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Stanley, NC 10/25/11- It’s been close to two months since the PASS South series has been in action, and that’s the last time Stanley, NC driver Andy Loden and his R & L Motorsports team has been under the rigors of race day competition. Lucky enough for Loden and company the return race for the series comes at a familiar track in the form of the Hickory Motor Speedway where Andy has scored back-to-back-to-back NASCAR late model stock championships from 2006-08. While that past success hasn’t transferred into a super late model win just yet; a recent test session around the one-third mile facility hopes to facilitate into a win at this weekend’s Over the Mountain 150.

Andy Loden Notes and Quotes

Car: #29 Chevy Impala SS

Engine: Hamner Super Late Model Spec Engine

Sponsor(s): Monroe Roadways / Red Mango Yogurt

Series: PASS South

Event: Over the Mountain 150

Standings: 3rd

Venue: Hickory Motor Speedway-Hickory, NC

Track Size: 1/3rd mile (.33)

Event Schedule: Saturday Oct. 29th: Practice- 2PM

Saturday Oct. 29th: Qualifying- 4:30PM

Saturday Oct. 29th: Race- 6PM

QUOTES:

A Look Back:

-This will be the second PASS South series event at the Hickory Motor Speedway this season after the Easter Bunny 150 was held back in April; how did it go for you in that race?

“The race in April was about like all of our races at Hickory we’ve had so far, in the fact they are just so average for us at a place we are use to being stellar at. We led a few laps after qualifying fourth but the slipped to a sixth place finish in the end. I’m hoping some of the stuff learned at a recent test session will work when we unload the car this weekend. If it does we should have a better car in the final thirty laps or so than we’ve had in the past which traditionally has been when our car started to fade.”

Transferring Success:

-Everyone knows about your success at Hickory behind the wheel of at a late model stock winning multiple track championship, but so far that success hasn’t transferred to a win in the PASS South series there; any idea why it hasn’t yet?

“Yeah we haven’t had a winning car yet at Hickory like we did week in and week out with the late model stock. It’s not that we’ve been bad, we’ve had top five finishes just never a car capable of winning. We tested a few weeks ago and tried some stuff that seemed to work pretty well, but you know how Hickory is very weather sensitive so hopefully it will work when we unload this weekend.”

The Big Announcement:

-Its that time of year where teams plan to attend big money non-points races; what races will we see the #29 Monroe Roadways/Red Mango Chevy Impala at this year?

“We are going to run the World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park, and then we’ll probably skip the last PASS South race Thanksgiving weekend at Orange County to focus on running both the Snowflake and Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola (FL). Its not 100% that we won’t run Orange County; I mean if we have a real close shot at winning the championship we’ll be there. Put it this way I’ll be able to tell you one way or another after this weekend’s race at Hickory. ”

For more information on driver Andy Loden and his R & L Motorsports including news, results, and merchandise visit his all new website at www.andyloden.net.

- Tex Motorsports Marketing Press Release