NOTHING "TRICKY" ABOUT POCONO RACEWAY FOR TIM GEORGE JR.
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001mwaRHiQxrQeZ9iRhfnKFhkCoDLscuu9cbuAtdveVKsH-58mvTpWyx_NfxKuaMJYAEf4u4-g9uExgjsem1-pokFNQpwErGS9ossiuXuzxYPNYf98533HB_w%3D%3D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTHING "TRICKY" ABOUT POCONO RACEWAY FOR TIM GEORGE JR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Series Career-Best Track Qualifying Effort at Pocono for George LONG POND, Penn. (June 4, 2010) -Tim George Jr. returned to Pocono for his third visit with a little more experience under his belt. After a successful practice, Tim George Jr. qualified the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing (RCR) Development Chevrolet eighth for Saturday's Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 - his best at Pocono Raceway. The final practice session marked the first on-track activities at Pocono Raceway this weekend, as 34 ARCA Racing Series drivers participated in the session. George, driving the No. 31 RCR Development Chevrolet, was one of the drivers to undertake the track nicknamed the "Tricky Triangle." "Practice was smooth. We made steady gains. This was one of my hardest tracks last year, and I feel a lot more confidant with my ability and the package that RCR has put together for me here," admitted George, who is currently ninth in the ARCA Racing Series driver's points. "Our Chevy power is very strong, my setup feels good, and we made a couple of changes at the end that really helped out. It is great to have a team that believes in me. We were consistent in the top-10 for the second half of practice, and had a fifth place car for qualifying." The New York, N.Y., native finished the lone practice session in the 11th position maneuvering around the "Tricky Triangle" in 55.419 seconds at 162.399 mph. Preparing to make his third career start at the track, George turned 26 laps during the hour and forty minute-long practice. Following practice, the No. 31 RCR Development team prepared for Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell, which rolled off at 1:45 p.m. The qualifying session determined the starting line-up for Saturday's Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200, race 7 of the 20-race 2010 ARCA Racing Series. In Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell, George was the 25th car to make a qualifying attempt. George, who earned his career-best series qualifying effort at Pocono Raceway, posted a lap of 162.487 mph (55.389 seconds) around the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway triangle late during the session. "The No. 31 RCR Development car was very good in qualifying. I got a little greedy coming to the green and got loose. Other than that our goal was to finish top-10, and we are eighth," added George. "We are looking good for the race tomorrow with our strategy and Gere (Kennon), crew chief, on the box. Mike Dillon keeps pushing me to do my personal best and I need that. All the guys have worked real hard, and I appreciate their efforts." The qualifying session was completed in full despite the presence of on-track incidents throughout the session. Pre-race ceremonies for the Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 begin tomorrow, Saturday, June 4, at 12:30 p.m. EST. The green flag for the 80-lap (200 mile) race at Pocono Raceway waves at 1:00 p.m. EST. The event will be tape-delayed on SPEED and will air at 4:00 p.m. EST Saturday afternoon. The race, however, will be broadcast live through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com. ###### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Tim George Jr. The New York, N.Y., native began racing in the Skip Barber Racing School regional series in 2005. In 2007, he ran the Grand-Am KONI series before moving up to the Grand-Am Rolex series in the GT class. In 2008, Tim George Jr. was named Rolex Series MESCO "Building for the Future" Rookie-of-the-Year, while driving for The Racer's Group. He has two GT class podium finishes in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, finishing third in 2008 and second in 2009. The 29-year old driver made his transition to stock cars running full-time in 2009 in the ARCA Racing Series for Eddie Sharp Racing, finishing 11th in the point standings with one top-5, two top-10 and six top-15 finishes. George Jr. will pilot the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards in 2010. 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