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No. 29 Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express Impala SS

Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event: Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by Turtle Wax – June 27, 2009

Venue: New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.

Clint Bowyer’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Performance History at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

· This Weekend’s Holiday Inn/Holiday Inn Express Chevrolet Impala SS at New Hampshire Motor Speedway… Clint Bowyer will pilot chassis No. 068 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable in this weekend’s Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by Turtle Wax. In 2008, this car was driven to a 12th-place finish at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in May and a fourth-place finish at Dover International Speedway in September. This season, Jeff Burton finished 10th with this car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in February and Bowyer drove this No. 29 racer to a third-place finish at Dover four weeks ago.

· Statistically Speaking… In four career NNS events at Loudon, Bowyer has earned one top-five and three top-10 finishes. He boasts a 3.8 average starting position and has never started outside the top eight. Also, the reigning NNS champion has completed all of the race laps in those starts and has led 163 laps of competition at NHMS

· Loop Stats … The Emporia, Kan., native has been scored in the top 15 for 745 of the 801 race laps at NHMS (93 percent) and has a 6.4 average running position. He leads all drivers over the past four NNS events at Loudon in number of fastest laps run under green-flag conditions (125).

· Former Loudon Winner … Although Bowyer has not won in Nationwide Series competition at NHMS, the 1.058-mile concrete oval was the site of his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory on September 16, 2007. Bowyer started on the pole and dominated the race, leading 222 of the 300 race laps, en route to the checkered flag.

· RCR at New Hampshire … In 19 NNS starts at Loudon, RCR has one win (Harvick – June 2007), three poles (Harvick – May 2001, July 2005 and June 2007), seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes. RCR-prepared Chevrolets have earned an 8.5 average starting position, a 10.6 average finishing position and have led 817 laps at NHMS.

· Holiday Inn Racing at Loudon … Scott Wimmer piloted the No. 29 Holiday Inn Racing Chevrolet to 11th- and 12th-place finishes at NHMS in 2007 and 2008, respectively.

· Rearview Mirror … Last Saturday night, Stephen Leicht drove RCR’s green, white and blue Chevrolet to an eighth-place finish at The Milwaukee Mile. Leicht started the 200-lap event sixth and led a lap during the early goings. It was Holiday Inn Racing’s 10th top-10 finish of the 2009 season.

· ‘Three Wide for the Name on the Ride’ … Only two races remain to determine which of the three Holiday Inn Racing drivers, Bowyer, Burton, and Leicht, will have their name above the door of the No. 29 Chevrolet for the remainder of the season. The driver with the most wins, or best average finish, following the July Daytona International Speedway event will win the internal wager.

o Advantage Bowyer … Bowyer, who currently leads the competition with a 10-place average finish, will pilot RCR’s No. 29 Chevrolet in the final two races of the wager. He needs an average finish of 19th or better in the next two races to win the naming rights.

o Burton Chasing … The 27-time NNS winner has earned a 13.1 average finishing position in his seven starts during the competition but is still in the running if Bowyer should falter over the next two events.

o Leicht … The Asheville, N.C., native earned a modest 14th-place average finish over his four races in the Holiday Inn Chevrolet during the competition.

· Dixie Land Sweepstakes … Dixie Stampede, an associate sponsor on RCR’s No. 29 Nationwide Series Chevrolet, has teamed up with Holiday Inn to give away a fun-filled weekend for one lucky fan and their guest, centered around Bristol Motor Speedway’s August events. The winner and their guest will receive a free two-night stay at the Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Holiday Inn on August 19th and 20th, two tickets to Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction and two tickets to Dollywood. They will also receive RV accommodations (provided by Tennessee RV Sales & Service) at Bristol Motor Speedway for August 21st and 22nd, two pit passes and race tickets to the Nationwide Series Food City 250 on Friday, August 21st and two race tickets to the Sprint Cup Series Sharpie 500 on Saturday, August 22nd. To enter to win or for more details, please visit www.dixiestampede.com or submit your entry by mail to Dixie Stampede, Attn: Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 58, Pigeon Forge, Tenn., 37868.

· Double Duty Wheeling … In addition to his NNS duties, Bowyer will pilot the No. 33 Hartford Chevrolet Impala SS in Sunday’s LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at NHMS. The 17th point-paying race on the NSCS schedule will be televised live on TNT beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will also be broadcast on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

· Race Broadcast Information … The Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by Turtle Wax will be televised live on ABC on Saturday, June 27 beginning at 2:30 p.m. EDT. PRN and Sirius XM Satellite Radio will begin their live coverage at 2 p.m. EDT. Qualifying for the 16th event of the 2009 NNS season will air on the same day beginning at 10 a.m. EDT on SPEED. PRN and Sirius XM Satellite Radio will also broadcast live updates of time trials.

CLINT BOWYER QUOTES:

You’ve had success at New Hampshire in the Nationwide Series and you’ve been running well in the Holiday Inn Chevrolet so far this season. What are your goals this weekend?

“New Hampshire has always been a good track for me, but I’ve never won a Nationwide Series race there. I’ve dominated that race two times and got bit on pit road. I came to pit during green-flag pit stops and the caution came out both times. Hopefully, we can get one of those back and get a win for Holiday Inn Racing. New Hampshire is where I got my first Cup win and it’s special to me because of that, and I really enjoy racing up there.”

They’ve done a little bit of work to that race track. It’s been evolving over the years. What do you think of the track?

“The track has always made for good racing. It’s a fun weekend for the fans to go up there, they get a lot of bang for their buck. They get to see modified racing, Nationwide racing, touring racing… There’s just a lot of racing going on there. It’s an action-packed weekend. It’s a lot of fun for the fans. I go up in the grandstands and watch two or three races myself.”

DOUG RANDOLPH (CREW CHIEF) QUOTE:

What are your thoughts heading into this weekend’s Nationwide Series race at Loudon?

“Our flat-track program is coming along and we’ve definitely learned a few things from Dover and Milwaukee to help improve our No. 29 Chevrolet. Loudon seems to fit Clint’s driving style and is a track where he has had strong runs in the Nationwide Series. Our goal is to improve on his third-place finish at Dover in May and, hopefully, contend for the win in the late stages of the races.”

There are only two races until one of the three Holiday Inn Racing drivers’ name will appear on the door for the remainder of the season. Clint is currently leading the contest. Do you think he can hold onto the top spot?

“I think Clint has an advantage heading into this weekend at Loudon and next weekend at Daytona because he had had solid runs at those two tracks. Right now, he has the edge based on average finishes but, like any of these three drivers, he wants to win it by taking the Holiday Inn Chevy to Victory Lane and earn the right to have his name above the door. As a team, we are not playing favorites, but we are hungry to win and we’re going to do all we can each weekend, no matter who is behind the wheel, to earn those victories.”

- Richard Childress Racing Press Release