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2013-05-13

No. 1 pick Benjamin can't wait for ARCA Menards 200 at Toledo

For Immediate Release:
Friday, May 10, 2013

(TOLEDO, Ohio) - Kyle Benjamin was at Toledo Speedway Thursday, testing for the upcoming Menards 200 presented Federated Car Care.

For him, the one-day test session as almost like a break in the action. That's because he was able to fly to Toledo.

"Luckily, we flew here," he said. "I've been on the road so much lately. I think we went back and forth to Indiana about 15 times. It's a lot, being on the road."

Benjamin isn't complaining, however. The 15-year-old high school sophomore is happy when he gets to a race track.

"When we get to the race track, it makes it all worth it," he said. "I just think we need like a private jet."

Benjamin will be making his third start of the 2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season at the Menards 200 May 19. He will be driving the No. 15 Venturini Motorsports car that he already has captured one SCOTT Rookie Challenge award and a second-place finish. And, he holds the distinction of being the youngest driver to ever start an ARCA Racing Series event.

"Coming to Toledo is a really big deal," he said. "I have a really good car and the crew has worked so hard on it. I can't wait to get here for the race. I really want to win this one - I want to win all of my races, but this one would be great."

Benjamin isn't concentrating on any one series or running for any championship in points this year. Instead, he's criss-crossing the country in his family-owned late model and the ARCA Racing Series.

"This year is about winning races," he said. "I want to get to as many different tracks as I can and gain all the experience," he said. "I want to win races - championships don't really matter right now."

He's certainly gaining national attention with his races. He's the youngest ARCA/CRA Super Series winner in series history when he won at Lucas Oil Raceway at the age of 14 a year ago. He also won four straight late model races at New Smyrna Speedway (Fla.) during Speedweeks, 2013.

Benjamin typically travels to test sessions with his father, Steven Benjamin. He is enrolled through an online home-schooled program to keep up with his studies.

"I don't know what I would do without that," he said. "I'd probably be expelled or something."

This week, Benjamin found out he was chosen as the overall No. 1 "draft" choice in a Speed51.com poll. Now in its 10th year, the Speed51.com short track draft annually asks motorsports experts, media members and others who they would sign to a development contract if they were in charge of race teams. 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski was among those who submitted names.

"That's a pretty big deal," he said. "I used to read about the Short Track draft when I was a kid. Well, I guess I still am a kid. But, it's nice and an honor. It's neat to think someone like Brad Keselowski even knows my name."

Another reason Benjamin is anxious for the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care is its going to be broadcast live on SPEED.

"I think this is my first-ever TV race," Benjamin said. "That is really going to be awesome. I can't wait for the race. I'm ready to race today."

Discount Tickets on Sale Now for Menards 200
Tickets are on sale now for the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care at Toledo Speedway. Tickets are $15, compared to $25 on race day, and are available now at Menards stores in Toledo, Defiance, Holland, Oregon, Sandusky and Findlay.

The weekend's activities include ARCA Racing Series practice and qualifying plus the ARCA Truck Series Grogan's Towne 50-lap race on Saturday, May 18. The Menards 200 is Sunday, with an autograph session at noon and the race at 2 p.m.

The Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care is live on SPEED.

About ARCA

The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is among the leading auto racing sanctioning bodies in the country. Founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum, the organization administers more than 100 events each year in multiple racing series, including the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, the ARCA/CRA Super Series, the ARCA Truck Series and the ARCA Midwest Tour, plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.

CONTACT:

Doug Donnelly, ARCA

Don Radebaugh, ARCA

ARCAracing.com

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Brand New Northern Modified Challenge Series Announced

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NMCS1_ward: The all-new Northern Modified Challenge Series opens at Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl in Barre, VT with the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26. Hunter Bates (#69), Ron Proctor (#27), and Jeff Haskins (#95) are among the drivers expected to enter the series. (Alan Ward photo)

NMCS2_memorevents: The all-new Northern Modified Challenge Series opens at Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl in Barre, VT with the Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26. Vince Quenneville, Jr. (#78), Cody Sargen (#55), and Ron Proctor (#27) are among the drivers expected to enter the series. (MemorEvents photo)

NMCS3_ward: Alex Bell (#23) is one of a handful of drivers who have tested their open-wheel Modifieds at Thunder Road Int'l Speedbowl in Barre, VT in preparation for the Northern Modified Challenge Series event on Sunday, May 26. (Alan Ward photo)

Modified racers to tackle northeastern asphalt and dirt tracks in five-race championship

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RUTLAND, VT – Northeastern Modified stock car racing teams will be hitting the road in 2013. Management at Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway has announced the creation of the all-new Northern Modified Challenge Series for center-seat Modified cars. The five-race schedule will be the ultimate test for drivers and race teams, as events will be staged on both asphalt and dirt surfaces.

The Northern Modified Challenge Series will follow Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s 2013 Bond Auto Parts Modified division rulebook, allowing a wide variety of racecars from tracks across the Northeast to compete. While the sealed General Motors “602” crate engine will be the primary power plant that most teams use to compete, the events are also open to cars using 358 cubic-inch engines with a carburetor restrictor plate issued by series officials at each race.

The inaugural Northern Modified Challenge Series features a five championship events staged on four vastly different race tracks. The Challenge begins on Sunday, May 26 at 1:30pm at the high-banked quarter-mile at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT. The track’s 51^st annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic will raise the curtain on the Challenge schedule with a 50-lap event, run as a companion race to the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series. Featuring 18-degree banked corners and the infamous “Widowmaker” wall, Thunder Road is sure to take even the best race teams to task in its first-ever event for dirt-style Modifieds.

Several teams have already turned laps in test sessions at Thunder Road in preparation of the May 26 event. Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT, who won the opening event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on May 5, was one of the drivers who tested in April, turning fast laps of 12.6 seconds – nearly a half-second faster than the Late Model cars that compete there regularly. Not only will the Thunder Road event award championship points toward the Northern Modified Challenge Series, it will also give each competitor 50 bonus points toward the Devil’s Bowl Speedway track championship.

The Northern Modified Challenge Series will have an exciting two-track weekend doubleheader on August 2-3. The Challenge runs on its home track at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT for the second annual C.J. Richards Memorial 67 presented by Carrara Masonry & Concrete on Friday, August 2 at 7:00pm. The Modified division has produced exciting side-by-side action and straightaway speeds topping 125 miles per hour at the Devil’s Bowl half-mile in its four seasons as an asphalt track.

The second half of the doubleheader brings the Northern Modified Challenge Series to Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, NH for a 50-lap showdown presented by S.K. Bean’s Enfield Garage on Saturday, August 3 at 6:00pm. Dirt-style Modified racing is not unprecedented on the fast, smooth 1/3-mile asphalt track at Canaan, although the most recent event for the cars there was staged nearly a decade ago.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway will host the Northern Modified Challenge Series again during its annual Vermont 200 Weekend on September 14-15. The event’s format, which will be designed to create exciting competition, will be announced at a later date.

The Northern Modified Challenge Series will crown its inaugural champion on Saturday, October 12 on the tough, racy 1/4-mile clay oval at Canaan Dirt Speedway in Canaan, NH at the second annual Jaycox Property Maintenance-sponsored “OctoberFAST” event. The Charlie Elliott Memorial Canaan Cup 100-lap main event will pay a cool $2,500 to the winner.

“We are so proud and excited to have created the Northern Modified Challenge Series for 2013,” NMCS Director Mike Bruno said. “I have to thank Tom Curley at Thunder Road and Dick Therrien at Canaan for their great support. Our tracks will showcase the talent level of the Modified drivers and teams in this region, and we are all really looking forward to these races.”

The Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26 at Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in Barre, VT is the opening event for both the Northern Modified Challenge Series and the Vermont State Late Model Championship Series, with racing scheduled to begin at 1:30pm. For more information, visit www.devilsbowlspeedwayvt.com or call (802) 265-3112, or visit www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com or call (802) 244-6963.

NORTHERN MODIFIED CHALLENGE SERIES

2013 Schedule of Events (as of Friday, May 10, 2013)

No. Day/Date Event Distance Start Time

1. Sun, May 26 Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic 50 Laps 1:30pm

Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl – Barre, VT – high-banked 1/4-mile asphalt oval

2. Fri, Aug 2 Carrara Masonry & Concrete C.J. Richards Memorial 67 Laps 7:00pm

Devil’s Bowl Speedway – West Haven, VT – progressively-banked 1/2-mile asphalt oval

3. Sat, Aug 3 S.K. Bean’s Enfield Garage Night 50 Laps 6:00pm

Canaan Fair Speedway – Canaan, NH – semi-banked 1/3-mile asphalt oval

4. Sat, Sept 14 Vermont 200 Weekend – Qualifying & Shootout Day TBA 1:30pm

Sun, Sept 15 Vermont 200 Weekend – Main Event TBA 1:30pm

Devil’s Bowl Speedway – West Haven, VT – progressively-banked 1/2-mile asphalt oval

5. Sat, Oct 12 Jaycox Property Maintenance “OctoberFAST” 100 Laps 2:00pm

Charlie Elliott Memorial Canaan Cup

Canaan Dirt Speedway – Canaan, NH – semi-banked 1/3-mile clay oval

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3e saison en SPORTSMAN LUCAS OIL ASE pour MARC-ANTOINE DEMERS et son 422.

AVEC UNE RUTILLANTE CHALLENGER DERNIER MODÈLE

Saint-Eustache, 10 mai 2013. Dès ses débuts en Stock car dans la division Sport-Compactes, il y a quelques années, Marc-Antoine Demers, de Le Gardeur, Qc a démontré son talent en piste avec de multiples championnats, et une nombre impressionnant de victoires avec sa voiture Honda 422 Prtout à travers le Québec.

Au cours des deux dernières saisons, la Honda a fait place à une voiture Sportsman, le plus haut niveau de compétition de l’Autodrome St-Eustache. Seuls la couleur jaune et le chiffre 422 sont demeurés la marque de commerce de la voiture Pavé Brique Design de Marc Antoine Demers, maintenant âgé de 22 ans..

En 2013, Marc-Antoine, supporté par ses parents, quelques amis et ses précieux commanditaires, entreprendra sa troisième saison en Sportsman ASE Lucas Oil aux commandes d’une rutillante Dodge Challenger fraichement préparée par son équipe. « Cette année on y va pour être parmi les meneurs. On est d’attaque !!....» de préciser le jeune pilote, qui depuis sa graduation en Sportsman, où la compétition est de plus haut niveau, a obtenu en 2011, 7 top 10 et 2 top 5, et qui a amélioré sa marque en 2012 avec 8 top 10 et 3 top 5, une fiche qu’il est résolu d’améliorer encore en 2013..

En plus des 8 courses régulières à l’Autodrome St-Eustache, les pilotes Sportsman Lucas Oil ASE prendront part à une épreuve aux États-Unis, à Plattsburgh et seront du Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières.

La direction de l'ASE et de l’ANCA sont donc heureux de compter l’étoile montante MARC-ANTOINE DEMERS parmi leurs pilotes Sportsman ASE Lucas Oil et souhaitent la meilleure des saisons à cette équipe de Le Gardeur.

Pour plus de renseignements sur le calendrier des événements de stock car de la prochaine saison, on peut visiter les sites web www.autodrome.ca et www.anca-qc.com .

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2013-05-10

JOURNÉE DE PRATIQUE BUDWEISER ANNULÉE…

SAMEDI 11 MAI :
Après consultation auprès des différents sites météo, la Direction de l'Autodrome Chaudière de Vallée-Jonction annule la journée de pratique Budweiser prévue samedi le 11 mai à compter de 8h00.
Les inspections pour les classes locales sont donc reportées au samedi 18 mai. Tous les détails à venir.
DIMANCHE 12 MAI :
Par contre il y aura pratique pour toutes catégories de voitures dimanche le 12 mai de 8h30 à 12h30. Ouverture des puits à 8h00. Le prix est de 10$ par adulte. Dix-huit ans et moins gratuit. Mais pas d'inspection avec bonus pour les classes locales.
Horaire sur place selon le nombre de voitures.
Nous nous excusons de ce contretemps, mais nous voulons éviter les déplacements inutiles avec une météo plus qu'incertaine.

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André Gagnon, Relationniste,
Autodrome Chaudière 2012, Vallée-Jonction,
relationniste.chaudiere@videotron.ca
www.autodromechaudiere.com
Tél: 418-683-8900

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2013-05-08

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05 mai 2013, Québec

Une journée à la hauteur des attentes

C'est ce samedi, 04 mai, que s'est tenu à l'Autodrome Montmagny le premier évènement en piste pour la Série Sportsman Lucas Oil pour la saison 2013. En effet 23 équipes étaient présentes pour l'inspection de leur voiture par les officiels de la Série et les séances de pratique.

Selon les dires du président de la Série, M. André Poulin, les voitures se sont présentées avec une très belle qualité de préparation. Les voitures #17, #45 et #68 ont obtenues un « Ready to race » à 100% dès l'inspection finie. Très peu d'anomalies ont été constatées sur les autres voitures et ces dernières étaient toutes des choses mineures.

C'est à Michael Lavoie #10, que revient le meilleur temps de la journée avec 18.547. Il a aussi enregistré le meilleur temps des séances 2 et 3.

Le champion de la saison 2012, Steve Malouin McKibbin #45 avait aussi une voiture très rapide en piste; il a en effet enregistré le meilleur temps de la 1ere séance.

D'autres pilotes ont connus une excellente journée. En autre, Stéphane Roy #77 repart avec 2 fois le 3e meilleur temps des pratiques.

Plusieurs pilotes ont enregistré des temps dans le top 5 au cours des 4 pratiques; le #29 Dany Gagnon, le #33 Philippe Poulin, le #48 Claude Albert, le #4 Stéphane Fournier, le #40 Sylvain Labbé, le #88 Dave Trevors, le #24 Gerry Bilodeau, le #17 Jimmy Nadeau, le #67 Dominic Jacques et le #25 Pier-Luc Labbé.

Deux pilotes s'ajoutent à la liste des inscrits pour la saison 2013 soit Kara Guenette dans la voiture #29 et Carl Poulin dans la voiture #57. Ce dernier s'ajoutant à la liste des recrues 2013.

L'équipe de la Série Sportsman Lucas Oil tient à remercier les 23 équipes présentes lors de cette journée. Un remerciement spécial à Mélanie et Kenny, propriétaire de l'Autodrome Montmagny pour leur hospitalité.

Nous vous attendons en grand nombre pour le 1er programme de l'année le samedi, 18 mai à l'Autodrome St-Eustache. Le programme débutera à 17:00. L'horaire officiel suivra dans la semaine avant le programme.

Marie-Claude Levasseur, Relationniste

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2013-05-07

Looking To 'Double Up' at Darlington

In addition to the Advance below, please see the attached Team Report which contains a crew roster, statistics and notes for Kyle Busch and the No. 18 Doublemint Toyota Camry fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing.

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KYLE BUSCH

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (May 7, 2013) – Kyle Busch has proven he knows a thing or two about doubling up on a race weekend.

So it might be appropriate that the driver of the No. 18 Doublemint® Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) will have the iconic Doublemint gum brand adorn his racecar as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to historic Darlington (S.C.) Raceway for Saturday night’s Bojangles Southern 500.

Busch has already recorded two Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series “doubles” thus far in 2013. Those Sprint Cup and Nationwide wins on the same weekends at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., in March, and Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth in April upped his total to eight career Sprint Cup-Nationwide doubles.

Las Vegas native Busch conquered Darlington – the “Track Too Tough To Tame” – in May 2008, scoring his first victory at the 1.33-mile, egg-shaped oval and earning the distinction of being the youngest Sprint Cup winner in the storied history of Darlington, at 23 years of age. While not on the same weekend, Busch also has one Nationwide Series win at Darlington, scoring that one in May 2011.

This weekend’s event will mark the first of four races in 2012 that Doublemint will serve as primary sponsor for Busch, as the iconic chewing gum brand’s mint paint scheme will also adorn Busch’s No. 18 Toyota at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta in June, Atlanta Motor Speedway in August, and the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., in September.

Busch would like nothing more than to kick off the Doublemint slate of races with a win as the brand nears its 100^th anniversary next year. So as he wheels his No. 18 Doublemint® Toyota Camry around the Darlington oval this weekend, Busch will focus on “doubling up” for the ninth time in his career while at the same time doubling his win total at the always-challenging racetrack that’s also known as “The Lady in Black.”

KYLE BUSCH, Driver of the No. 18 Doublemint® Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing:

What are your thoughts heading back to Darlington this weekend?

“Going back to Darlington, it’s a place that’s really tough, really challenging. I won there the first year it was repaved, and it’s been really fast. Last couple of years there, we had a really good car. We ended up with a solid finish with our Doublemint Camry there last year and, after the three week stretch we’ve had, I hope we can bring home a solid finish this weekend. But, I’m looking forward to going back there and seeing what Darlington has got in store for us again. I’m hearing that the track color has changed a little bit more with another year for the surface to mature, so maybe the grip level is not going to be old Darlington, but something similar.”

What makes Darlington a track that is too tough to tame?

“It’s a very narrow and challenging racetrack, especially for the speeds that we carry around there, now. We’re looking forward to the challenge with our Doublemint Camry this weekend. You’ve really got to be able to get as close as you can to the wall in order to carry your momentum through the corners because you’ve got to make the straightaways as long as you can. The track is very narrow on entries and exits, so you’re always trying to round the place as much as you can. It’s very one-groovish. You can’t really run side-by-side there. Any time you get alongside somebody, you basically have to let them go. It’s a very big give-and-take-type track. It’s a lot harder to pass now, with the fresh asphalt, than it used to be. It’s really aero-sensitive now, to where it used to be more about mechanical grip and getting your car to handle well and handle over the bumps well and keep the tires on it. Now you’re restricted off the car in front of you and are trying to find some air, basically.”

What do drivers mean when they say you have to “race the track” at Darlington?

“You can’t really pass there. It’s so difficult. So you run your laps until you get to a pit stop and try to get your guys to have a good stop for you so you can jump a couple of guys. Pit stops become really important there, and track position and trying to stay up front.”

You have eight career Sprint Cup-Nationwide weekend sweeps, two of which have come this year. How much do you feel like the experience from the Nationwide Series race helps you the next day for the Sprint Cup race?

“The Nationwide Series certainly helps me for the Sprint Cup race the next day. I feel like it helps me, anyway, just being able to get that extra seat time, being able to get that feel of what the racetrack transitions like and what the car does throughout the run and everything, and where you have to move around to. I did a lot of things at Fontana and Texas the next day that I did in the Nationwide race. But people can say, ‘Oh, well, it’s just as easy to watch the race on TV and watch what the winner does.’ But I don’t really want to sit there for three hours and watch it. I’d rather be out there feeling everything and participating in it, and of course it’s always cool when you can win both races. But we’re trying to put everything together, and this year I feel like it’s a little bit better bonus for me to race Joe Gibbs Racing cars on Saturday as it is on Sunday.”

Being a former winner, what does it take to win at Darlington?

“I won the first year there with the new car and I think it was just because everyone was new to the car. I’m hoping that gives us an advantage with this new Gen-6 2013 Toyota Camry since we’ve been fast pretty much everywhere we’ve gone so far. In 2009, a lot of people got a lot smarter. And for us, we fell a little bit behind. You just have to bide your time, and I wasn’t very good at that in 2009, but much better the last three years or so. You’ve got to make sure you keep working on your car and be very patient and be there toward the end.”

KYLE BUSCH’S DARLINGTON SPRINT CUP SERIES PERFORMANCE PROFILE

Year	Date	Event	Start	Finish	Status/Laps	Laps Led	Earnings
2012	5/12	×Bojangles Southern 500	5	4	Running, 368/368	44	$178,123
2011	5/7	×Showtime Southern 500	14	11	Running, 370/370	78	$134,991
2010	5/8	Showtime Southern 500	39	7	Running, 367/367	29	$146,556
2009	5/9	Southern 500	14	34	Running, 303/367	2	$121,346
2008	5/10	Dodge Challenger 500	6	1	Running, 367/367	169	$313,700
2007	5/13	Dodge Avenger 500	36	37	Running, 338/367	0	$86,250
2006	5/13	Dodge Charger 500	29	7	Running, 367/367	1	$120,625
2005	5/7	×Dodge Charger 500	6	23	Running, 369/370	0	$84,400

× Race length extended due to green-white-checkered finish.

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Chiasson Impressive In Oxford Pro Late Models

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OXFORD, Maine – Gary Chiasson of Peru, Maine, finished second on an afternoon when he almost elected to start at the rear of the field.

Chiasson led most of the Oxford Championship Series 40-lap Pro Late Model feature Sunday afternoon at Oxford Plains Speedway before being moved out of the lead by another competitor, and he held on to finish second in just his second career start in the division.

Considering he almost opted to start at the rear of the field over concerns about how his car was handling, it turned out to be a pretty good day for Chiasson.

“The shocks aren't really right right now. They're not really doing what we want them to do, but it was a different set than what we had on there last week,” Chiasson said. “We were hoping for a Top-10 car, so we'll take second any day.”

Chiasson began his day by scoring a win from the pole in the first of two 12-lap qualifying races on the day.

“We've got to figure it out still, but we love (this division),” he said. “Luckily, everybody else was hung up in the back. We had a mishap last week, and if we hadn't had that, we probably would have started mid-pack and had a lot tougher time coming up through.”

The No. 71 Chevrolet is out of the Crazy Horse Racing stable, and the veteran driver said that the South Paris-based chassis builder did most of the work to convert the car from an ACT-legal Late Model to a Pro Late Model this offseason.

“It wasn't bad at all, Crazy Horse did everything for me mostly,” Chiasson said. “I didn't do much at all – we got the car back from Mitch, painted it, lettered it and two days later drove it over here.”

THERIAULT SEVENTH AT BEECH RIDGE: Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished seventh in the PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday.

It was the third straight Top-10 for the Brad Keselowski Racing development driver in PASS North Series competition, dating back to his victory at Oxford Plains last October.

“We have a couple more races up here in Maine. I think we'll have a shot at winning one of them,” Theriault said. “We're getting closer every time. We kind of ended with a bang last year, winning at Oxford, but it was definitely a wakeup call at the beginning of the year at Oxford (two weeks ago).

“We made some gains. It can only get better. I'm encouraged. We'll get better next time.”

HINKLEY, DAVIS STRONG AT DEVIL'S BOWL: New Hampshire driver Luke Hinkley finished a season-best seventh in the ACT Late Model Tour Spring Green 113 at Devil's Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt., on Sunday.

Hinkley, who posted the fastest time in the morning practice session for one of the tour's signature events, qualified an impressive 10th in the 30-car field and ran inside the Top-10 throughout the afternoon.

His teammate, Todd Davis, was equally strong. Davis qualified fifth and finished 11th.

For both drivers, it marked their best starting and finishing positions of the 2013 season.

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'The Lady in Green' Once Again Meets 'The Lady in Black'

In addition to the Advance below, please see the attached Team Report which contains a crew roster, statistics and notes for Danica Patrick and the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet SS fielded by Stewart-Haas Racing.

For Immediate Release

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DANICA PATRICK

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (May 7, 2013) – It’s been called the toughest of all tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. So much so that Darlington (S.C.) Raceway years ago was nicknamed “The Track Too Tough To Tame.”

Darlington is an egg-shaped oval 1.366 miles in length – the odd shape because the western portion of the oval needed a tighter radius on the turns as founder Harold Brasington promised Sherman Ramsey, who owned a farm next to the property, that he wouldn’t disturb his minnow pond when he built the track in 1949.

The odd shape also means that, to find the fast way around the track, drivers run against the outside walls in each turn, sometimes brushing up against the wall and thus earning what has affectionately become known as a “Darlington Stripe” on the right side of the car. And the black marks left on the walls by the tires rubbing up against them all race weekend have led to the track’s other nickname – “The Lady in Black.”

For the third time in her NASCAR career and second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, “The Lady in Green,” Danica Patrick, driver of the green No.10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), will meet “The Lady in Black,” when she competes in Saturday night’s Southern 500 Sprint Cup race at Darlington.

Patrick made her NASCAR debut at Darlington last year in the Nationwide Series by starting 15^th and finishing and impressive 12^th. One night later, she made just her second Sprint Cup start ever and finished 31^st.

Her weekend impressed several NASCAR observers as Darlington is known as a track that is tough on first-timers. But “The Lady in Green” completed 513 of 519 laps in her first weekend at “The Lady in Black,” and did so without being in an accident – also a tough feat for a rookie, much less a seasoned veteran.

Patrick returns this weekend hoping to improve on her Darlington resume and perhaps tame the track that is “Too Tough To Tame.”

DANICA PATRICK, Driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing:

Are you more comfortable this year heading into Darlington than last year?

“Last year, I ran there in the (Sprint) Cup race and it was basically my first Cup race, really. I ran Daytona, but Darlington was like getting thrown into the deep end. That was the purpose of it, to get seat time so I’m not thinking or dreading going there this weekend worrying about what that’s going to look like for me and how it’s going to feel. I have an idea now of how it’s going to feel and what needs to be done.”

Talk about your experience at Darlington last year.

“I had never seen Darlington until that race weekend. So that’s always a bit interesting when you go somewhere you’ve never been. But I accomplished all the things I wanted to accomplish. Things went good on the Nationwide side. On the Cup side, my goals were to be respectable out there. I think I held my own. And the other one was to finish, and both of those things happened. So, overall, it was a good night. I definitely got a feel for all the elements. Starts, restarts and pitting, and all that stuff. Just how to get runs on cars. What to do when the car feels a certain way. Which lines to take, and to accommodate for the car and how it feels.”

TONY GIBSON, Crew chief of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing:

Overall thoughts on Darlington?

“Hopefully, she remembers what she learned last year. It’s hard because we only race at Darlington once a year, so it’s hard to remember that far back, sometimes. The biggest thing with Darlington is to race the racetrack, not anybody else. That’s what we did last time. She stayed out of trouble because she raced the racetrack, so that’s what she’s got to do again. I think that’s what impressed me there last time is she didn’t get caught up in trying to race everyone. She raced the racetrack and took what the car gave her. Our goal is to go there and have a clean race and finish. Typically, if you can do that, you can finish 25^th or better and that’s what we’re going to try to do.”

DANICA PATRICK’S DARLINGTON PERFORMANCE PROFILE

Year	Date	Track	Start	Finish	Status/Laps	Laps Led	Earnings
2012	5/12	× Southern 500 (NSCS)	38	31	Running, 362/368	0	$76,980
2012	5/11	×VFW Sport Clips 200 (NNS)	15	12	Running, 151/151	0	$18,193

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