Federated Auto Parts 300 - Tony Raines Notes

RAINES POSTS CAREER MILESTONE AT NASHVILLE

MOORESVILLE, NC (June 9, 2004) – When Tony Raines takes the green flag Saturday night for the Federated Auto Parts 300, it will mark a career milestone for the Indiana native – his 150th Busch Series start. Since his inaugural race in the Series in 1999 at Daytona International Speedway, Raines has seen every green flag fall from the seat of a BACE Motorsports entry.

Raines has logged a lot of laps during his five-year tenure in the Busch Series with many coming in Tennessee, the site of this weekend’s race. With the miles (6974) ran at the four Tennessee facilities (Bristol, Memphis, Nashville Fairground and Superspeedway), Raines could drive roundtrip from Bristol to Memphis nearly ten times. While our calculators were out, here are some other interesting numbers from Raines’ first 149 starts.

1 Rookie-of-the-Year Title won in 1999
3 Number of second place finishes (S. Boston 6/00, Richmond 5/01, Bristol 3/03)
4 Number of tracks where Raines drove a Busch car that are no longer on the schedule
5 Top-10 finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway out of 11 starts
6 Raines highest finish in the NASCAR Busch Series Points Championship (2001)
13 Career Top-Five finishes
22 Number of different states competed in a Busch car
30 Number of different tracks where Raines has driven a Busch car
33 Car number for the 2000 – 2003 seasons
34 Career Top-10 finishes as well as the Raines’ age when he started his first Busch Series race
74 Car number for 1999 and 2004 seasons
100 Career Start came at Darlington Raceway in March, 2002
26, 561 Total Laps Run

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