NUMBER TWO IN THE NO. 2: Shelby Howard will return to Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, piloting the No. 2 Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet for the second time this season. The Greenwood, Indiana native made his KHI debut at O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) in July, where he started and finished in the 11th position.
NUMBER TWO IN THE SECOND CITY: This weekend will be Howard’s second start of the season at Chicagoland Speedway. Howard competed at the track in the July Nationwide Series race for ML Motorsports, scoring a 20th-place finish after starting 10th.
LOOKING FOR NUMBER ONE: Although Shelby Howard has three wins in the ARCA Racing Series (all in 2003), he has yet to find his way to victory lane in NASCAR’s top-three series. Howard hopes to take the checkered flag for the first time this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. In his 42 Nationwide Series starts and 34 Truck Series starts, Howard’s best NASCAR finish of fifth came at O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) in 2008.
WELCOME HOME BUTCH: Butch Hylton, crew chief for the No. 2 Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet, calls Chicagoland Speedway home. Hylton began his racing career in his nearby hometown of Rockford, Illinois, balancing his work as a diesel engine rebuild specialist, with his part-time work as a mechanic for late model and super late model teams.
THOUGHTS FROM THE DRIVER: Shelby Howard
What are your thoughts going into the race at Chicagoland Speedway?
“I’m excited about going back to Chicagoland Speedway, since I’ve already been there once this year in the Nationwide car. I’m looking forward to my second opportunity to work with the group at KHI. We should be better after the initial run at ORP. I’m excited for my first chance to race a mile-and-a-half track with the team. The whole package should come together, as KHI has the best program in the Truck Series.”
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Elliott Sadler demonstrated that he had a truck that could contend for the win last Wednesday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, but late-race contact with a competitor led to a night-ending wreck with 14 laps remaining in the 200-lap event. With body damage and destroyed front brakes, the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado was relegated to a 26th-place finish in a caution-filled race at “the world’s fastest half mile.”
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 2 team will utilize chassis No. 044 this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. The No. 044 chassis has been used twice by Ron Hornaday this season, most recently at Michigan International Speedway where he scored a fourth-place finish after starting second. The chassis has not been utilized by the No. 2 team in 2010.
ARE YOU A FOLLOWER? Twitter users can now keep up-to-date with Kevin Harvick Inc.’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Teams by following at http://twitter.com/KHI_TruckSeries. In addition, you can follow KHI’s Nationwide Series team at http://twitter.com /KHI_NNS. Want more from KHI? Follow KHI’s co-owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick at http://twitter.com/kevinharvick and http://twitter.com/delanaharvick.
MEDIA ACCESS: Members of the media can now log on to www.kevinharvickinc.com to gain access to press kit information online. For more information, please email Jessica Trippy at KHI: jtrippy@kevinharvickinc.com.
About Kevin Harvick Inc.
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.
QUICK NOTES
Race Info:
August 27, 2010
Chicagoland Speedway
EnjoyIllinois.com 225
150 Laps/225 Miles
Track Layout:
1.5-Mile D-Shaped Oval
Turns: 18-degree banking
Frontstretch: 11-degree banking
Backstretch: 5-degree banking
Truck Specs:
Chassis: No. 044
Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Thursday:
Practice: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET
Friday:
Final Practice: 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. EST
Qualifying: 4:35 p.m. EST
Race: 9:00 p.m. EST
TV: SPEED will broadcast live at 8:30 p.m. EST
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast live at 8:45 p.m. EST
Shelby Howard
Nationwide Series Statistics at
Chicagoland Speedway:
Starts: 2
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Top 5: 0
Top 10: 0
Laps Led: 0
Average Start: 19.5
Average Finish: 23.0
Shelby Howard
Truck Series Statistics at
Chicagoland Speedway
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