performance Group, LLC 125 F Trade Court #36 Mooresville, NC 28117 cell: (704) 902-7151 office: (704) 660-3467 fax: 704.660.3466 allison@gperformance.com