Race: Pure Michigan 400
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: 23 of 36
Track: Michigan International Speedway
Track Length: 2 miles
Date: August 21, 2011
Dave Blaney will get back behind the wheel of the No. 36 Accell Construction Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) this weekend for the Pure Michigan 400. This will be the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ (NSCS) second start at Michigan International Speedway this season.
TBR AT MICHIGAN – The Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 will mark TBR’s third start at the 2-mile speedway. Blaney drove to the team’s best finish of 34th this June.
BLANEY AT MICHIGAN – Blaney will make his 22nd start at Michigan International Speedway this weekend. In his 21 career-starts, he tallied two top-10 starts and three top-10 finishes. The Buckeye Bullet scored his best finish of sixth twice (August 2001 and 2007). Tommy Baldwin called the shots to his sixth-place finish in 2007. He drove to his best start of fourth in June 2001.
LAST MICHIGAN EVENT – Blaney started the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 from the 42nd position. A pit road incident during the first pit stop caused damage to the No. 36 TBR Chevrolet and relegated the team to a 34th-place finish at Michigan International Speedway.
ACCELL CONSTRUCTION – Accell Construction will return to the No. 36 Chevrolet this weekend for the STP 400. Short for acceleration, Accell Construction has a 20-year history of finishing civil construction projects on time or early. The Oklahoma-based company sponsored TBR at Phoenix, Las Vegas, Bristol, Texas and Kansas this season. For more information, visit accellconstructioninc.com.
KIDS EAT FREE – TBR will compete to feed America’s families again this weekend. If the No. 36 Accell Construction Chevrolet finishes in the top-10 in the Pure Michigan 400, kids eat free (with an adult purchase) on Monday, August 22nd. Golden Corral will also donate $5,000 to the DAV.
CHASSIS NO. 556 – TBR will bring chassis No. 556 to Michigan International Speedway for the chassis’ debut.
SPRINT SUMMER SHOWDOWN – Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 is the fourth race in the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO 3D. Any driver who wins between Indianapolis and Bristol will become a finalist for the AdvoCare 500 in Atlanta. If one of those eligible drivers wins the Atlanta race, then the driver, the driver’s charity and fan each collect $1,000,000. Blaney’s charity of choice is Camp Corral. For more information on Camp Corral, visit www.goldencorral.com/campcorral/.
LAST RACE RECAP: HELUVA GOOD! SOUR CREAM DIPS AT THE GLEN – After a rain delay on Sunday, Ron Fellows started the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen from the 38th position on Monday morning. The TBR team worked on the handling of the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet for the 90-lap NSCS event. While racing in a green-white-checker situation, David Ragan and Boris Said made contact and collected Fellows in the aftermath. Fellows was treated and released from the care center and had to settle for a 30th-place finish.
IN THE POINTS – The No. 36 Accell Construction Chevrolet is still 32nd in NSCS Owner Points, 73 points behind the No. 34 in 31st. The team is two points ahead of the No. 13 in 33rd and 49 points ahead of the 36th spot held by the No. 7. Blaney fell to the 32nd position in NSCS Driver Points, 12 points behind Casey Mears in 31st and 32 points ahead of Andy Lally in 33rd.
LIGHTHOUSE MISSION – The Lighthouse Mission logo debuted on the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet at Daytona International Speedway and will be present for the entire 2011 season. TBR has teamed up to help the Long Island based-charity build awareness and raise funds for Lighthouse Mission. For more information on Lighthouse Mission, visit www.lighthousemission.net.
KEEPING UP WITH TBR – Keep up with TBR by following twitter.com/TBR_Racing and facebook.com/TBR.HBR.
Dave Blaney Quotes:
ON THE RACING AT MICHIGAN – “Michigan is one of the closest tracks to my hometown in Ohio. It is fun place because there will be several people that I will get to see that I don’t normally. It’s a great track that is very wide, so you are able to race all over it. The car this weekend should be better than last. We extremely improved at Pocono, and I think we will see the same this weekend.”
Tommy Baldwin Quotes:
ON MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – “I really like Michigan. It has a lot of lanes, which leads to good racing action. The race can turn into a drag race or fuel-mileage race. You have to play your cards right during the race to be there at the end. Despite the incident on pit road, we ran well last time. I have confidence we will run even better this weekend.”
2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season – Tommy Baldwin Racing:
|
Date |
Event | Location |
Start |
Finish |
Laps |
Laps Led |
Status | Points | |
|
2/20 |
Daytona 500 | Daytona |
42 |
26 |
198/208 |
3 |
Accident | Driver: 24 Owner: 26 | |
|
2/27 |
Subway Fresh Fit 500 | Phoenix |
43 |
42 |
27/312 |
0 |
Electrical | Driver: 36 Owner: 39 | |
|
3/6 |
Kobalt Tools 400 | Las Vegas |
34 |
34 |
260/267 |
1 |
Running | Driver: 35 Owner: 38 | |
|
3/20 |
Jeff Byrd 500 | Bristol |
37 |
25 |
497/500 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 34 Owner: 36 | |
|
3/27 |
Auto Club 400 | California |
31 |
37 |
188/200 |
0 |
Rear Gear | Driver: 35 Owner: 37 | |
|
4/3 |
Goody’s Fast Relief 500 | Martinsville |
25 |
30 |
486/500 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 34 Owner: 38 | |
|
4/9 |
Samsung Mobile 500 | Texas |
38 |
30 |
329/334 |
1 |
Running | Driver: 33 Owner: 38 | |
|
4/17 |
Aaron’s 499 | Talladega |
35 |
27 |
188/188 |
21 |
Running | Driver: 33 Owner: 37 | |
|
4/30 |
Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 | Richmond |
29 |
13 |
399/400 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 32 Owner: 34 | |
|
5/7 |
Showtime Southern 500 | Darlington |
41 |
24 |
367/370 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
5/15 |
FedEx 400 | Dover |
35 |
26 |
396/400 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
5/29 |
Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte |
42 |
27 |
396/402 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
6/5 |
STP 400 | Kansas |
42 |
32 |
264/267 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
6/12 |
5-Hour Energy 500 | Pocono |
40 |
26 |
199/200 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
6/19 |
Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 | Michigan |
41 |
34 |
198/200 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
6/26 |
Toyota/Save Mart 350 | Infineon |
36 |
31 |
110/110 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
7/2 |
Coke Zero 400 | Daytona |
40 |
39 |
47/170 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 33 | |
|
7/9 |
Quaker State 400 | Kentucky |
32 |
33 |
264/267 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 32 Owner: 34 | |
|
7/17 |
Lenox Industrial Tools 301 | Loudon |
37 |
29 |
300/301 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
7/31 |
Brickyard 400 | Indianapolis |
33 |
31 |
160/160 |
1 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
8/7 |
Good Sam RV Insurance 500 | Pocono |
21 |
30 |
198/200 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 31 Owner: 32 | |
|
8/14 |
Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen | Watkins Glen |
38 |
30 |
91/92 |
0 |
Running | Driver: 32 Owner: 32 | |
About Accell Construction:
Accell Construction, Inc. operates as a full service site civil contractor for the petroleum terminal and bulk storage industries and specializes in tank farm construction, tank foundations and other related site civil construction. Accell Construction’s clients know they can expect excellent safety, reliability and top-notch job performance. Accell, whose projects are always in budget and completed early, enjoys a 20 year reputation that is second to none.
Oklahoma based Accell Construction operates civil construction projects in numerous states across the U.S. and has constructed some of the largest petroleum storage facilities built in the U.S. in the last 15 years.
Accell benefits from a team of employees who bring decades of civil experience. The Accell team, many of whom have been with the company since inception, is committed to excellence and safety. All field personnel are also required to be TWIC certified. Accell has a well-known reputation in the petroleum storage industry for performing the highest quality work—always in an expedient, but safe manner.
For more information on Accell Construction, visit www.accellconstructioninc.com.
About Tommy Baldwin Racing:
Tommy Baldwin Racing was formed in 2009 by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crew Chief Tommy Baldwin. Baldwin utilized a slumping economy to open a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team with a stringent budget. The team competed in two full seasons with multiple drivers behind the wheel of the No. 36 Chevrolet and improved in the standings each year.
Based in Mooresville, N.C., TBR will compete in the full NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule in 2011 with NASCAR veteran Dave Blaney piloting the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet. Looking to improve on-track performance, TBR found success early in the 2011 season with partners Golden Corral, Big Red and Accell Construction. TBR’s driver development program, Heinke-Baldwin Racing, will also compete in various NASCAR series in 2011.
For more information on Tommy Baldwin Racing, visit tommybaldwinracing.com or follow us on Facebook, facebook.com/TBR.HBR, and Twitter, twitter.com/TBR_Racing.
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i hope thats a fast car dave go out and have a great weekend!!!!