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Richard Childress Racing

Race: Kobalt Tools 500 – March 7, 2010
Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, Ga.
Series: Sprint Cup Series

Richard Childress Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Notes:

· RCR in the ATL … In 113 starts at AMS, RCR has earned four poles and nine wins including Kevin Harvick’s emotional victory in the Cracker Barrel 500 on March 11, 2001. Prior to that, Dale Earnhardt won eight times at the Hampton, Ga., track. Additionally, RCR boasts 27 top-five and 48 top-10 finishes at AMS. Meanwhile, RCR- prepared Chevrolets have led 2,813 laps at the ultra-fast 1.54-mile quad oval. Richard Childress, a former driver on NASCAR’s senior circuit, recorded his best finish at Atlanta, ninth, in the Atlanta Journal 500 on Nov. 2, 1980.

· Get to the Points … All three of RCR’s Sprint Cup Series drivers are in the top seven of the overall championship point standings heading into the fourth race of the 2010 season. Forty-seven markers separate point leader Harvick and Bowyer’s second-place tally. Burton is seventh in the point standings, 79 points in arrears to Harvick.

· Since We’re Talking Stats … In the first three races of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, the three RCR drivers have earned four top-five and seven top-10 finishes. They have led a combined 158 laps and have completed all laps contested. Additionally, the RCR trio has run inside the top 15 for an average 577.7 of the 725 race laps (79.7 percent).

· Las Vegas Rewind … All RCR-prepared Chevrolets finished in the top 11, for the third consecutive week, in last weekend’s Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas. Harvick recorded his second consecutive runner up finish, rebounding from a poor qualifying effort of 34th after making contact with the wall during practice. Bowyer was a mainstay in the top 15 for the majority of the race and went on to record an eighth-place finish. Burton rallied from a 22nd starting position and going a lap down to the leaders just past halfway because of a right-front tire issue to earning an 11th-place effort.

· RC in D.C. … Team owner Richard Childress spent the better part of March 2-3 in Washington, D.C. Childress, a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s board of directors, attended a March 2 dinner hosted by the bipartisan organization. On March 3, he had a full schedule of morning and afternoon meetings with members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on behalf of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. Childress then attended the sixth Annual Armed Forces Foundation Congressional Gala that evening with drivers Bowyer and Burton before flying home to North Carolina.

· RCR on Twitter … To keep up-to-date with the latest news and information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR’s Twitter page – @RCRracing – along with the RCR Sprint Cup Series team Twitter pages – @RCR29KHarvick, @RCR31JeffBurton and @RCR33CBowyer.

· Catch the Action … The Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway will be televised live on Sunday, March 7 beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Fox. The race will also be broadcast live on Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the fourth of 36 points-paying races on the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tour begins Friday, March 5 at 6p.m. EST and will broadcast live on SPEED.

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Race: E-Z-GO 200 – March 6, 2010
Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, Ga.
Series: Camping World Truck Series

Richard Childress Racing

NASCAR Camping World Truck  Series Race Notes:

· Atlanta Debut for RCR Truck Program … The Atlanta 200 will be the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for RCR. RCR shuttered its original Truck Series program at the conclusion of the 1999 season and the series first ran at AMS in 2004.

· RCR Stat Check … In 129 Truck Series races from 1995 to 1999, RCR earned 20 victories (16 by Skinner, four by Jay Sauter), 59 top-five and 85 top-10 finishes, and 16 pole positions.

· Catch the Action … The E-Z-Go 200 Camping World Truck Series event at AMS will air live on SPEED beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The race will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio.

- Richard Childress Racing, Press Release