McCumbee; Hillenburg Reunite For Pocono

McCumbee; Hillenburg Reunite For  Pocono 

LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA (July 19, 2006) - - It’s a welcomed  reunion. Former 
ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Andy Hillenburg has reunited with  former driver 
and now NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) phenomenon Chad  McCumbee to pilot 
Hillenburg’s familiar No. 11 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in  Saturday’s ARCA 
Pennsylvania 200 from Pocono Raceway. 
The duo has had an busy 2006 season.  After starting the NCTS season with MRD 
Motorsports, McCumbee landed a full time  gig with Green Light Racing driving 
the No. 08 Chevrolet Silverado for former  ARCA competitor Bobby Dotter. In 
addition, McCumbee ran the first two races of  the 2006 ARCA season for 
Hillenburg with a best finish of 28th at  Daytona International Speedway.  
Hillenburg has been busy fielding an  ARCA car for various drivers in 
addition to running a full NASCAR Busch East  Series (NBES) program for Canadian 
driver Pierre Bourque.  
With an off weekend for the two  divisions, The Fast Track Racing team turn 
their focus to the 12th  event on the schedule and look to repeat their 
exceptional performance from last  season where McCumbee blasted his way from his 
34th place qualifying  effort to collect a second place finish to 2005 ARCA 
champion Frank  Kimmel. 
The team is approaching the event  looking for the same kind of magic.  
“I’m looking forward to driving for  Andy Hillenburg and returning to Pocono 
Raceway this weekend,�?? stated McCumbee,  who rose to fame as Dale Earnhardt, 
Jr. in ESPN’s “3�??. “We had a great run last  July and we’re looking forward 
to the same results if not a win on  Saturday.�?? 
Despite the learning curve in the  NCTS, McCumbee is looking forward to 
returning to familiar territory. “I really  haven’t been in the ARCA garage since 
Nashville, but it will be great to return to  the track and see some familiar 
faces. Competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck  Series hasn’t been easy, but I’
m learning a lot,�?? continued McCumbee who sits  19th in NCTS standings with 
one top-ten finish at Texas Motor  Speedway earlier this year. 
The team will unload a 2006  Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS carrying sponsorship 
from Fast Track Performance Driving School and Crescent Trucks with horsepower  
provided by Wagner for the second ARCA event at Pocono Raceway this season. “
We  have a new body on the car, so I think we’ll be in great shape this 
weekend.  Andy (Hillenburg) and the team has spent a lot of time preparing this car 
and  everyone is looking forward to good things all weekend,�?? McCumbee  added. 
Rolling into Pocono, McCumbee a  driving instructor for Hillenburg’s Fast 
Track Performance Driving School has 26  ARCA RE/MAX Series starts to his resume 
with a career best finish of second at  Pocono Raceway (July 2005) while 
holding nine additional top ten finishes  including a fourth place finish at Pocono 
Raceway in June of 2005. He also  scored the Pork pole at Salem Speedway 
(April 2005) followed by a career best  superspeedway time trials effort of fifth 
at Kentucky Speedway (May 2005),  Pocono Raceway (June 2005) and Kansas 
Speedway (July 2005).   
In his first full season of  competition last year, McCumbee finished a 
strong fourth in the point  standings. 
The Pennsylvania 200 (80 laps/200 miles) is the  12th of 23 events on the 
2006 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule. Practice begins  Friday, July 21st with an hour 
and forty minute (10:00am-11:55am EST) session planned. Pork  Pole qualifying 
is Friday afternoon (1:45pm EST) with the race set to take the green flag on  
Saturday, July 22nd at 1:00pm EST. The race will be televised live on SPEED.  
Visit arcaracing.com  for all the latest results from the track.   

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NAME: Chris Knight, Andy  Hillenburg Racing 
DATE: July  20th, 2006
PHONE: 734-674-9108
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