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No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet

Race Notes and Quotes

This Week’s Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway … Clint Bowyer will pilot chassis No. 333 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable this weekend. This Chevrolet Impala, built new at the start of the 2011 season, has been utilized this year at Auto Club Speedway in March (started-17th, finished-seventh), Charlotte Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in May (started-second, finished-16th), and both Pocono Raceway events in June (started-12th, finshed-16th) and August (started-14th, finished-18th).

Career Charlotte Stats … This week’s 500 miler marks Bowyer’s 212th career NSCS start.

• In five NSCS starts at the fall event at Charlotte, Bowyer owns one top-five and four top-10 finishes.

• He has completed 100 percent of the laps (1,338 of 1,338) contested at the fall Charlotte events during his career.
• The Emporia, Kan., native has led two laps at the 1.5-mile facility.
• Bowyer owns an average starting position of 15th and an average finishing position of 10.8.

Red and Yellow … The familiar Cheerios/Hamburger Helper paint scheme is on Bowyer’s No. 33 Chevrolet this weekend.

Media Advisory … Bowyer, team owner Richard Childress and USO representative Frank Thorp, Sr. will unveil a special USO paint scheme for the No. 33 Chevrolet on Thursday, October 13 at 2p.m. eastern Daylight Time in the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Center-Theater Room. The participants will also discuss a new campaign launched by Cheerios in partnership with the USO to honor military families.

Another Top-10 Finish at Kansas … Starting from the 24th position, Bowyer wasted no time moving toward the front of the 43-car field and the No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet team capped off another strong run in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with their third top-10 finish in the last four Sprint Cup Series races at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

On a Roll … Bowyer and the No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet team have three top-10 finishes in the first four 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. The only finish outside of the top 10 came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when Bowyer finished 26th after running out of fuel while leading the race with two laps remaining.

Points Racing … Bowyer remains 13th in the NSCS driver championship point standings.

CLINT BOWYER QUOTES:

You’ve had decent finishes at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but there have been circumstances across the board at Richard Childress Racing that CMS hasn’t been one of those really good tracks?

“No, it’s just one of those race tracks that we’ve always struggled with. It’s one of our worst race tracks. As a group, we always seem to struggle there.”

Obviously, the night race in May and the night race in October will have quite a bit of temperature change. How will that affect this weekend’s race?

“There will be a little bit of change. The grip level will be higher and it will be faster. It really all comes down to the tire that Goodyear brings. That’s what sets a good race from a bad race on a track like that.”

Do you think having night races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup are a good thing?

“Yeah, I like night races. I think it brings an extra excitement element to the atmosphere. I think it’s a good thing. It’s something we all grew up doing, racing under the lights. I think you have them use them.”

- Richard Childress Racing, Press Release