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Sam’s Town 250 - Bryan Clauson Notes

Bryan Clauson
NBS Memphis Advance Notes

Race: Sam’s Town 250 on Saturday, October 27, 2007
Track: Memphis Motorsports Park (.75-mile tri-oval)
Location: Memphis, Tenn.

Bryan Clauson and the No. 41 Memorex Dodge Team Facts:

Fourth Run, but First Time: This weekend’s run at Memphis will mark 18-year-old Bryan Clauson’s fourth career NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) start but his first run at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Clauson, who just graduated from Noblesville (Ind.) High School and turned 18 this past June, has made three previous starts in the Busch Series. He made his debut at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) in early September, where he raced up to as high as 21st before a left-front tire rub relegated him into a four-lap deficit to finish the night in 36th place. He then proceeded to Kansas Speedway, where he started 33rd and moved up to as high as fifth place before falling victim to competitors with fresher tires (finished 23rd). He most recently raced at Lowe’s Motor Speedway where he scored a 14th-place starting position earlier in the day and then went on to avoid two colossal on-track collisions to finish the night in 20th.

Meet Bryan Clauson in Memphis: Clauson will stop by the OfficeMax store located at Wolf Chase Commons (8055 Giacosa Place) in Memphis, Tenn., from 5 to 7 p.m. CT Wednesday, October 24, to sign autographs and meet area race fans. For more information, call 901-371-9123.

Making His Way Around Town: Thursday, Clauson will spend the day hanging out with some of his fellow NBS competitors to take in some of the sites and scenes of the Elvis Presley’s hometown of Memphis. He, along with Scott Wimmer, Jason Keller, Brad Coleman and Chase Austin, will start their day visiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and then proceed to visit Graceland from there. They will wrap up the day and stop in on the Sam’s Town 250 Fanfest at the Peabody Place Retail and Entertainment Center. For more information go to www.memphismotorsports.com.

Standings Update: The No. 41 Memorex team is still 17h in the overall NBS owner ranks, with a current tally of 3,186. The team is 78 points outside of the top 15 and 178 points out of the top 10.

Chassis: Crew chief Brad Parrott and the No. 41 Memorex team are taking chassis #454 to Memphis this weekend. The car has had two fair runs this year. First, at Richmond International Raceway in May, Juan Pablo Montoya and team started and finished their run in 11th place. Then, CGRFS development driver Kevin Hamlin and team overcame a tight-handling condition and a late-race tap at the Milwaukee Mile to pull off a 16th-place finish (started 22nd) in June.

When to Watch: The Memphis Busch race is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, October 27. It will broadcast live on ESPN2 and MRN radio. Qualifying for the 250-lap competition is scheduled to start at 10:35 a.m. EDT Saturday. At this time qualifying is not scheduled for broadcast.