Ford PSD by Int'l News and Notes - Nashville
Contact: Jeffrey Sturek, Global Performance group, (704) 450-9060, jeffrey@gperformance.com No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International / Terry Cook Nashville 200 / Nashville Superspeedway - Saturday, August 12, 2006 STORY LINES LEADING INTO NASHVILLE: ~ Bringing Back The Winning Truck: The Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team is bringing back Truck No. 10-11 to Nashville Superspeedway, which they won with at Kansas Speedway earlier this year. Truck No. 10-11 made its debut at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2006 and finished second. Its other start came at Texas Motor Speedway, finishing 16th ~ Cook Teaches Rookie Class: Each week the NCTS holds a rookie drivers meeting prior to the first practice session. Cook, a veteran driver, leads the class and teaches the rookies everything from the racing line to avoiding trouble in the corners. There are 12 Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contender entered in Friday night's race ~ Over The Wall Not Just for Men: Nicole Addison (rear tire changer) is the only female over-the-wall crew member in NASCAR's top-three series. This is her second full-time year in the NCTS and first with the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team ~ Open-Wheel Spotter Now in NASCAR: Tony Hirschman III is spotter for the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team. Hirschman spotted in the IRL from 1999-2003 with drivers Sarah Fisher and Stephan Gregoire. The Northampton, Pa. native started as a spotter for his father, Tony Sr. in 1996 in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series and has spotted in NASCAR's Busch and Craftsman Truck Series the last three seasons COOK AT NASHVILLE: DATE START FINISH STATUS LAPS 08/13/05 19 32 Running 91 / 200 08/14/04 21 16 Running 150 / 150 08/01/03 8 14 Running 200 / 200 08/02/02 9 7 Running 200 / 200 08/03/01 6 6 Running 200 / 200 Averages 12.7 14.1 COOK ON COMPETING AT NASHVILLE: "In the last year or so I've been looking forward to going to the concrete tracks because we're taking a lot better race trucks than I've ever had. Anytime you go to a race track that you may not have performed well at in the past and you get some new equipment, you basically get a new chance to shine. I am really looking forward to going to Nashville because it's the next track on the circuit we'll be taking the race-winning truck from Kansas. This is the first time we'll be bringing it back since its win so we're looking for a good run there. I think we can definitely capitalize and ultimately get us a win with the Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team, which would be really cool. They give a really nice trophy there, a great guitar, a special one-of-a-kind deal and so I'm looking forward to hanging that in my house somewhere." 2006 RACE RESULTS: Average Start: 13.6 Average Finish: 11.1 Wins: 1 Top-5s: 2 Top-10s: 8 Laps Led: 62 Earnings: $259,355 Total Driver Points: 2014 Points Standings: 8 Total Owner's Points: 2014 Owner's Standings: 9 Laps Completed: 2522 Total Possible Laps: 2523 Percentage: 99.9 MEET THE NO. 10 FORD POWER STROKE DIESEL BY INTERNATIONAL RACE TEAM . . . Nicole Addison, Rear Tire Changer Marty Brice, Pit Support Jon Bruns, Rear Tire Carrier Cal Boprey, Truck Chief Bill Cahill, Second Gas Can Dennis Connor, Crew Chief Jeff Fleenor, Catch Can Cliff Graves, Shop Foreman Tony Hirschman III, Spotter Danny Johnson, Front Tire Carrier Jeff Kirkendall, Engineer Teresa Kirkendall, Scorer Ken Majors, Engine Tuner Bill Page, Gas Man / Transport Driver Greg Pollex, Truck Owner Kenneth Purcell, Jack Man Marc Smith, Shock Specialist Tim Whitaker, Front Tire Changer ppc RACING'S HISTORY AT NASHVILLE: ~ Seven drivers have started a ppc Racing car or truck at Nashville Superspeedway. They are Jason Keller (2000-04), Jeff Green (2001), Scott Riggs (2002-03), Kenny Wallace (2005-06), Michel Jourdain Jr. (2005), John Andretti (2006) and Terry Cook (2004-05) ~ ppc Racing has an impressive record in the NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) at Nashville Superspeedway: 14 top-10 starts, has led 17.1 percent of the NBS laps and has earned nine top-10 finishes, including a win with Riggs in '02. It was Riggs' first-career NBS victory in his rookie year. Riggs went on to win the NBS rookie title ###