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Dodge NASCAR Nationwide Series Dover Pre Race Notes & Quotes
Press Release
Dodge Motorsports NNS Race Advance
Heluva’ Good 200
Dover International Speedway
Dodge in NASCAR Nationwide Series
• Dodge has three win in the 2010 NNS season (Justin Allgaier – Bristol and Brad Keselowski – Talladega and Richmond).
• Penske Racing has three wins along with 11 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes through the first 10 races this season.
JUSTIN ALLGAIER – No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge
Highlights:
• Earned his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win this year at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading a 1-2 Penske Racing Dodge finish.
• Allgaier’s fifth-place position in the point standings is best among full-time, Nationwide Series-only drivers. Allgaier leads fellow Nationwide-only driver Jason Leffler, currently ranked ninth, by 357 points.
• Allgaier has finished 17th or better in the 10 races this season including five top-10 finishes.
• He was the 2009 Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series.
• Earned his first career Nationwide Series pole at Memphis last fall.
• Second full year with Penske Racing in Nationwide Series.
• Won the ARCA championship in 2008, posting six wins and overcoming a 105-point deficit in final race.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Ruby Tuesday Dodge
Highlights:
• Keselowski leads the Nationwide Series driver standings with a 55 point advantage over second place.
• Keselowski earned back-to-back wins at Talladega and Richmond earlier this season.
• Keselowski has earned eight top-five finishes of the season.
• Keselowski has finished inside the top 10 in 37 of the last 41 Nationwide races.
• Earlier this year, he claimed back-to-back poles at Las Vegas and Bristol.
• Recorded career-high four victories in 2009 (Dover, Iowa, Michigan and Memphis).
“I don’t think Dover gets the recognition that it deserves. It’s a nasty racetrack and I mean that in a good way. Very few tracks are as physically demanding as Dover. It’s hard on both the drivers and equipment. At no point during the race can you just log laps because, if you aren’t racing another driver, you are making sure that you keep your car out of the wall. For that reason, Dover is one of my favorite tracks. I was able to win there last year and we are running well enough that we can win this week, too.” - – Brad Keselowski, No. 22 Ruby Tuesday Dodge Charger
“Dover is a great race track. It’s a concrete surface, which is something that has obviously been very kind to us here lately. It’s a fast track, and every time you drive off into the corners it’s equivalent to the height of a one or two-story building. It’s a place where you’re never able to relax. Even the straightaways are very demanding at Dover.
“It’s pretty incredible to be making my 50th Nationwide Series start this weekend. I’ve been very fortunate to be part of the Penske organization for all of those starts. Hopefully we’ll be able to add another zero to that number in a few years and be talking about my 500th NASCAR start someday.” - – Justin Allgaier, No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge Charger
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