Tuesday
Eric McClure Kansas Lottery 300 Preview
Press Release
Venue: Kansas Speedway
Circuit: NASCAR Nationwide Series (Race 29 of 34)
Event: Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps; 3000 miles)
Primary Sponsor: Hefty® Brand —Lake Forest, IL (www.heftybrands.com)
Associate Sponsors: Staybridge Suites —Independence, MO (www.staybridge.com/kcindependence); Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org)
Eric McClure/ No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford Notes of Interest
Dover Recap:
- The Virginia driver scored a 24th-place finish despite qualifying in the 40th position.
- This finish places McClure 17th in Nationwide Series Driver Standings and places Team Rensi Motorsports (TRM) 28th in Nationwide Series Owner Standings.
Kansas Lottery 300 Fast Facts: “Third Time’s a Charm”
- The 30-year-old will be attempting his third career start at Kansas Speedway and his 102nd start in the Nationwide Series.
- McClure’s rookie outing in 2007 warranted a 42nd-place finish after a transmission failure on lap 62 and in 2008, although able to finish, McClure finished in the 33rd position as a result of a steering box failure and a cut tire under green conditions.
- In two starts, McClure has only completed 64% of the laps and has one DNF.
- TRM plans to utilize chassis # 48. It was last run at Nashville Superspeedway in June where it scored a 22nd-place finish.
Special Visits:
- Thursday, October 1: The Virginia native will be making special appearances at the following places on Thursday, October 1. All events are open to the public:
- Lowe’s # 1180 (with show car): 1830 NW Chipman Road Lees Summit, MO 11:30am – 1:00pm
- Wal-Mart # 2855 (with show car): 16100 W 65th St Shawnee, KS 1:30pm – 3:30pm
- Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church “Finish a Winner” Community Event : 5502 Frederick Blvd St. Joseph, MO 5:30pm – 9:00pm
Up To Speed
- Catch the Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford in the Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday, October 1, 2009 beginning at 3:00pm (EDT) on ESPN 2. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will also broadcast the event live.
“I’m looking forward to Kansas. We’ve struggled at times on the mile-and-a-half tracks this year but we are showing improvement each week and I think this will be a great opportunity to continue our improvement. The track is located in a great area and we will have several guests from our partners, Hefty® brand and Staybridge Suites, located in Independence, MO, in attendance. Hopefully we can have a good day for all of them.”
- Team Rensi Motorsports Press Release
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Third time will be a charm for eric at the KL 300. Tune it to support eric, the hefty 24 team AND their sponsor, Wounded Warrior Project. In fact, you can support WWP right now just by using their yahoo search page at http://www.freelanthropy.com /search/wwp . It’s free and Wounded Warrior Project earns money when you search the web. Go, Eric, Go! We’re rooting for you on Saturday.