Jeremy Mayfield - 360 OTC Racing Event Preview
Auto Club 500 - February 25, 2007
California Speedway - Fontana, CA
News and Notes:
California’s Camry… The No. 36 360 OTC Toyota Camry Jeremy Mayfield is scheduled to drive this weekend in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway is chassis No. 105. This Camry is new, but it was tested earlier this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Mayfield’s Career Stats… Mayfield will make his 404th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start when the green flag waves Sunday afternoon. He made his first career Cup Series start in October 1993 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway and finished 12th (qualified 21st) in his first Cup Series start in Fontana in 1997.
Mayfield at California… Mayfield has made 12 starts on the two-mile speedway during his Cup Series career, starting as high as second (1998 and 2004) and scoring one victory (2000). He has earned three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes in Fontana. Mayfield boasts his best average starting spot at this track with an average 12th-place qualifying effort in his 12 races there.
BDR at Fontana… Competitors driving Bill Davis Racing-owned cars have been racing at California Speedway since 1997 and have made 18 starts. Those drivers have posted two top-10 finishes and have completed 4,266 of 4,505 possible laps (94.7 percent).
California Broadcast Schedule… Qualifying for the Auto Club 500 is scheduled to start at 6:10 p.m. ET Friday, Feb. 23. The 250-lap event is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 25, and will broadcast LIVE on FOX (TV), MRN (radio) and Sirius Satellite Radio.
Jeremy Mayfield on California Speedway…
“Obviously, we were very disappointed with the way things turned out in Daytona, but we knew going in the possibility existed that we wouldn’t make the show. We can’t spend a lot of time dwelling on it. We can only make sure that when we show up in California, we don’t have the same result. This is a good race team; there’s no doubt about that, and there were bound to be hiccups along the way. Hopefully, we got ours out of the way early, and we can get to Fontana and get things started in the right direction. We tested the 360 OTC car we’re taking in Las Vegas, so we know we have a good Toyota Camry for this weekend. We just have to make sure we stick to the fundamentals and get ourselves a good qualifying run and make the show. There’s absolutely no reason why we wouldn’t be able to do that. We have everything it takes.”
