Busch Silver Celebration 250 - Stephen Leicht Notes

Stephen Leicht
Gateway International Raceway Fast Facts
No. 90 CitiFinancial Ford Fusion
Busch Silver Celebration 250
NASCAR Busch Series
Saturday, July 29

LEICHT GATEWAY NOTES- Stephen Leicht returns to the No. 90 CitiFinancial Ford for the running of this weekend's NASCAR Busch Series Busch Silver Celebration 250 at Gateway International Raceway. This will be Leicht's first Busch Series start at the St. Louis oval. Leicht has 10 prior starts in the NASCAR Busch Series this year with one top-10 and four top-15's.

LEICHT'S QUOTES- "CitiFinancial had two great runs last weekend at Pocono and Martinsville and I'd like to keep the momentum going this weekend at Gateway. I can't say enough about how well this Busch program is coming together. Every week we improve and get closer to a top-five finish and even a victory. All of the hard work is starting to pay off and I'm looking forward to a solid finish this weekend at Gateway."

CHASSIS INFORMATION-The CitiFinancial team is taking chassis No.B7 to Gateway. This is the same chassis that RYR raced at Charlotte (started 14th, finished 19th), and Bristol (started 21st, finished 24th).

POINTS- The No. 90 CitiFinancial team remains in the 29th position in the owner point standings.

DID YOU KNOW- Elliott Sadler, then 22 years old, won the first NASCAR Busch Series race at Gateway on July 26, 1997. Ten years later, Sadler’s teammate, Leicht is entered in this event. Leicht, who at age 19 will make only his 11th series start and his first at Gateway, is a developmental driver for Robert Yates Racing. Leicht made his debut in NASCAR’s premier series last week at Pocono, having to qualify on time which he did (36th). He finished 33rd. Leicht is also scheduled to become the youngest driver to qualify for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in two weeks.

LAST WEEKEND- Despite a 26th-place finish at Martinsville, Matt McCall found his groove, running in the top-10 before contact with another car sent him spinning.