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23-year old Drew Herring, from Benson, N.C., will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut Saturday driving Baker Curb Racing’s No. 27 Ford Fusion.

DREW HERRING @ IOWA SPEEDWAY

· Captured the pole for the 2009 Pork 200 USARacing Pro Cup Series race and went on to lead 128 of the 200 laps before settling for a second-place finish

· Started sixth and finished ninth in the Alan Kulwicki Memorial / Race 2 Recover 225 USARacing Pro Cup race in 2008

BAKER CURB RACING NO. 27 2010

· Rank tenth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner point standings

· Two runner-up finishes with Greg Biffle (Auto Club Speedway 2/20/10 and Richmond 4/30/10)

· Three different drivers have registered top-10 finishes in the No. 27 (Biffle, Kelly, Wimmer)

DREW HERRING 2009

· Started from the pole, led 132 of the 250 laps and captured his first USARacing Pro Cup Series victory in the Sunoco 250 at South Georgia Motorsports Park (4/25/09)

· Finished third in the USARacing Pro Cup Series Championship standings and fifth in the regular season point standings

· Qualified in the top five for 11 of the 14 USARacing Pro Cup Series races

· Made two ARCA Racing Series starts in 2009, finishing in the top 20 of both races at Rockingham Speedway

DREW HERRING CAREER

· Was the 2008 USARacing Pro Cup Series Rookie of the Year collecting seven top-10 finishes in 14 starts

· Won the 2007 late model championship at Southern National Raceway Park, registering seven wins and 21 top five-finishes in 29 races

· Captured the 2006 late model championship at South Boston Speedway, winning nine of the 13 races

DREW HERRING ON IOWA

“Everything with this deal kind of came together at the last minute and I still can’t believe the opportunity I’ve been presented with. I’m super excited to be making my first career Nationwide Series start with Baker Curb Racing. They’ve been very successful this year and have a bunch of super nice guys on this team. I’m looking forward to getting to Iowa and getting on the track. I haven’t raced in awhile so I’ve got a lot built up inside me and I’m ready to let it all out this weekend! I’ve raced at Iowa Speedway in the Pro Cup Series and have been very successful.

It seems like everyone has that one track that from the first lap you take around it, you just have a good feel for it. For me, it’s definitely Iowa. I feel like the Nationwide car will be similar to what I’ve been running and I’ll be able to transfer my success in the Pro Cup over to this series.”

CREW CHIEF JOHN REESE ON IOWA

“Iowa is a great track with great fans. It will be even more exciting under the lights. With the race being at night, it will change the conditions a little bit. We had our best finish of the year at Iowa last year with Jason Keller, so we’ll have a pretty good starting point on a setup. After spending some time the last few days with Drew, I’m really excited about having him in our car. He really has a lot of race smarts. He ran in the Pro Cup Series races at Iowa the last two years and has been very fast there.

I think being familiar with the track will help ease his nerves as he makes his Nationwide Series debut. Having Wayne Grubb as a spotter and driver coach will be a huge benefit for both Drew and our team. Wayne drove in the Nationwide Series before so he’ll be able to help Drew with his lines. At the same time, he is one of our mechanics so we’ll have an eye in the sky seeing how the car is reacting in all four corners of the track and be able to provide good feedback.”

- Baker Curb Racing Press Release