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Dodge Motorsports 2010

Dodge in 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series

- With 17 races completed in the 2010 season, Penske Racing’s two NASCAR Nationwide Series entries have rive poles and four wins along with 19 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes. Penske Dodges have an average starting position of 10.7, an average finish of 7.4, have completed 6,181 of 6,202 laps and have led 729 laps.

DID YOU KNOW

• In five previous Nationwide Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway, Penske Racing entries have recorded two poles, one top-five and three top-10 finishes, completed 801 of 1,000 laps contested and have led 281 laps.

• Dodge started 1-2 in the Nationwide Series for the first time this season last weekend at Daytona (Brad Keselowski and Parker Kligerman).

• Keselowski has the NASCAR record of 84 consecutive Nationwide Series races without a DNF.

JUSTIN ALLGAIER – No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge

Highlights:

• Allgaier earned his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win this year at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading a 1-2 finish for Penske Racing and Dodge.

• Through the first 17 NNS races, Allgaier has posted one pole, one win, five top-five and nine top-10 finishes including an average starting position of 11.9 and an average finish of 10.9. Allgaier has led 127 laps.

• Allgaier is currently ranked third in the point standings, 488 markers behind leader and Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski and 211 points behind second-place contender Carl Edwards.

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge

Highlights:

• After 17 races, Keselowski and the No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge team currently lead the Nationwide Series driver point standings by 277 points over Carl Edwards. Keselowski has led the standings since his win at Talladega Superspeedway in April.

• Keselowski earned back-to-back wins at Talladega and Richmond.

• Keselowski leads the Nationwide Series in top-five finishes (14), top-10 finishes (16) and laps completed. His only finish outside the top 10, a 13th at Daytona in February. He has completed all 3,101 laps contested this season and has led the field for 602 of those circuits.

• Keselowski has more top-five finishes than any other Nationwide Series competitor has top-10 finishes.

DODGE NATIONWIDE QUOTES

“Chicagoland Speedway is a very interesting race track. It’s a mile-and-a-half track, but it feels like racing on a two-mile oval like Michigan or Auto Club Speedway. The backstretch isn’t straight; it’s got some definition to it. The track was built with the backstretch elevated so the fans on the frontstretch could see the entire track, so you drive uphill into Turn 2, and downhill off of Turn 4. - – Justin Allgaier, No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge Charger

“I place a lot of emphasis on running well in the Midwest. It’s an important area to me and my family. My dad and uncle won a lot of races around there. My brother and I won a lot of late model races in the Midwest as well. It means a lot to me to run up front and contend for wins when I go back now with Penske Racing.”

- – Brad Keselowski, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Charger

“Chicago is a pretty unique race track. It’s a very fast 1.5-mile oval so you need to make sure that you have done your homework in the aerodynamic department. You also need mechanical grip because the track is very bumpy and the surface is becoming pretty worn.

– Paul Wolfe, crew chief, No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Charger