Earnhardt Ganassi Racing - Michigan International Speedway
Advance Notes
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Michigan International Speedway Advance Notes
Race: HELUVA GOOD! SOUR CREAM DIPS 400 on Sunday, June
13
Track: Michigan International Speedway (2.0-mile oval)
Location: Brooklyn, Mich.
Earnhardt Ganassi Media Contacts at Michigan International Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
Jarrod England No. 1 GE Reveal(r) Chevrolet
Shayna Keller No. 42 Target Chevrolet
NOTES
Jamie McMurray and No. 1GE Reveal(r) Team
Return to the Irish Hills of Michigan: Jamie McMurray will be making
his 15th career NSCS start at Michigan this weekend when he takes the
green flag in his No. 1 GE Reveal(r) Chevrolet. McMurray's best NSCS
start and subsequent finish came during the second Michigan race in 2004
when he started 15th and finished fourth. McMurray has one top-five and
four top-10s at the Brooklyn, Michigan oval.
Last Weekend: Jamie McMurray and the No.1 McDonald's Team looked to
build on their recent success, which included three second-place
finishes in the last five races, prior to Pocono. McMurray, who had
finished second at some of NASCAR's toughest and most historic venues in
the previous five races (Talladega, Darlington and Charlotte) looked to
continue his climb towards the coveted 12th position in the NSCS point's
standings, the cutoff for the chase. This climb would be put on hold at
Pocono, as he was run up the track by the No. 6 car and into the wall.
The hit damaged his No.1 McDonald's Chevrolet enough to send the driver
to the garage, with just 30 laps remaining, and the team wouldn't have
enough time to fix their damaged machine, settling for a 36th-place
finish.
In the Points: McMurray and the No. 1 Team lost three positions after
their 36th place finish at Pocono falling from 15th to 18th. He is
currently trailing 12th place by 110 points, and point leader Kevin
Harvick by 487 points.
GE Reveal(r) on the Car: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and
GE Lighting recently announced that the GE Reveal(r) Light Bulbs brand
will be the primary sponsor on the No. 1 Chevrolet, driven by 2010
Daytona 500 Champion, Jamie McMurray at this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series (NSCS) race at Michigan International Speedway. In conjunction
with GE's paint scheme on the No.1 Chevrolet, GE will also provide
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and Target Chip Ganassi
Racing with new lighting fixture and bulb technologies for installation
in their Concord, N.C. and Indianapolis, Ind. facilities.
The No. 1 Chevrolet Impala SS's bright blue design draws inspiration
from the blue coloring of an unlit GE Reveal(r) light bulb. Race fans
should be sure to look for the iconic GE script logo on the hood of the
No. 1 Chevy along with the rainbow-hued logo of GE Reveal(r) running
down the car's quarter panels.
Driving Energy Efficiency: With the obvious benefits of reducing energy
costs, maintenance costs, quality of light, visibility, and operating
costs, updating their lighting will also help Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
and Target Chip Ganassi Racing curb the environmental impact of their
facilities. By replacing all lighting fixtures and bulbs with the
newest in energy efficient lighting technology from GE, Earnhardt
Ganassi Racing and Target Chip Ganassi Racing will help protect the
environment.
About GE: GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader
in major appliances, lighting and integrated industrial equipment,
systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and
residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial
uses innovative technologies and ecomaginationSM, a GE initiative to
aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and
consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort,
convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric
, imagination at work, sells products under the Monogram(r),
Profile(tm), GE(r), Hotpoint(r), SmartWater(tm), Reveal(r) and Energy
Smart(r) consumer brands, and Entellisys(r), Tetra(r), Vio(tm) and
Immersion(r) commercial brands. For more information, consumers may
visit www.ge.com.
Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Target Team
Michigan History: Montoya has made six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts
at Michigan International Speedway. His average start is 18th and
average finish is 26th. Montoya's best race at the two-mile track came
in this event last season when he qualified seventh and came home with a
sixth- place finish. Montoya also completed all laps (400) raced in 2009
at the track.
Did You Know?: Juan Pablo Montoya is no stranger to success at Michigan
International Speedway. He competed at the two-mile oval in the CART
Series in 1999 where he started third, led for 28 laps and finished on
the podium in second place. In the July 2000 CART race he drove to
Victory Lane for Chip Ganassi Racing. Montoya started the race from the
seventh position and led 39 laps before taking the checkered flag.
Last Weekend: Juan Pablo Montoya and the Target team were able to
rebound and pull out a top-10 finish last Sunday in Pocono. The team
overcame a rain delay, concerns about handling, and a pit road penalty
to come back with a solid eighth-place finish. The top-10 finish marked
the seventh of the season for the Target team.
2010 in the Numbers: The eighth-place finish at Pocono marked Montoya's
seventh top-10 finish of the 2010 season. To date Montoya and the
Target team have four top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 14 races
this season. He has an average starting spot of 14th and finishing
position of 20th. Last year, Montoya amassed only seven top-five
finishes throughout the entire 2009 season.
Michigan Native: Michigan International Speedway marks a homecoming for
front-tire carrier Eric Bilyeu. Bilyeu, a native of Waterford, Mich.,
grew up approximately 80 miles from the track. He attended college and
played Hockey at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Bilyeu got his
start in NASCAR five years ago after reading a story in NASCAR Scene
about the Ganassi Racing pit crews. He sent in a resume and became one
of the first members of the team's pit crew development program.
Target Commits to Learning: To help combat child hunger and its threat
to K-12 education and impact on learning, this year Target is making a
financial commitment of $2.3 million to Feeding America, the nation's
leading hunger-relief organization, and local hunger organizations to
fund a school food pantry pilot program and its future expansion to more
schools nationwide. In addition, Target is committing $1.2 million on
top of the $2.3 million, to local food banks across the country to
support other school-based food programs. The company also is projected
to donate more than 20 million pounds of food to children and families
in need in 2010.
CHASSIS INFO
No. 1 GE Reveal (NSCS): Chassis #1004. Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion
has elected to bring Chassis #1004 to Michigan International Speedway
this weekend. This chassis was last used at Texas Motor Speedway where
McMurray started 15th and finished 30th after being caught in a nine-car
on-track incident.
No. 42 Target Chevrolet (NSCS): Chassis #1015. Crew Chief Brian Pattie
will bring a brand new Chassis #1015 to Michigan International Speedway.
2010 STATS
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Ave Start Ave
Finish Pts. Pos./(Prev)
Jamie McMurray 14 1 2 4 5 14.9 19.0
18/15
Juan Pablo Montoya 14 0 0 4 7 13.7
20.2 20/20
CAREER STATS
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Ave Start Ave
Finish
Jamie McMurray 272 4 5 34 85 20.1 19.4
Juan Pablo Montoya 123 1 2 16 34 18.6
20.4
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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www.earnhardtganassi.com
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