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NASCAR BGN: At 19 years old, Casey Atwood makes 55th BGN start this weekend

4 May 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

* The Hardee's 250 marks Casey Atwood's 55th career NASCAR Busch Series starts.

* At 19 years old, Casey Atwood is poised to surpass $1,000,000 in NASCAR Busch Series career earnings by the end of this month. His current winnings total $899,686.

CASEY ATWOOD TO PILOT A NEW CASTROL GTX CAR IN RICHMOND: The Castrol GTX Racing team unveiled a new No. 27 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Antioch, Tennessee resident to pilot in the Hardee's 250 NASCAR Busch Series race.

"We had an awesome car for flatter tracks like Richmond but we destroyed it last year in Homestead," said Atwood. "I drove that car to my first win and two poles. When the team built this new car to replace it, they used the measurements from other car to go off of."

Atwood is hoping a new car can help turn around his unflattering results in recent Richmond races.

"In my first race, I ran pretty good but the next two weren't anything to brag about," said Atwood. "The frustrating part is that I love racing on short tracks. If this new car is anything like the one it's modeled after, I'll be in good shape."

MEET CASEY ATWOOD IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA: On Thursday, May 4, 2000, fans can meet and receive autographs from Casey Atwood, driver of the No. 27 Castrol GTX Chevrolet Monte Carlo, at the Driving Away Dystrophy Fifth Annual Race Fan Night and Auction from 6:30-7:00 p.m. The event, which benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Central Virginia Chapter, raised $31,000 last year.

Text provided by Craig Bailey

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