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Richard Childress Racing (RCR)

Date: November 20, 2011

One Trophy Missing from the Shelf … Homestead-Miami Speedway has been a bit of an Achilles Heel for RCR and is one of the few race tracks where team owner Richard Childress has not earned a Sprint Cup Series victory. As a company, RCR has finished second on three occasions – 2003 (Kevin Harvick), 2008 (Harvick) and 2009 (Jeff Burton). In 36 starts, RCR has seven top-five and 16 top-10 finishes at the mile-and-a-half, progressively-banked oval with drivers Dave Blaney, Clint Bowyer, Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Harvick and Mike Skinner. Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway are the other tracks on the current schedule where RCR has yet to visit Victory Lane.

The Collective RCR … Over the season’s first 35 races, RCR’s four NSCS entries have notched six wins, 19 top-five and 44 top-10 finishes. The No. 31 team kicked off the 2011 season with a non-points win in the second Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway. The No. 29 team visited Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway in March and backed that up with a win the following weekend at Martinsville Speedway. In May, Harvick and the No. 29 team visited Winner’s Circle at Charlotte Motor Speedway, claiming the checkers in one of NASCAR’s marquee events – the Coca-Cola 600. Menard and the No. 27 team captured the checkers in the prestigious Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July and the No. 29 team returned to Victory Lane under the lights at Richmond International Raceway. Bowyer narrowly beat Burton to the line for the win at Talladega Superspeedway, giving team owner Richard Childress his 100th career NSCS victory. RCR-prepared Chevrolets have completed 40,552 out of 41,532 total laps (97.64 percent) with drivers Bowyer, Burton, Harvick and Menard, who have also led a combined 908 laps.

Get to the Points … Harvick represents RCR in the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and is currently third in the driver championship point standings, 51 markers outside of the top spot with one race remaining. Bowyer remains 13th in the standings, with Menardclimbing to 18th and Burton advancing to 21st.

50 and Holding … Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines revved up their horsepower and stats for the 2011 season,accumulating50victories across seven different series. In NASCAR’s top-three national levels of sanctioned competition, ECR has won eight Sprint Cup Series events, including the non-points series opener Duel 150 at Daytona International Speedway, oneNationwide Series and 14 Camping World Truck Series races. ECR’s biggest accomplishments so far this year include winning the Southern 500 at the historic Darlington Raceway, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Other triumphs were scored in the ARCA Racing Series (eight), Grand-Am Rolex Series Daytona Prototype (five), Whelen Modified (two), SCCA Trans-Am Series (two), and Late Model Dirt (10). Ironically, at this point last year, ECR had accumulated 50 victories across the same series.

Visit the All New RCRRacing.com … Get the latest RCR news, information and exclusive content at the redesigned www.RCRRacing.com, the 41-year-old organization’s exciting website designed by Racersites. The new site allows visitors the ability to customize their experience. Not only can the look and feel of the site be changed to reflect a favorite RCR driver and team, but the content on the main page can be filtered to show only content specific to that driver/team. Other key features include expanded driver and team profiles, enhanced exclusive video content including a shop tour and a legends timeline with historical RCR images.

RCR on Social Media … To keep up-to-date with the latest news and information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR’s Twitter page (@RCRracing), the RCR Sprint Cup Series team Twitter pages (@RCR27PMenard, @RCR29KHarvick, @RCR31JeffBurton and @RCR33CBowyer) and RCR’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RichardChildressRacing).

Catch the Action … Live coverage of the 400 miler from Homestead-Miami Speedway begins Sunday, November 20 at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and will be telecast live on ESPN. The event will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the final points-paying race on the 36-race tour will be broadcast live on SPEEDSaturday, November 19, beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST and can be heard worldwide on MRN and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

- Richard Childress Racing, Press Release