Scott Wimmer
No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet
Event Preview Fact Sheet
Event/Date: Camping World 200 – June 30, 2007
Venue: New Hampshire International Speedway – Loudon, N.H.
NOTES:
This Week’s Race Car at New Hampshire International Speedway … Scott Wimmer will pilot Chassis No. 049 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable this weekend, a car that tested at Richmond International Raceway on March 27-28 earlier this season. Jeff Burton and company posted the fastest lap of the 59 cars in the morning test on March 27 and the fourth-best lap in the evening session. Wimmer posted the fourth-fastest lap time in the Wednesday morning session.
Track Stat … In four NASCAR Busch Series starts at New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS), Wimmer has posted one top-five and two top-10 finishes.
RCR at New Hampshire … In 14 previous Busch Series starts at NHIS, RCR has posted two poles (Harvick, April 2001 and July 2005), six top-five and nine top-10 finishes. RCR cars have also led 615 laps.
Gaining Ground … Last weekend’s second-place finish at The Milwaukee Mile was Wimmer’s season best behind the wheel of the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet and advanced the team 23 points in the NASCAR Busch Series owners’ championship point standings. The team sits second and is now just 188 markers behind Jack Roush’s No. 60 machine. This is the second straight week that the Richard Childress Racing team has advanced in the owners’ point standings.
Four, Three, Two, One? … In Wimmer’s last three starts behind the wheel of the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevy he has finished fourth (Nashville Superspeedway), third (Kentucky Speedway) and second (The Milwaukee Mile).
Design the Holiday Inn Chevy … Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, the world's most recognized hotel brand, will rev-up race fans' creativity with the launch of its second annual online "Design A Car" contest. Through July 31 consumers can log on to http://www.holidayinn.com/designacar to design a new paint scheme for Richard Childress Racing's No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and submit their design for online voting by visitors to the site. Jeff Burton will then select the winning paint scheme from among the fans' favorites. The winning design will be featured on Burton's car during the NASCAR Busch Series finale in Homestead, Fla., on November 17. Winners of this year's "Design a Car" contest will also receive a trip for two to the race with V.I.P. treatment that includes a meeting with Burton.
Catch the Action … The Camping World 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway will be televised live on ABC on Saturday, June 30 beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The race will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 18th of 35 races on the 2007 Busch Series calendar will be televised live on SPEED the same day at 10 a.m. EDT.
SCOTT WIMMER QUOTES:
What is the biggest challenge when getting around New Hampshire?
“New Hampshire is really a unique race track. The inside groove feels like it is banked the other way. Up off the inside groove there is a little more banking but it still feels really flat. The straightaways are really long and the corners are real tight so it is very important to have a car that handles well. It is a pretty tricky track to get around. Hopefully, we can go there and use a lot of notes that we got at Milwaukee last weekend because they are similar tracks.
The No. 29 is currently second in the owners’ points standing. What is your outlook at the half-way point of the season?
“The reason we are there is because of the way that Jeff (Burton) ran at the beginning of the year. The past three weeks, I have been able to do the same and run up front and get a lot of points. It also helps that the No. 60 car has had some bad luck the past two weeks. It is a lot of pressure because Burton will go out and run well every week so I feel like I need to go out and do the same when I am in the car. It would be great to get those owners’ points for Richard (Childress) and the whole team. If we keep running the way we are running we will be up front there in the next few weeks.”
