CGRFS NBS Advance for Homestead-Miami Speedway
Race: NBS 300 on Saturday, November 17, 2007 Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Location: Homestead, Fla. CGRFS Busch Series Media Contacts at Homestead: Angie Copen, No. 41 Memorex Dodge Kelby Krauss, No. 42 Target Dodge AJ Allmendinger and the No. 41 Memorex Dodge Team Facts: * Off the Road with Brad Parrott: The off-season is almost here and the No. 41 Memorex Dodge crew chief Brad Parrott has plans of his own. Parrott will enjoy his time off the road by spending quality time with his wife and two children. He will also find himself back on the road heading out to Tulsa, Okla., to run the 22nd Annual Chili Bowl Nationals with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) development driver Bryan Clauson. The weekend of Midget car racing is scheduled to take place at Tulsa Expo Raceway January 8-12. * Report Card: The No. 41 Memorex team is currently 18th in the NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) owner rankings entering into this weekend's season finale. The team is 27 points outside the top 15. Overall, with one race remaining, the No. 41 CGRFS Dodge has carried five different drivers in its seat to tally one win, one pole, four top-five finishes, seven top-10s, and 14 top-15s. The team has averaged a 16th-place starting position and 21st-place finishing position throughout the year, leading a total of 150 laps to date, encountering eight DNFs. The team has completed the last 17 NBS races, experiencing its most recent DNF at The Milwaukee (Wis.) Mile this past June. * Congratulations, Hamlin!: CGRFS development driver Kevin Hamlin became a father earlier this week. He and wife Mandi welcomed a baby girl into their family on Monday, November 12. The little lady weighed in at 7lbs 14oz. Mandi and baby are both healthy and doing fine, and dad never flapped out during the delivery. * Chassis: The No. 41 Memorex team will ride out the final NBS race of the 2007 season in chassis #653 this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is the same car the No. 41 team raced at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this month when Clauson earned his career-best Busch start to date (10th place) and then worked to overcome two setbacks that sent him and team into an unrecoverable lap deficit to finish 28th. This is the same chassis Juan Pablo Montoya raced earlier this year with which he collected an impressive top-10 start and finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NBS March race (started 10th, finished eighth). Montoya also raced the same Busch car at Darlington in May, when he scored an impressive 15th-place finish (started 19th) in his debut at the place notoriously known as "the track too tough to tame." * When to Watch: The green flag for the NBS 300 is set to wave at 4:30 p.m. EST Saturday, November 17, and will broadcast LIVE on ESPN2, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 128. Qualifying for the 200-lap competition is scheduled to start at 12:05 p.m. EST Saturday and will be broadcast LIVE on SPEED (TV). Allmendinger's Cumulative NASCAR Busch Series Stats Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Laps Led Winnings 6 0 0 0 0 0 $152,555 No. 41 Memorex Team 2007 Results Date Race Start Finish Winnings Owner Points Date Race Start Finish Winnings Owner Points 17-Feb Daytona 25 38 $42,475 37th 6-Jul Daytona 10 7 $27,860 22nd 24-Feb California 20 36 $22,370 44th 14-Jul Chicago 32 15 $23,530 21st 4-Mar *Mexico 1 5 $63,825 26th 21-Jul St. Louis 2 1 $59,850 15th 10-Mar Las Vegas 3 30 $22,680 32nd 28-Jul ***Indianapolis 12 34 $14,650 18th 17-Mar Atlanta 30 39 $13,260 32nd 4-Aug *Montreal 7 14 $35,500 16th 24-Mar Bristol 24 16 $22,825 31st 11-Aug *Watkins Glen 5 18 $17,800 14th 7-Apr **Nashville 1 11 $18,150 25th 18-Aug Michigan 4 20 $18,500 15th 14-Apr Texas 36 35 $19,955 31st 24-Aug Bristol 8 33 $20,420 17th 20-Apr **Phoenix 18 11 $18,475 25th 1-Sep California 11 11 $26,225 16th 28-Apr Talladega 14 27 $18,775 26th 7-Sep Richmond 25 35 $16,635 16th 4-May Richmond 10 8 $16,845 21st 22-Sep Dover 6 5 $22,525 16th 11-May **Darlington 2 30 $14,600 26th 29-Sep Kansas 30 23 $23,700 17th 26-May Charlotte 30 42 $15,265 29th 12-Oct Charlotte 14 20 $18,875 17th 2-Jun Dover 21 27 $15,025 28th 27-Oct Memphis 22 18 $20,550 17th 9-Jun **Nashville 34 14 $16,600 27th 3-Nov Texas 10 28 $16,825 18th 16-Jun **Kentucky 27 4 $33,825 25th 10-Nov Phoenix 16 13 $24,025 18th 23-Jun ***Milwaukee 10 35 $16,165 27th 17-Nov Homestead 30-Jun Loudon 14 9 $17,175 25th *Scott Pruett races **David Stremme races ***Scott Lagasse Jr. races Bryan Clauson races AJ Allmendinger Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Winnings 34 1 4 7 2 $795,760 No. 41 Memorex Crew Name Crew position Hometown Name Crew position Hometown Brad Parrott Crew Chief Harrisburg, N.C. Mark Rette Chief Mechanic Freehold, N.J. Ross Fletcher Engineer Lincolnton, N.C. Tyler Jones Rear Mechanic South Royalton, Vt. Tim Fedewa Spotter Holt, Mich. Dan Bormann Swing Mechanic Shingle Springs, Calif. Jon Lucas Front Tire Changer Charlotte, N.C. Felipe Vazquez Engine Tuner Kutztown, Pa. Todd Drakulich Front Tire Carrier Tucson, Ariz. Scott Vogelsong Shock Specialist Camp Hill, Pa. Evan Clark Rear Tire Changer Mt. Pleasant, N.C. Bart Apple Tire Specialist Baltimore, M.D. John Gaynor Rear Tire Carrier Vancouver, Wash. Jody Hall Pit Support Concord, N.C. Marcus Bonicelli Gas Man/Front Mechanic Colorado Springs, Colo. Shane Bourgeois Pit Support Peachtree City, Ga. Tony Cardamone Jack Man Cary, N.C. Jeff Neuendorf Truck Driver Watertown, S.D. Ryan Quann Catch Can Richmond, Va. Claude Collignon Scorer Arbuckle, Calif. Dario Franchitti and the No. 42 Target Dodge Team Facts: * Up to Now: This weekend's NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) race will mark Dario Franchitti's fourth NBS start and sixth career stock car start. His latest NBS run at Phoenix International Raceway last Saturday began with another impressive top-10 starting position (eighth place), and then a 29th-place finish after Franchitti got caught up in a four-car incident that red flagged the event three laps shy of the checkered flag. Franchitti's stock racing resume also includes NBS starts at Texas Motor Speedway (started 18th, finished 25th) and the Memphis Motorsports Park (started third, finished 32nd). The Memphis run was a notable performance by the 34-year-old racer as he ran in the top 15 over 75 percent of the race, until brake pedal failure resulted in unavoidable contact with another car and relegated the potential top-10 day. Franchitti is averaging a top-10 start in NBS competition. He also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway and the ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway this past October. * Off the Road with Brian Pattie: The No. 42 Target Team crew chief Brian Pattie plans to utilize his off-season by spending time with his wife and four children. Pattie will enjoy the holidays at home in Huntersville, N.C., and follow it up with a family ski trip to Snowshoe Mountain, W.Va. However, he adds, "The off-season is always spent preparing for the next season." * Full of Floridians: Four members of the No. 42 Target team will be racing a little closer to home this weekend in the Sunshine State. Crew chief Brian Pattie and Adam Cooke, the team shock specialist, hail from Zephyrhills, Fla. The two grew up together in the Florida town. Bruce Jones, a team mechanic, is also from Florida. He calls Lakeland his hometown and still has many family and friends who reside in the area. Target team jack man Marc Jacobs is originally from Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. * Chassis: Franchitti will race chassis #755 this weekend at Homestead. The new car's one and only start was this past July a Chicagoland Speedway, where Juan Pablo Montoya and the No. 42 team crossed the finish line in 21st place (started 17th). * Standings Update: Going into this weekend's NBS season finale, the No. 42 team currently stands 23rd in the overall NBS owner ranks. They are 70 points outside of the top 20. Franchitti's Cumulative NASCAR Busch Series Stats Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Laps Led Winnings 3 0 0 0 0 0 $76,280 No. 42 Target Team 2007 Results Date Race Start Finish Winnings Owner Points Date Race Start Finish Winnings Owner Points 17-Feb Daytona 16 40 $44,375 39th 6-Jul Daytona 17 30 $26,600 15th 24-Feb California 29 39 $24,115 46th 14-Jul Chicago 17 21 $27,245 15th 4-Mar Mexico 3 1 $125,646 19th 21-Jul *St. Louis 13 7 $33,950 13th 10-Mar Las Vegas 35 20 $29,955 20th 28-Jul *Indianapolis 30 8 $21,700 12th 17-Mar Atlanta 10 8 $26,720 11th 4-Aug **Montreal 34 21 $39,570 15th 24-Mar Bristol 34 14 $28,450 9th 11-Aug Watkins Glen 2 33 $20,505 17th 7-Apr *Nashville 28 18 $21,750 10th 18-Aug *Michigan 18 42 $23, 740 22nd 14-Apr Texas 14 30 $26,455 12th 24-Aug ***Bristol 9 15 $27,490 19th 20-Apr Phoenix 20 21 $22,150 11th 1-Sep ****California 18 36 $28,575 23rd 28-Apr Talladega 20 7 $28,000 10th 7-Sep ****Richmond 12 14 $25,550 19th 4-May Richmond 11 11 $22,850 9th 22-Sep ****Dover 14 21 $22,900 20th 11-May Darlington 19 15 $23,775 9th 29-Sep ****Kansas 8 25 $28,730 19th 26-May Charlotte 37 40 $20,815 12th 12-Oct ****Charlotte 28 26 $22,775 19th 2-Jun Dover 24 14 $21,325 12th 27-Oct Memphis 3 32 $25,940 21st 9-Jun *Nashville 28 23 $23,875 12th 3-Nov Texas 18 25 $22,825 22nd 16-Jun *Kentucky 29 21 $26,975 13th 10-Nov Phoenix 8 29 $27,515 23rd 23-Jun *Milwaukee 22 16 $24,125 12th 17-Nov Homestead 30-Jun Loudon 7 34 $20,835 13th *Kevin Hamlin races **Michael Valiante races ***David Stremme races ****A.J. Allmendinger races Dario Franchitti races Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Winnings 34 1 1 5 0 $987,801 No. 42 Target Crew Name Crew position Hometown Name Crew position Hometown Brian Pattie Crew Chief Zephyrhills, Fla. Ryan Quann Catch Can Man Richmond, Va. Tony Glover Team Manager Kingsport, Tenn. Lucas Tucker Tire Specialist Myrtle Beach, S.C. Lorin Ranier Spotter Prestonsburg, Ky. Bruce Jones Rear Mechanic Lakeland, Fla. Adam Mosher Pit Coach/Support Fort Mill, S.C. Brian Taylor Front Mechanic Cuthbert, Ga. Dan Chivari Front Tire Changer/Mechanic Erie, Pa. Tim O'Brien Engineer Lebanon, Ohio Adam Cooke Front Tire Carrier/Shock Specialist Zephyrhills, Fla. Todd Hamm Engine Tuner Kutztown, Pa. Daryl Lockyer Rear Tire Changer Los Angeles, Calif. Brandon Stafford Swing Mechanic Taylorsville, N.C. Doug Riepe Rear Tire Carrier Danbury, Conn. Scott Hutchins Pit Support Thomasville, N.C. Mark Jacobs Jack Man Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Bill Cole Catch Can Man/Truck Driver Milan, Ill. 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