Earnhardt Ganassi Racing - Richmond International Raceway Advance Notes

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Richmond International Raceway Advance Notes
Race:			Crown Royal presents The Heath Calhoun 400 on
Saturday, May 1
Track:			Richmond International Raceway (0.750-mile oval)
Location:		Richmond, Va.

Earnhardt Ganassi Media Contacts at Richmond International Raceway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)			
Jarrod England		No. 1 Bass Pro Shops(r)/Tracker Boats Chevrolet
Shayna Keller		No. 42 Target Chevrolet

NOTES
Jamie McMurray and No. 1 Bass Pro Shops(r)/Tracker Boats Team 

Richmond History: McMurray has fourteen previous NSCS starts at Richmond
International Raceway (RIR). His best NSCS results came in this same
event last year when he finished seventh. He has a best starting place
of 12th.

Restrictor-Plate Review:  Jamie McMurray led for 27 laps during the
Aaron's 499 including which included three green-white-checkered
attempts.  On the final restart McMurray was pushed away from the field
by Kevin Harvick, who would make a late attempt coming through the
tri-oval to pass the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet.
McMurray finished second just .011 seconds behind Harvick.  This was the
closest finish in Talladega history.  The top-five finish advanced
McMurray four positions in the point standings to 17th, only 84 points
from the top-12.

Meet McMurray:  Jamie McMurray will be at the Bass Pro Shops located in
Ashland, VA this Thursday April 29, 2010 from 6-7:30pm (ET).  Come
participate in a Q&A Session with McMurray beginning at 6pm followed by
an autograph session at 6:30pm.  The store is located at 11550 Bass
Lakeridge Parkway and can be reached at 804.496.4700.
 
Visit your Local Bass Pro Shops:  If camping gear was forgotten at home
visit the Ashland, Virginia location just 20 minutes from RIR at 11550
Bass Lakeridge Parkway for all outdoor needs.  The Ashland, Virginia
store can also be reached at 804.496.4700.

Rookie Experience:  After racing over 800 miles in the same day for the
second week in a row Jamie McMurray headed to Calhoun, MO to take up
different sport, turkey hunting.  While McMurray has hunted deer before
turkey hunting will be a rookie for this type of hunting.  Car owner
Chip Ganassi and crew chief Kevin "Bono" Manion attended the trip along
with Bass Pro Shops Founder/CEO Johnny Morris and his son John Paul.

Curve Your Hunger:  Stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner at the
McDonald's across the street from RIR at 607 East Laburnum Ave.  Also,
be sure to check out McDonald's new Dollar Menu, which now includes
breakfast items.

Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Target Team 
MEDIA ALERT:  Juan Pablo Montoya will be available at the No. 42 Target
hauler for a brief media Q&A session on Friday, April 30th at 11:30 a.m.
(ET) 

Montoya at Richmond:  Montoya has six previous starts at Richmond
International Raceway (RIR) with a best finish of 10th in last year's
May event.  His best start came in the 2008 spring race when the No. 42
car took the green flag in sixth place.  Montoya has completed all 1200
laps in the last three events at RIR.

Bracketology:  Montoya and the No. 42 Target team have survived the
first two weeks of the DIRECTV NASCAR Head2Head Knockout competition.
Montoya was up against four-time champion Jimmie Johnson last weekend
during the Aaron's 499 and came out on top with his third-place finish.
The No. 42 will be paired with Talladega winner Kevin Harvick this
weekend at RIR, the final event before the "Fastest Four." 

Talladega Recap: Juan Pablo Montoya and the TUMS team survived all 499
miles and three green-white-checkered restarts at Talladega
Superspeedway to bring home the team's second third-place finish of the
season. This marks the fourth top-10 and third top-five finish for the
No. 42 team.

Gaining Ground:  After his third-place finish at Talladega, Montoya
advanced four positions in the 2010 point standings now sitting 20th-
only 123 points from the top-12 and making the 2010 Chase for the Sprint
Cup.  

Rev the Vote:  Voting is underway for the 2010 Sprint All-Star Race at
Charlotte Motor Speedway. By logging on to
http://www.nascar.com/promos/allstar/2010/vote
<http://www.nascar.com/promos/allstar/2010/vote/> , texting "VOTE" to
"7777" on a Sprint phone or visiting a voting booth in the Sprint
Experience mobile display unit at an upcoming race, you can vote Montoya
and the No. 42 Target team into the race.  Also, as an incentive to
Sprint customers, every wireless vote submitted via phone counts as
double for the driver. Voting continues until one hour before the start
of the event on May 22 and votes are unlimited, so be sure to keep
voting!

Did you know?: In 1995 Target opened their first SuperTarget in Omaha,
NE. Today 251 SuperTarget's exist nationwide.

CHASSIS INFO
No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet (NSCS): Chassis #1007.
Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion has elected to bring Chassis number #1007
to RIR this weekend.  This chassis was last used by Bono and gang five
weeks prior at Martinsville Speedway where McMurray battled handling
issues after an on track altercation forcing a 30th-place finish.

No. 42 Target Chevrolet (NSCS):  Chassis #909.  For the second time this
year crew chief Brian Pattie will bring chassis #909.  This chassis was
last used in March at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) where Montoya
started seventh, lead 104 laps and raced to a fifth-place finish.  This
chassis also ran at PIR in November of 2009 where Montoya drove it to an
eighth-place finish.

2010 STATS

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

	Starts	Wins 	Poles	Top 5s	Top 10s	Ave Start	Ave
Finish	Pts. Pos./(Prev)	
Jamie McMurray	9	1	1	2	3	15.9	19.4
17/21	
Juan Pablo Montoya	9	0	0	3	4	11.4
21.2	20/24	

CAREER STATS
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

	Starts	Wins 	Poles	Top 5s	Top 10s	Ave Start	Ave
Finish	
Jamie McMurray 	267	4	4	32	83	20.2	19.4	
Juan Pablo Montoya	118	1	2	15	31	18.7
20.5	
	
TEAM ROSTERS
Tony Glover - Team Manager
Steve Hmiel - Director of Competition

No. 1 (NSCS)	Hometown		Hometown	
Crew Chief:  Kevin Manion	Boylston, MA	Rear Tire Changer: Chris
Taylor 	West Plains, MO	
Chief Mechanic:  Gary Putnam	Vernon, CT	Rear Tire Carrier:  Adam
Mosher	Fort Mill, SC	
Front Tire Changer:  Cory DeMarco	St. Louis, MO	Gas Man:  Benjy
Grubbs	Richmond, VA	
Front Tire Carrier:  Doug Riepe	Danbury, CT	Catch Can:  Eric Hoyle
Asheville, NC	
Jack Man:  Tracy Duncan	Lincolnton, NC	Spotter:   Keith Barnwell
Hudson, NC	

No. 42 (NSCS)	Hometown		Hometown	
Crew Chief:  Brian Pattie	Zephyrhills, FL 	Rear Tire
Changer:  Chris McMullen	Troutman, NC	
Chief Mechanic:  Heath Silver	Asheville, NC 	Rear Tire Carrier:  Chip
Goode	Statesville, NC 	
Front Tire Changer:  Trevor Lysne	Fergus Falls, MN 	Gas Man:
Mike Bodick	Norwalk, CT 	
Front Tire Carrier:  Eric Bilyeu	Waterford, MI 	Catch Can:
Heath Silver	Asheville, NC 	
Jack Man:  TJ Ford	Charlotte, NC	Spotter:  Tab Boyd
Pensacola, FL 	



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