Earnhardt Ganassi Racing - Chicagoland Speedway Advance
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Chicagoland Speedway Advance Notes
Race: LifeLock.com 400 on Saturday, July 10
Track: Chicagoland Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Location: Joliet, Ill.
Earnhardt Ganassi Media Contacts at Chicagoland Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
Jarrod England No. 1 McDonald's Chevrolet
Shayna Keller No. 42 Target Chevrolet
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Jamie McMurray. and No. 1 McDonald's Team
Chicagoland History: Sunday will mark Jamie McMurray's eighth Sprint
Cup Series start at Chicagoland Speedway. McMurray's career best came in
2003 under the ownership of Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates at his first
visit to the track where he started eighth and finished 10th. He has
zero DNF's at the 1.5-mile oval track.
Daytona Recap: Jamie McMurray and the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
Boats team returned to Daytona International Speedway as the reigning
Daytona 500 Champions. Expectations are high when your driver has won
two of the last three NSCS Superspeedway events, with the non-winning
race resulting in a second-place finish at this year's first Talladega
event. Because of this, the No. 1 team had high hopes heading back to
Daytona. Rain cancelled qualifying setting the field by points.
McMurray would start in the 17th position. After running as high as
third, McMurray would get caught up in the first major wreck of the
400-mile race on lap 116 forcing the No. 1 team to the garage. Proving
to be too much to fix, the team would have to settle for a 39th-place
finish.
McDonald's Appearance: On Thursday, July 8, Jamie McMurray, 2010
Daytona 500 Champion and driver of the No.1 McDonald's(r) Chevrolet,
will greet fans, pose for photographs and sign autographs at the Spring
Road McDonald's location in Oak Brook. McMurray's appearance will begin
at 3 p.m on Thursday, July 8, ending at 5 p.m. at the McDonald's located
at 1120 West 22nd Street in Oak Brook, Illinois. During this time, his
race car will also be on display at the same location. The No. 1
McDonald's(r) Chevrolet will also be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Friday, July 9 at the McDonald's located at 600 N. Clark in Chicago, and
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 at the McDonald's located at
778 South Weber Road in Romeoville. Twitter followers of McDonald's can
interact with McMurray during a "Tweet Chat" with @McDonalds from the
appearance on Thursday, July 8, between the hours of 4:30-5 p.m. CT.
McDonald's Did You Know? The original McDonald's was founded by the
McDonald's brothers, Dick and Mac, in 1940. It wasn't until April of
1955 that the first franchised McDonald's opened in Des Plaines,
Illinois. The Hamburger University later opened in 1961 in nearby Elk
Grove Village, Illinois. McDonald's headquarters are currently located
in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Visit the Local McDonald's: While attending the race weekend at
Chicagoland Speedway stop at one of the two local McDonald's to curve
your breakfast, lunch or dinner tastes. The two locations are within
five miles of the speedway and can be found at 508 East Cass Streeat,
Joliet, IL 60432 and 1515 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60435.
Stop at the Local Bass Pro Shops: Bass Pro Shops is located just 25
miles north of the Chicagoland Speedway. Stop in for all your racetrack
and summer camping needs. The store can be found at 709 Janes Ave.,
Bolingbrook, IL 60440.
Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Target Team
Chicagoland History: Montoya will make his fourth start at Chicagoland
Speedway this weekend. In three previous starts Montoya has an average
start of 23rd and an average finish of 14th at the 1.5-mile oval.
Montoya's best weekend at the track came last year when he started 19th
and raced his way to a 10th-place finish. He has never finished lower
than 18th and has finished all races and laps (801).
Last Weekend: Juan Pablo Montoya and the Target team led 11 laps and
looked to be on their way for a repeat top-10 performance at Daytona
International Speedway until a 20-car pile-up collected the 42 team. The
damage sent them to the garage early and Montoya had to settle for a
27th-place finish when the checkered flag flew.
McDonald's Headquarters: McDonald's, primary sponsor on the No. 1
Chevrolet and an associate sponsor on the No. 42 Chevrolet, has their
headquarters located in nearby Oak Brook, IL. This Thursday, July 8th,
Montoya will be visiting the headquarters and participating in a meet
and greet with McDonald's staff and executives.
Target Employees Fun Fact: Did you know the sponsor of the No. 42
Chevrolet, Target, employs 351,000 people across 49 states? In order to
accommodate all of those employees at the Chicagoland Speedway, the
track would need to almost quintuple their seating capacity of 75,000.
CHASSIS INFO
No. 1 McDonald's Chevrolet (NSCS): Chassis #1006. Crew Chief Kevin
"Bono" Manion has elected to bring chassis #1006 this weekend to
Chicagoland, the same chassis that captured the pole and finished second
at the Darlington Raceway in May.
No. 42 Target Chevrolet (NSCS): Chassis #1003. Crew Chief Brian Pattie
will bring chassis #1003 this weekend to Chicagoland Speedway. Montoya
last ran this chassis in the Coke 600 where the Target team finished
38th due to an accident.
2010 STATS
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Ave Start Ave
Finish Pts. Pos./(Prev)
Jamie McMurray 18 1 2 4 5 15.4 20.1
19/17
Juan Pablo Montoya 18 0 1 4 8 13.3
20.4 21/22
CAREER STATS
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Ave Start Ave
Finish
Jamie McMurray 276 4 5 34 85 20.1 19.4
Juan Pablo Montoya 127 1 3 16 35 18.4
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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