Tony Raines No. 33 RoadLoans.com
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 9 of 35—Phoenix
(Ariz.) International Raceway
O’REILLY’S 300 RECAP: Kevin Harvick,
driver of the No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick
Inc. (KHI), finished 11th in Saturday's O’Reilly’s
300 NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The
11th place finish was the result of hard work and a fight to
get - and stay on - the lead lap. On lap 123, Harvick
came down pit road for a scheduled green flag pit stop, when
the caution flag flew catching Harvick and six other drivers
on pit road. This meant Harvick had to restart at the
tail end of the lead lap. With this finish, the No. 33
KHI Chevrolet maintains the sixth position in the NASCAR Busch
Series Owner point standings.
WELCOME BACK TONY RAINES: Tony Raines returns to Kevin
Harvick Inc. (KHI) and the NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) for the
second time this season. His last start came back at
Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway where he had one of the fastest
cars. Raines, who started 36th, drove the No. 33 RoadLoans.com
Chevrolet into the top 15 by lap 40. While warming up his tires
during a caution on lap 81, he was hit from behind by rookie
driver Kyle Krisiloff. With major damage to the rear of the
car, Raines had to make several unscheduled pit stops so the
crew could make repairs. Despite his attempts to drive his
battered machine to the finish, the damage proved to be too
extensive and Raines took the No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet
to the garage on lap 152. He finished 34th, 43 laps down to
race winner Jeff Burton. This weekend Raines
hopes for a better outcome when he straps into the No. 33 Chevrolet.
LAP MAKER: Tony Raines has run 1,378 of a possible
1,386 laps at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway in the
NASCAR Busch Series (99.4 percent).
SECRET CHASSIS “007”: Kevin Harvick Inc.
will unload chassis “007” this weekend at Phoenix
(Ariz.) International Raceway. This chassis was raced
last year at PIR, where Ron Hornaday Jr. drove it to a ninth-place
finish.
185 AND COUNTING: When Tony Raines climbs behind the
wheel of the No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet he will be making
his 185th start in the NASCAR Busch Series. He has compiled
14 top-five and 44 top-10 finishes to go along with a pole
position in 2001, at Nazareth (Pa.) Speedway.
TEAM EFFORT: With the help of Cale Gale, Ron
Fellows, Tony Raines, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick the No.
33 KHI Chevrolet has sat inside the top-10 in NASCAR Busch
Series (NBS) Owner points all season long. After
eight races the No. 33 Chevrolet sits sixth in the NBS Owner
point standings going into Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway.
RAINES PULLING DOUBLE-DUTY: Tony Raines will pull double-duty
for the second time this season. Raines will compete
in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Busch Series event
on Friday with Kevin Harvick Inc. and the Subway Fresh Fit
500 Cup Series race on Saturday with Hall of Fame Racing.
Dan Stillman Quotes:
ON CHASSIS NO. 007: “We’re bringing what
is basically a brand new car to Phoenix. It was run last
year with Ron Hornaday Jr. at PIR, where he finished inside
the top-10. The guys have put a good car together for
Tony this weekend and I look forward to seeing what it can
do come Friday night.”
ON PHEONIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: “Phoenix is
one of those tracks that I look forward to. I think our
one-mile program is going to be good this year. Tony
Raines has been consistent at PIR and is coming off a great
weekend in Texas. Hopefully he can carry this momentum
with him into next week.”
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photos from each track, race fans can see and read what goes
on with the No. 33 RoadLoans.com racing team week in and week
out. Also included are bios of drivers Kevin Harvick,
Tony Raines, Ron Fellows and team owner DeLana Harvick. So
be sure to check out www.RoadLoansracing.com.
About RoadLoans.com:
RoadLoans.com, based in North Richland Hills, Texas, is a
leading direct-to-consumer auto finance company specializing
in new and used vehicle loans, consumer-to-consumer purchases
and opportunities to refinance existing loans for customers
with less than perfect credit. Through its online application
process, RoadLoans.com streamlines the financing of a new or
used vehicle. The company’s focus on customer service
has earned it the Lending Tree Customer Service Excellence
Award every year since the award was first presented in 2002.
Launched in June 2000, RoadLoans.com has focused on empowering
and educating people through the auto loan process and has
helped tens of thousand of consumers purchase or refinance
a car. For more information, visit http://www.RoadLoans.com/ or
call (888) 276-7202.
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.
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