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No. 29 Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express Impala SS

Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event: Kansas Lottery 300 – October 3, 2009

Venue: Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, Kan.

Clint Bowyer’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Performance History at Kansas Speedway

· This Weekend’s Holiday Inn/Holiday Inn Express Chevrolet Impala SS at Kansas Speedway … Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 066 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable in this weekend’s Kansas Lottery 300. This is same No. 29 Chevrolet Bowyer drove to Victory Lane last weekend at Dover International Speedway. Stephen Leicht has also raced this Impala SS five times this season, finishing sixth and 11th in both Nashville Superspeedway events, eighth at The Milwaukee Mile, sixth at Gateway International Raceway and 10th at Iowa Speedway. Last season, Bowyer drove it to a ninth-place finish at Kentucky Speedway and a seventh-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway, while Stephen Leicht drove it to an 18th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in October.

· Heading Home … Bowyer, a native of Emporia, Kan., grew up just over 100 miles southwest of Kansas Speedway. He graduated from Emporia High School and attended Flint Hills Technical College, also located in Emporia.

· Back Where it Started … Bowyer began his career racing motorcycles in his native Kansas when he was five-years-old. He made the transition to four wheels in 1996, racing Street Stocks at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, Kan. Over the next seven seasons, he went on to win dirt modified championships at Thunderhill Speedway (2000), Lakeside Speedway (2001 & 2002) and Heartland Park Topeka (2001). Bowyer also won an asphalt late model championship at the famed I-70 Speedway in Odessa, Mo., and the 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Midwest Championship. Since then, the 30-year-old driver has won the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, eight NNS victories and two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins. In 153 NNS races, he has notched eight poles, 60 top fives and 100 top 10s.

· Statistically Speaking …

o Bowyer After a Win … In events immediately following his previous NNS victories, the reigning NNS champion boasts a sixth-place average finish with four top-five and six top-10 finishes. His only non top-10 finish was a 13th in 2007 at Talladega Superspeedway following his Phoenix International Raceway win.

o Start and Finish … Following a 32nd-place finish in his Kansas NNS debut in 2004, Bowyer has posted six consecutive top-16 finishes at the 1.5-mile oval. In fact, he has earned three top-five finishes in his last three starts there.

o Kansas Loop ‘D Loop … According to NASCAR’s loop data statistics, Bowyer leads all drivers in laps ran inside the top 15 with 774 of 800 laps contested (96.8 percent). He also has the most quality passes of any driver with 173 over the last four NNS races at Kansas. The quality pass formula is calculated by the number of passes a driver has completed while running inside the top 15 under green-flag conditions.

o Bowyer’s 2009 NNS Recap … In nine NNS starts this season, the defending series champion has earned two wins, one pole and five top-three finishes. He boasts a 6.8 average start, an 8.2 average finish and has completed 1,743 of the 1,746 laps contested (99.8 percent).

o RCR at Kansas … In 20 NNS starts at Kansas, RCR-prepared Chevrolets have earned one win (Kevin Harvick – 2006), seven top-five and nine top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.,-based organization has only four finishes outside the top 16 at the 1.5-mile oval and has completed 3,660 of the 4,012 laps contested (91.2 percent).

· Holiday Inn Racing Stats …

o Seven Races to Go … In the first 28 NNS races this season, Jeff Burton, Bowyer and Leicht have earned two wins (Bowyer – Daytona and Dover), six top-fives, 19 top-10 and 25 top-20 finishes. The three drivers boast a 10th-place average finish, a 10.4 average start and have led eight races for a total of 187 laps. Currently, the Doug Randolph-led team has finished in the top 15 in 14 consecutive races.

o Going for 10 … In 108 career NNS starts, RCR’s No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet has earned nine wins among three drivers. Burton has earned seven of them, including Dover (June 2006), Las Vegas Motor Speedway (March 2007), Atlanta Motor Speedway (March 2007), Auto Club Speedway (September 2007), Lowe’s Motor Speedway (October 2007) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (November 2007). Former RCR driver Scott Wimmer took the checkered flag at Nashville Superspeedway in the green, white and blue No. 29 machine last March, while Bowyer has recorded the two Holiday Inn Racing wins this season (July-Daytona, September-Dover).

· Double Down in Kansas … In addition to his NNS driver duties, Bowyer will pilot the No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas. Live coverage of the Price Chopper 400 will begin Sunday, October 4 beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and will be telecast on ABC. The race will also be broadcast on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio beginning at 1:15 p.m. EDT.

· Points Check … Last weekend, the Richard Childress-owned team advanced one position, to fifth, in the NNS owners’ point standings and now sits 39 markers behind Kevin Harvick Inc.’s No. 33 entry try in fourth.

· Stay Updated … For behind-the-scenes information about the No. 29 team and updates throughout each race weekend, visit www.twitter.com/HolidayInnRacin.

· Race Broadcast Information … The Kansas Lottery 300 will be televised live on Saturday, October 3 beginning at 3 p.m. EDT and will be telecast on ESPN2. The race will also be broadcast on MRN and Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 29th event of the 2009 NNS season will air live the same day beginning at 10 a.m. EDT on SPEED. MRN and Sirius XM Satellite Radio will also broadcast live updates of time trials.

· Mark Your Calendars … In honor of its 40th anniversary, RCR will host a Fan Day at the Welcome, N.C. complex on Thursday, October 22 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Activities include driver and pit crew autograph sessions, self-guided tours of RCR’s Sprint Cup and Nationwide shops as well as ECR’s engine shop, radio remotes, musical entertainment, pit crew competition, viewing of the DALE movie, question-and-answer session with team owner Richard Childress and much more. General admission to RCR’s Fan Day is just $5, which will benefit the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma.

· Online With the Times … To keep up with the latest news and information about Richard Childress Racing and to view exclusive online content, visit the team’s official website at www.RCRRacing.com. For qualifying and race results, check us out at www.twitter.com/RCRRacing.

Clint Bowyer

At the beginning of the season, why did you pick the Nationwide Series race at Kansas?

“It’s my home track and I wanted to race everything there is to race there. We’ve been close to winning the Nationwide race at Kansas before and it’s been one of my better tracks. We always run up front, in the top three at least, about every time we’ve run there. Kansas is the place where I want to put on a good show and try to win in front of my home town crowd.”

Over the last three Nationwide Series races at Kansas, you finished fifth, fourth and second. Can this be the weekend you win there?

“I hope so. We’ve had good showing there and it’s a good track for me. We’re bringing the same car we won Dover with and that definitely gives us a shot of confidence. Our No. 29 Chevy was strong last weekend and, hopefully, we can repeat and win this weekend.”

DOUG RANDOLPH QUOTES:

You’re bringing back the winning chassis from last weekend to Kansas. Do you think it will perform the same as it did in Dover

“Chassis No. 066 has been pretty good to us this year. Stephen (Leicht) drove it a few times this season and it performed well. We’ve done testing with this No. 29 Chevy and it has become our go-to car. The adjustments and gains we’ve made on it have really paid off, coming full circle last weekend. If we can show the consistent lap times like we did last weekend at Dover, we’ll be in good shape for another solid finish.”

Clint’s heading to a track he calls him home track. How big would it be to get him a win there?

“I know how much that track means to him and it would be huge to pull out a win there. He’s been strong at Kansas in his last three starts and I think we’re giving him a Chevy that is capable of winning this weekend.”

- Richard Childress Racing Press Release