Dollar General stores Merchandise Trailer autograph session—Saturday, August 25 from 12:00 p.m. until 12:30 p.m.
QUOTES:
Back to a track that you’ve made some laps around…Bristol Motor Speedway…what are your goals leading into the Food City 250?
“Honestly, finishing 20th in the spring race at Bristol wasn’t so bad considering who I was racing against. And for the first time racing there, I went into the race with only an hours worth of practice. This time going into the race I know what to do and what not to do.”
“We are taking a better car to Bristol. It’s the same car we raced in the spring, but with a better body.”
“I would have to say my goal still remains, finish. I know that even the best veterans going into Bristol will have the same goal to finish.”
QUICK NOTES:
Race Info
August 19, 2006
Bristol Motor Speedway
Food City 250
Race length: 250 laps/133.24 miles
Banking/Turns: 36 degrees
Track layout: 0.533 miles
Shape: high-banked oval
Pre-Race Schedule—Friday—8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Practice, 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Rookie Practice, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Final Practice, 5:05 p.m. Qualifying
TV – The Food City 250 can be seen live on TNT at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Radio - The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 7:30 p.m. ET.
No. 77 Dollar General stores Monte Carlo SS Specs
Chassis: 010
Car History: Raced at Bristol in the spring and Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Engine: RCR
OPERATION BIG CHANCE:
UPDATE: Dollar General Operation Big Chance…
Current points leader: Mark Day
[2006 Points Standings as of August 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.
FOOD CITY FAMILY NIGHT: Burney Lamar will make a two-hour appearance at the Food City Family Race Night on Thursday night from
6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Food City Family Race Night is NASCAR's premier pre-race event held on State Street in downtown Bristol, Tenn., from 1 p.m. until 9p.m.
Driver autographs, showcars, simulators, commercial characters, souvenirs, food sampling and much more await you at Food City Family Race Night.
BEST RADIO CHATTER FROM MICHIGAN:
The best of the best with Gene Nead atop the pit box for the ARCA RE/MAX event Friday night…
“Gene, just sit down and watch the race. We’ll handle it from here.”—Burney Lamar
“Gene, if we win, we’ll need to find ourselves a pair of Cadillacs”—Burney Lamar
“The ones with the reverse window?”—Gene Nead
“Those are the ones.”—Burney Lamar
“Good to let the wind blow in your pretty little face.”—Gene Nead
