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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES
Date: 02/21/2007
- CALIFORNIA’S CAMRY…The No. 22 Caterpillar Toyota Dave Blaney is scheduled to drive this weekend in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway is chassis No. 83. This is the same car the team tested earlier this month at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- BLANEY’S CAREER STATS…Blaney will make his 237th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start when the green flag waves Sunday afternoon. He made his first career Cup Series start in October 1992 at [Rockingham] North Carolina Speedway and finished 38th after qualifying in 17th in his first Cup Series start in Fontana in 2000. Like this weekend, Blaney was aboard a Bill Davis Racing-owned machine.
- LANEY AT CALIFORNIA…Blaney has made eight starts on the two-mile superspeedway during his Cup Series career, starting as high as 15th (2001) and finishing as high as ninth (2002). He has scored one top-10 finish and two top-15 finishes in Cup Series competition at California Speedway.
- BDR AT FONTANA…Competitors driving Bill Davis Racing-owned cars have been racing at California Speedway since 1997 and have made 18 starts. Those drivers have posted two top-10 finishes and have completed 4,266 of 4,505 possible laps (94.7 percent).
- LAST WEEK…Blaney and his No. 22 team raced to a 34th-place finish in the season opener last weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Blaney qualified his Toyota Camry in 37th place for the event.
- NEXT UP...Blaney and his Caterpillar Racing team, along with teammate Jeremy Mayfield and the No. 36 OTC 360 Racing team, will head to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway next Wednesday for two days of NEXTEL Cup Series testing.
- DOUBLE DUTY…Blaney will again pilot the No. 32 Braun Racing entry in the NASCAR Busch Series race Saturday afternoon. Blaney drove the car to a second-place finish last weekend in Daytona.
- GET YOUR 2007 GEAR…Blaney will make a trip to the Caterpillar souvenir trailer to sign autographs Friday, Feb. 23 following NASCAR NEXTEL Cup qualifying. Stop by the Cat souvenir trailer or visit www.daveblaney.com for updates and additional information.
- DAYTONA BROADCAST SCHEDULE…Qualifying for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Auto Club 500 is scheduled to start at 6:10 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 23. The 250-lap event is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 25, and will broadcast LIVE on FOX (TV), MRN (radio) and Sirius Satellite Radio.
THE CAT CREW…
Gordy Arbitter Front Tire Changer
Steve Aspinwall Tire Specialist
Gabe Barajas Rear Tire Carrier
Steve Channing Car Chief
Tim Clancy Transporter Driver
Nick Dasovich 2nd Can Gas
Jason Everhart Shocks/Gas Man
Garth Finley Engineer
Craig “Fish” Griffitts Engine Tuner
Kevin Hamlin Crew Chief
Michael Hubert Pit Support
Tom Hubert Rear Tire Changer
Tim Hussey Gas Runner
Ted Johnson Sign Board
Jason Kivette Catch Can
Philip Kuhn Pit Support
Chris “Crazy” Osborne Spotter
Kyle Roland Jack Man
Dave Salerno Windshield
Kevin Sharpe Front Tire Carrier
DAVE BLANEY ON CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY…“Speedweeks was a little rough for us and all of Bill Davis Racing actually, so we’re happy to be done with all of that and looking toward the race this weekend at California Speedway. We were impressed with the way our Toyota Camry ran in the Gatorade Duel last week. I think, though we’re obviously still learning a lot about the car, we have a lot of things to look forward to this year. We had a good test in Las Vegas with the car that we’re taking to the race in Fontana, and we really are looking forward to getting back to the basics and a normal type of weekend – practice, qualifying and the race. You know, you get that first weekend of restrictor plate racing out of the way, then you head to Fontana, and you get to see what you’ve really got. There’s no doubt we’ve still got work to do, but with all the support we get from Toyota and Caterpillar, we see good things for our team on the horizon.” See Also .: News Index | E-mail to a Friend
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