Tony Raines No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Team Report

NASCAR Busch Series Race 5 of 35—Atlanta Motor Speedway

SAM’S TOWN 300 RECAP:  Old Spice driver Tony Stewart may have started 17th for Saturday’s running of the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but it only took him 20 laps to crack the top-10. Stewart and the No. 33 team persevered after a couple of badly timed incidents caused the team to make a few unscheduled pit stops. With the help of his pit crew and great calls from his crew chief, Stewart was crossed the finish line in the third position.

WELCOME BACK TONY RAINES: Tony Raines returns to Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) and the Busch Series for the first time since November 12, 2005 at Phoenix International Raceway.  Raines has compiled nine top-10 finishes in 23 starts for KHI. Tony will pilot the No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet this week in Atlanta where he has four career NASCAR Busch Series starts.

TONY RAINES ATLANTA BUSCH SERIES STATS:

Year

Start

Finished

Laps

Status

Team

2002

12

19

200/203

Running

BACE Motorsports

2001

6

10

201/203

Running

BACE Motorsports

2000

16

12

202/203

Running

BACE Motorsports

1999

37

21

191/195

Running

BACE Motorsports

Dan Stillman Quotes:

ON TONY RAINES: “Tony is a great driver with a long background in the NASCAR Busch Series.  He has four Busch Series starts at Atlanta where he has three top-20 finishes including a 10th place finish in 2001. He is a NEXTEL Cup regular and should do fine.”

ON THE ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY: “The Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of the best tracks for three wide racing.  You can start the race on the bottom line, but halfway through the race you will be racing in the middle.  Over the final few laps you will be looking for that last little bit of race track. This track makes for some exciting racing.”

THIS WILL BE YOUR FOURTH DRIVER IN AS MANY WEEKS, HOW ARE YOU ADJUSTING?:  “I am adjusting fine.  When you have drivers like Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Ron Fellows and this week Tony Raines what can you do besides give them the best car possible?  These drivers know how to get to the front of the field and that makes my job a lot easier.”

QUICK NOTES

March 17, 2007

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Nicorette 300

Race length: 195 laps/ 300.3 miles

Banking: 24-degree turns

                5-degree straightaway

Track layout: 1.54 miles
Shape: Quad-oval

Pre-Race Schedule

Practice: Friday 10:40-11:45 a.m. ET

Final Practice: Friday 2:15-3:20 p.m. ET

Qualifying: Saturday 11:05 a.m. ET

TV: The Nicorette 300 can be seen live on ABC at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Radio: The Performance Racing Network (PRN) will broadcast the race live at 2:30 p.m. ET.

No. 33 Old Spice Chevrolet

Monte Carlo SS Specs: 

Chassis: 017

Car History: This car was tested earlier in the year at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick was sixth fastest at the end of session two in that test.

Engine: RCR

RoadLoans.com News:

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About Kevin Harvick Inc.

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) is a 70,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. KHI is home to the No. 33 AES HR Solutions and No. 2 Camping World Truck Series teams and the No. 33 Old Spice/Bounty/RoadLoans.com/Camping World and the No. 77 Dollar General stores Busch Series teams. KHI enters into its fourth year of full-time competition in 2007 in NASCAR’s elite divisions.  Please visit www.kevinharvickinc.com for more information.

 

 

 
Starts:
33
Wins:
0
Top 5's:
0
Top 10's:
1
Top 15's:
6
Top 20's:
11
DNF'S:
3
Driver Points:
2920
Driver Points Rank:
29

Event: Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway

Start: 42nd

Finish: 29th

Status: Running