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CORNELIUS, N.C. (July 29, 2009) – Coming off what was nearly team’s best race of the season, Kimmel Racing looks to Pocono Raceway with high hopes for a solid race weekend with the No. 44 Ansell/Menards Ford Fusion. Last week at Berlin Raceway, Kimmel led 36-laps and was running in third place when an on track incident with two laps to go took him out of contention. This week, he’s looking to redeem himself at Pocono during Saturday afternoon’s Pennsylvania ARCA 200.

“Our performance at Berlin was a real shot in the arm for the whole team,” explained Kimmel. “Even after the way it ended, it was still an overall success for the team based on the fact that we led laps and that we were a real factor in the entire event. What happened in the end is just one of those racing deals, but I definitely think the team is on an upbeat swing now.

Kimmel’s expectations for this weekend’s 80-lap race at Pocono Raceway is shaped by the past several events where the cars have been fast but the results have been impacted by usual occurrences of racing.

“In the last three races, the outcome hasn’t exactly been what we wanted but we’ve had fast cars and in general the team is looking the most competitive it has all year,” added Kimmel. “For example, we had a fast car at Pocono in June but we blew two tires – ran over something on the warm up lap and lost the right front and then later in the day we lost the left front. We don’t really know for sure but it was probably something in the geometry of the car that led to the tire problem and we’ve changed that since then so we shouldn’t have any problems this weekend.”

Kimmel, who has logged three wins and a total of 290 laps led at Pocono in 33 career starts, has clearly set his weekend goals.

“We want to be consistent and qualify in the top-10 and shoot for a top-five finish this weekend,” said Kimmel. “Getting through Pocono clean will be the key for us.”

- Co-Pilott Motorsports Marketing Press Release