Race 2 Win: Busch Series Race Notes

NASCAR Busch Series

AT&T 250 - Scott Lagasse Jr. Notes

Scott Lagasse Jr. NBS Advance
Milwaukee

Race: AT&T 250 on Saturday, June 23, 2007
Track: The Milwaukee Mile (1-mile oval)
Location: West Allis, Wis.

Scott Lagasse Jr. and the No. 41 Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge Team Facts:

Lagasse Jr. Takes the Wheel at Milwaukee: After helping David Stremme and the No. 41 Wrigley’s Winterfresh team prepare to go racing throughout the last two weeks at Nashville Superspeedway and Kentucky Speedway, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) development driver Scott Lagasse Jr. will not only shake down the No. 41 Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge this weekend at The Milwaukee Mile but he will also pilot the CGRFS Dodge in Saturday night’s race. It will mark Lagasse’s first NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) start of the year, but it won’t be Lagasse’s first run at Milwaukee. The St. Augustine, Fla., native raced at the 1-mile oval in June 2005 for Fitz Racing (started 28th, finished 22nd). Lagasse officially became part of the CGRFS development driver program in 2005, after graduating from Flagler College with a bachelor’s degree in business/finance. One of the biggest highlights in Lagasse’s racing career was this past April when he scored his career-first win and consecutive top-five finishes in the ARCA/REMAX Series. First, he won the Kansas Lottery $150 Grand at Kansas Speedway in late April, and then went on to score a fourth-place finish at Kentucky Speedway in May. To learn more about Lagasse, go to www.scottlagasse.com.

CGRFS Launches Fan Apparel Design Contest: CGRFS is inviting NASCAR fans to turn their ideas into reality with the “Drive For Design Contest.” This new and innovative competition is encouraging motorsports enthusiasts to create their own unique fan gear, from which one talented winner’s creation will be produced in partnership with Motorsports Authentics and sold this fall at the CGRFS Concord, N.C., gift shop. The goal is for participants to create a CGRFS t-shirt and hat by incorporating one of the team’s drivers and sponsors. The team launched the apparel contest this past May and will proceed to accept entries through the month of June. Drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, Reed Sorenson and David Stremme will help select the winner. In addition to watching their t-shirt and hat designs come to life, the grand prize winner of the contest will also receive a Charlotte Racing Weekend Trip for two this upcoming October. To learn more about the contest details and to enter, go to www.chipganassiracing.com and click on the “Drive for Design Contest” button. There will be links providing rules and regulations for the competition, as well as downloadable t-shirt and hat templates. Entries can be submitted online or by postal mail.

Motor Whirled?: The Wrigley’s Racing Team just released “Motor Whirled,” an online video that gives race fans an inside look at drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, David Stremme, Reed Sorenson and Kasey Kahne. Hosted by Dick Casper, a guy who isn’t quite on the up and up when it comes to racing, the drivers participate in an off-the-wall question and answer session that covers everything from “boxers or briefs” to “who’s a better date: Sorenson or Stremme.” The first two-minute episode can be seen at the link below and a second episode of Motor Whirled will follow in the coming weeks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgILeWcOPo.

Chassis: Crew chief Brian Pattie and the Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit team are bringing chassis #452 to Milwaukee this weekend. The car proved to be the team’s best chassis last season. With a total of six starts in 2006, the car tallied four top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes. The same chassis played a key part in the team’s high point of 2006 when Reed Sorenson drove the car to two fourth-place finishes back-to-back in July at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and Gateway International in St. Louis, Mo. Sorenson went on to record a second-place finish in early August at the O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind., as well.

Please Step Forward, 41 Crew: After scoring their second top five of the season in last Saturday’s Busch race at Kentucky Speedway, the No. 41 team took two steps forward in the NBS points standings. The CGRFS Busch team is now listed 25th, just 115 points away from the top 15.

When to Watch: The AT&T 250 at The Milwaukee Mile is scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday, June 23, and will broadcast live on ESPN2, MRN radio and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 128. Qualifying for the 250-mile competition is scheduled to start at 5:35 p.m. ET Saturday and will be broadcast live on SPEED.

Clauson has Eventful Birthday Weekend: After turning 18 Friday, which made it officially legal for the teenager to go NASCAR racing later this year, Bryan Clauson headed to the O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) in Clermont, Ind., to win the 30-lap Toyota USAC Racing Classic National Midget race Saturday. He also finished third in the USAC Sprint car race that same day at ORP. Up next for the 18-year-old racer is an ASA South competition at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway Saturday, June 23.

Bacon Update: CGRFS development driver Brady Bacon just scored a runner-up finish at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway in the USAC National Sprint car race last Thursday, June 14, and then finished 16th in the same Toyota USAC Racing Classic National USAC Midget race Clauson won Saturday, June 16, at ORP. Bacon also finished 21st in the USAC Sprint Car race that same day at the Indiana short track. Up next up for Bacon are the USAC National Midget car races at Knoxville (Tenn.) Raceway Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23.