Race 2 Win: Carquest Auto Parts 300

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Carquest Auto Parts 300 - Dave Blaney Notes

Dave Blaney
No. 31 Whelen Chevrolet
Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event/Date: CARQUEST 300 – May 28, 2005
Venue: Lowe’s Motor Speedway – Concord, N.C.

NOTES:

This Week’s Race Car at Lowe’s Motor Speedway … Dave Blaney will pilot chassis No. 019 from the Marsh Racing stable. This is the same car Blaney raced to a 19th-place finish earlier this season at Las Vegas. Todd Bodine finished fifth with the same car last fall at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Stats Fact … In eight NASCAR Busch Series starts at LMS, Blaney owns two poles and four top-five starts, boasting a solid starting average of 11.

Blaney’s Best … Blaney’s best finish for Marsh Racing is a ninth-place effort at Richmond in September 2003. All totaled, the Hartford, Ohio, native owns seven top-five and 22 top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Busch Series with a pair of career-best runner-up efforts coming at Atlanta (3/13) and Darlington (9/4) in 1999.

RCR Chips In ... Blaney’s Jack Daniel’s crew will pit the No. 31 Busch Series entry Saturday night. Crew chief Philippe Lopez and team engineer Brian Bass will also be on hand to help call the race.

David vs. Goliath … In 56 Busch Series starts, Marsh Racing, headquartered in Old Lyme, Conn., has earned three top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. In 2003, Blaney recorded three top 10s for Marsh Racing at Michigan (8/16), Richmond (9/5) and Atlanta (10/25).

Not Just NASCAR … In addition to its Busch Series efforts, Marsh Racing fields a C5 Corvette for Whelen Engineering owner Sonny Whelen in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge. Last weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Whelen started 17th and finished 18th.

Triple Threat … In addition to his duties this weekend in NASCAR’s Busch and NEXTEL Cup Series, the 1995 World of Outlaws Champion will race the No. 74 Smith Brothers’ entry on Wednesday night, May 25 when the Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series returns to the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Whelen’s Way … For more than 50 years, Whelen and its 800 fulltime employees have provided innovative emergency lighting and siren products in the automotive, aviation, industrial, emergency management and traffic management markets. Whelen is also a household name to race fans across America. Whelen is the title sponsor of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the Official Licensed Warning Lights of NASCAR. The company also provides emergency lights for safety vehicles, tracks and pace cars for ASA, ARCA, IRL, CART, IROC, SCCA, and The World of Outlaws. All Whelen products are made in America.

Up to Speed … The CARQUEST 300 NASCAR Busch Series race will be televised live Saturday, May 28 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on FX and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network (PRN) and XM Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the CARQUEST 300 will air live on SPEED Friday, May 27 at 5 p.m. EDT.

DAVE BLANEY QUOTES:
You’ve had a pretty rough go of it so far in the Busch Series this season, but Marsh Racing is a strong team. Is there anything you or the team needs to do to start moving in a better direction?
“I don’t think so. We had some bad luck two weeks ago in Richmond, but that was through no fault of our own. I just got caught up in someone else’s mess. We had a good car in Las Vegas, unfortunately we got a lap down and couldn’t get it back. The car was very strong at the end, it was just a little too late. The guys worked their butts off the last two weeks getting the car we wrecked at Richmond ready so we could use it as a back up this weekend at Charlotte and for our primary next weekend at Dover. All we need is to be a little bit of luck and we’ll be right there.”

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