No. 77 Dollar General Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 19 of 35—Chicagoland Speedway
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY FACTS & STATS:
· Lamar is currently 14th in NASCAR Busch Series driver points. Lamar is nine-points back from 13th-position and 1005-points behind team owner and Busch Series points leader, Kevin Harvick.
· Currently the top Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year, holding an eight-point lead over second place entering the Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway. Lamar is also the only rookie with three top-10 finishes in 2006. In the rookie class, Lamar holds the top finishing position, with his second-place finish at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway this February.
· The No. 77 Dollar General Chevrolet team owner, DeLana Harvick, is 19th in Owner points, nine-points back from 18th-place and 1,014-points behind the leader.
QUOTES:
Driver—Burney Lamar:
You will make your debut at Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway, what advice has your crew chief, Gene Nead, given you about racing at the 1.5-mile speedway?
“Gene Nead (crew chief) has been a great help with advice going into tracks that I’ve never seen before, he is able to pull from his bag of knowledge and explain tracks to me. Obviously this will be similar to the other mile-and-a-half tracks we’ve already run, which should be good because the learning curve won’t be quit so steep.”
“I would say it’s similar to Vegas (Las Vegas Motor Speedway), and Kansas (Kansas Speedway) type of tracks, and maybe even Kentucky (Kentucky Speedway).”
“Gene (Nead) and the guys on the team have rebuilt chassis No. 018 to take to Chicagoland (Ill.). This was the same car that we raced at Atlanta (Atlanta Motor Speedway), Texas (Texas Motor Speedway), and Charlotte (Lowe’s Motor Speedway). Unfortunately, I wrecked during the first practice session at Lowe’s and the Dollar General stores crew had to put a rear clip on the car.”
“I had the opportunity to go watch at Chicagoland (Ill.) last year with the crew chief for Tony Raines, Lance Deiters. I was able to watch practice for the Busch cars.”
QUICK NOTES
Race Info
July 8, 2006
Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway
USG Durock 300
Race length: 200 laps / 300 miles
Banking/Turns: 18 degrees
Track layout: 1.5-mile Shape: D-shaped tri-oval
Pre-Race Schedule—Friday—1:45-2:45 p.m. practice, 3:00-3:30 p.m. rookie practice, 5:10-7:10 p.m. final practice, Saturday—11:40 a.m. qualifying
TV – The USG Durock 300 can be seen live on TNT at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Radio - The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and XM Satellite will broadcast the race live at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Last Race
Race: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway
Start: 19th
Finish: 22nd
Laps Completed / Laps: 102/103
Laps Led: 0
Money: $34,081
Status: Running
Season Stats
Starts: 18
Wins: 0
Top-Fives: 1
Top-10s: 3
Poles: 0
Points Position: 14th
Total Winnings: $606,165
No. 77 Dollar General Stores Monte Carlo SS Specs
Chassis: 018
Car History: Raced in 2006 at Atlanta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C., and Texas.
Engine: RCR
POINTS OF INTEREST:
UPDATE: Dollar General Operation Big Chance…
Current points leader: Mark Day
[2006 Points Standings as of June 18, 2006]
NOTE: Dollar General, Nashville’s (Tenn.) Music City Motorplex and Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) will make a local racer’s dream come true. The driver who earns the most points in the Late Model or Super Truck divisions at the fairgrounds’ Music City Motorplex during the 2006 race season will earn the opportunity to test, and upon NASCAR’s approval a chance to compete in a NASCAR Truck Series event for KHI at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April 2007.
FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER AWARD: Burney Lamar earned the Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award for the June 30th Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway event. Lamar improved his position by 13-positions.
GLIMPSE IN THE PAST: CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY 2005—Burney Lamar was able to attend the Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway race as a Kevin Harvick Inc. development driver. Lamar attended the race with crew chief, Lance Deiters calling the shots for the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet. Tony Raines was the driver of the No. 33 KHI entry at Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway; Raines started the day 22nd and finished in the 19th-position.
BEST RADIO CHATTER FROM DAYTONA:
Burney Lamar was forced to take the No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet through the grass to avoid an on-track incident…
“We are just riding around in the grass like a cowboy”—Burney Lamar
“That’s the way you drive a race car!”—Eddie Thrap
DOLLAR GENERAL STORES CREW:
Crew Chief: Gene Nead
Car Chief / Catch Can Man: Dana Brugman
Front Tire Changer: Donald Colwell
Front Tire Carrier: Pat Shafer
Rear Tire Changer: Jason Romesburg
Rear Tire Carrier: Chris White
Jack Man: Tim Goad
Spotter: Eddie Thrap
Gas Man: Scott Weston
Engine Tuner: Chuck Johnson
Tire Specialist: Bart Apple
Pit Support: Richard Gray, Mike Bodsford, Kevin Riddle
ABOUT DOLLAR GENERAL:
Dollar General is a Fortune 500® discount retailer with more than 8,000 stores. Dollar General stores offer convenience and value to customers by offering consumable basic items that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids and cleaning supplies, as well as a selection of basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices. The Company store support center is located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Dollar General's website can be reached at www.dollargeneral.com.
ABOUT KEVIN HARVICK INC.:
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) is a 70,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. KHI is home to the No. 33 Truck Series team and driver Ron Hornaday, the No. 33 Outdoor Channel/Old Spice Busch Series team with drivers Tony Stewart, Ron Hornaday, Aaron Fike, Ron Fellows and Kevin Harvick and the No. 77 Dollar General stores Busch Series team with driver Burney Lamar. KHI enters into its third year of full-time competition in 2006 in NASCAR’s elite divisions. Please visit www.kevinharvickinc.com for more information.
