Tony Raines No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Dover Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 14 of 35—Dover (Del.) International Speedway
CARQUEST AUTO PARTS 300 RECAP: Kevin Harvick piloted the No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet to an impressive 12th-place finish in Saturday's CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s (Charlotte, N.C.) Motor Speedway. After an unscheduled pit stop on lap 124 for a flat tire, Harvick was able to fight his way back from the 34th position, two laps down to the leader, to finish 12th. With this great comeback, Harvick was able to keep the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet in contention for the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Owner’s point Championship. The team currently sits in the seventh position, only 88 points behind the third-place car owner Jack Roush and the No. 17 Ford.
ADDING UP IN DOVER: Tony Raines has driven 5,563 miles around the one-mile oval at Dover (Del.) International Raceway. This means that Raines has driven enough miles to go from Wilmington, North Carolina to Los Angeles, California and back.
A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT: With the help of drivers Cale Gale, Ron Fellows, Tony Raines, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet has been inside the top-10 in the NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) Owner’s points all season long. After thirteen races the No. 33 Chevrolet sits seventh in the NBS Owner’s point standings going into Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
CHASSIS No. 017: The Dover 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway will be the third start for chassis 017. In its two previous starts, Raines qualified 36th and finished 34th at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway on March 17, 2007 after being hit from behind under caution by Kyle Krisiloff. After building a new rear end, the chassis was run again last month at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway by Tony Stewart, who qualified 17th and finished seventh.
RAINES PULLING DOUBLE-DUTY: Tony Raines will pull double-duty for the third time this season. Raines will compete in the Dover 200 Busch Series event on Saturday with Kevin Harvick Inc. and the Dover 400 Cup Series race on Sunday with Hall of Fame Racing.
LOOKING FOR THREE STRAIGHT IN DOVER: Tony Raines will be looking for three straight top-15 finishes at Dover (Del.) International Speedway in the NASCAR Busch Series. Raines finished sixth and 15th respectively in 2005 at Dover for Kevin Harvick Inc.
THIS RACE, ONE YEAR AGO: Ron Hornaday brought home his first top-five finish of the 2006 season, with a fifth-place finish at Dover (Del.) International Speedway in the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc., Chevrolet. Hornaday, who competed inside the top-10 for nearly the entire event, had a clean and incident free race. Crew chief Wally Rogers made an excellent call late in the race to keep Hornaday on the racing surface and put him in contention for the win.
DID YOU KNOW:
Tony Raines is currently 24th in the 2007 NEXTEL Cup point standings.
Tony Raines will race 600 laps, 600 miles and make 2,400 left hand turns at Dover International Speedway this weekend.
Tony Raines made his NEXTEL Cup debut at Dover (Del.) International Speedway on June 2, 2002.
Tony Raines was an airplane mechanic, before he got his break in 1989 in the NASCAR All-Pro Series.
Tony Raines met his future Busch Series owner (BACE Motorsports), when he sat next to him on a flight home from California in 1999. Two weeks later he signed a contract to race for BACE Motorsports.
Tony Raines Quotes:
ON DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY: “It’s definitely a tough track, but I think it’s one of my better tracks. I’ve had some good runs there. I enjoy it, and I enjoy Bristol. To me, Dover’s kind of like a big Bristol.”
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE YOUR CAR IN ONE PIECE THROUGHOUT THE 200 LAP RACE AT DOVER: “It’s no more important there than anywhere else. At Dover, it’s just so fast coming off the corners. It’s really easy to brush the wall and pancake the side of it. If you hit the front wheels you’ll knock the front end alignment out of it. It’s just a little tougher because there is less room for error. The track can get pretty narrow."
Dan Stillman Quotes:
ON CHASSIS NO. 017: “We’re bringing a car that has run a few times for us this season. We ran it in Atlanta with Tony Raines and in Darlington with Tony Stewart. Raines has a pretty good record in the Busch Series at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, which should make for a good day on Saturday.”
About Camping World:
Camping World Inc., headquartered in Bowling Green, Ky., is America’s largest direct marketer and specialty retailer of RV and outdoor camping accessories and services. Founded in 1966, Camping World offers over 8,000 quality products geared towards the RVing community, through nationwide SuperCenters, a well-established catalog call center and an award-winning website. Camping World is the industry leader in RV accessories and services. For more information, visit us at www.campingworld.com.
About RVs.com:
RVs.com is a one-stop shopping and informational website for the recreation-vehicle enthusiast. Viewers can access real-time RV inventory, accessories, equipment and RV-lifestyle information. Features of RVs.com include new and used RV inventory and areas for private RV owners to sell RVs, obtain financing and insurance and purchase RV accessories or trailers. The user-friendly site also provides RV-lifestyle information about campgrounds, clubs, publications, safety, rallies and events from around the country plus employment opportunities in the RV industry.
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 Camping World 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.
QUICK NOTES
June 2, 2007
Dover (Del.) International Speedway
Dover 200
Race length: 200 laps/ 200 miles
Banking: 24-degrees in the turns
9-degrees on the straightaways
Track layout: One-mile
Shape: Oval
Pre-Race Schedule
Practice: Friday at 9:00-10:20 a.m.. ET
Final Practice: Friday at 2:00-3:00 p.m.. ET
Qualifying: Saturday at 11:05 a.m.. ET
TV: The Dover 200 can be seen live on ESPN2 at 3:00 p.m.. ET.
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 3:00 p.m.. ET.
No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet
Monte Carlo SS Specs:
Chassis: 017
Engine: RCR
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