· Brad Baker is the 12th different driver to make a start in the No. 27 this season; including drivers from four different countries (United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada)
· Rank 10th 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)
· Four different drivers have registered top-10 finishes in the No. 27 (Biffle, Kelly, Piquet Jr., Wimmer) and two more have registered top-15 finishes (Herring, Sauter)
BRAD BAKER NNS @ ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
· Finished 23rd in the 2001 Aaron’s 312 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (3/10/01)
BRAD BAKER NNS CAREER
· Made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut July 24, 1999 finishing 35th in the AutoZone 250 at Pike’s Peak International Raceway
· Registered a career-best 13th-place finish in the 2001 Pepsi 300 at Nashville
· 2001 made 16 NNS starts, registering seven top-25 finishes
· 2002 made five NNS starts, registering two top-20 finishes
· 2003 made nine NNS starts, registering two top-20 finishes
BRAD BAKER ON ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
“Atlanta Motor Speedway is a fun track to race on. It has been several years since I’ve raced there, so I’m looking forward to going back. 30 to 40 laps in you’ll see guys running a lot of different lines. Some will be up against the wall, some will run the middle and some will stay on the bottom.
That provides a lot of room to race and there will be a lot of passing. The guys on the No. 27 team have built really fast cars all year, so I’m really excited about the opportunity to be behind the wheel this weekend.”
CREW CHIEF JOHN REESE ON ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
“Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of the fastest tracks that we go to and it should be an exciting race on Saturday night. Brad has only been at the track once in his career, but he had a decent finish. Hopefully we can duplicate that this weekend. We are taking car 82 which has been a good car this year. It is the same car that Greg Biffle finished second with at Richmond in April and also had top 10s with at Phoenix and the spring Bristol race.”
- Baker Curb Racing Press Release
