Bires in the No. 11 at Atlanta
Kelly Bires Atlanta Motor Speedway Sponsor: RIDEMAKERZ Owners: Tony & Bryan Mullet Nationwide Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe Nationwide Chassis: 017 Manufacturer: Toyota Engine Builder: Triad Kelly Bires Quick Facts: • Kelly Bires will make his first appearance behind the wheel of the No. 11 RIDEMAKERZ Toyota this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway • The Mauston, WI native began driving in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) in 2007 and has 65 career starts with three top-five and 11 top-10 finishes • Bires has run a limited race schedule this season for multiple teams. He has recorded two top-five and three top-10 finishes • Bires made his first ever career start in the NASCAR ranks at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) in 2006 • Bires has two Truck Series starts at Atlanta with a top-10 finish (10th) in 2007 and one Nationwide Series start resulting in a 12th place finish last year CJM Racing Quick Facts: • RIDEMAKERZ will return as the primary sponsor of the No. 11 at Atlanta. They are the first ever car customizing experience for kids 6-106. Pick one of 70 different car body types and paint schemes. These are scale plastic-mold replicas of real-world cars that RIDEMAKERZ licenses from GM, Ford, BMW, and other car companies. Then trick out the ride by picking the wheels, hubcaps, a chassis, sounds, and other options such as radio control. Build YOUR Ride at RIDEMAKERZ.com • The bad luck that has plagued CJM Racing over the course of the last three races finally subsided at Montreal. Canadian driver Andrew Ranger drove the No. 11 Toyota to a third place finish. It marked the first top-five performance for the team this season • The 2009 season marks the second season CJM Racing will compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series full-time. The team is currently 17th in the owner point standings • CJM Racing transitioned over to Toyota Camry’s in 2009 and shares a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing. The partnership formed late last year allows the teams to share technical information as well as research and development • This weekend marks the first time NASCAR will race at Atlanta Motor Speedway over Labor Day weekend • The team will bring chassis # 017 to Atlanta. # 017 is the same chassis the team took to Michigan where a broken shifter sent them to the garage for repairs midrace. CJM Racing settled for a 32nd place finish, eight laps down • The Degree V12 300 200 will air LIVE on ESPN2 at 7:00 pm (EST) on Saturday, September 5th Driver Kelly Bires on Racing the No. 11 RIDEMAKERZ Toyota: “This is a great opportunity for me. The CJM Racing cars have been quick and there is no doubt that they are capable of running strong and even winning races. Paul Wolfe (crew chief) and the guys have built great cars and I’m looking forward to showing people what the cars and myself are capable of.” Driver Kelly Bires on Atlanta: “Atlanta is one of my favorite tracks. It’s ranked in the top-five favorite places to race at. I excel at the mile-and-a-half tracks and Atlanta reminds me of Charlotte or even Texas. I have always run strong at those types of facilities. The goal is a top-five finish coming out of this weekend.” Shayna Keller #11 CJM Racing Toyota NASCAR Nationwide Series Media Relations Manager 704-902-8381 Cell # skeller@cjmracing.com www.twitter.com/CJMRacing This message, together with any attachments, is intended only for the named recipient(s). It may contain confidential or privileged information that may be exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying, storing, or other use of the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the email address or telephone number above and delete this email from your computer. Thank you.