Backstretch Motorsports

Burton & Co. Will Have New Look in 2009

JOILET, Ill. (July 10, 2008) — Richard Childress Racing unveiled today at Chicagoland Speedway the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet Impala SS to be driven by Jeff Burton in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2009.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and RCR announced June 18 that they had entered into a multi-year partnership for the No. 31 Chevrolet team and Burton. Next season marks Caterpillar’s 17th year of sponsorship involvement in NASCAR. It will also be Richard Childress’ 40th anniversary in the sport.

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PEORIA, Ill. (June 18, 2008) — Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) have agreed to a multi-year partnership for the No. 31 Chevrolet driven by Jeff Burton beginning with the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Burton, a 20-time winner in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition, is currently second in the 2008 point standings with one victory, four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in the season’s first 15 races. The No. 31 team has made the “Chase for the Championship” the past two seasons, finishing seventh in 2006 and eighth last year.

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• RCR Trio Dominates Top Five in Standings
• Kyle Busch Takes Over Points Lead
• Darlington Raceway Features Major Facility Improvements
• South Carolinians Play Key Role In Sprint Cup Garage

RCR Heads Into Darlington With All Three Drivers In The Top Five

Richard Childress Racing’s trio of drivers dominate this week’s top five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. And, with
RCR claiming eight wins at Darlington Raceway over the years, the outlook for that organization is looking up as the series travels to the track deemed “Too Tough to Tame” for the Dodge 500 this Saturday night (FOX, 7 p.m. ET).

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Defending Richmond Winner Bowyer Arrives Atop Standings
JGR: Crew Chiefs Setting The Organization Apart in 2008
Series-Only Regulars Make Up Half Of Top 10

Bowyer Is Standings Leader, Defending Winner Coming To Richmond

It seems like Clint Bowyer (No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet) is getting all breaks this season.
Despite a 25th-place finish due to an early accident at Talladega Superspeedway — where he went in leading defending series champion Carl Edwards (No. 60 Scotts Ford) by nine points — Bowyer managed to increase that lead to 27 points thanks to Edwards’ first DNF of the season.

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BAM Racing withdraws No. 49 Toyota entry for Texas

One week after announcing a sponsorship program with Microsoft Small Business and qualifying seventh at Martinsville, BAM Racing’s No. 49 Toyota was withdrawn from this weekend’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

No details were available as to the reasons behind the decision by owner Beth Ann Morgenthau, who has operated a team in NASCAR’s premier series since 2002.

The No. 49 was 42nd in owner points following a 37th-place finish at Martinsville, having made three of six races this season. Driver Ken Schrader finished 21st at Las Vegas and 41st at Bristol earlier in 2008.

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Kyle Busch’s loss was Scott Wimmer’s gain.

Busch dominated Saturday’s Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway but lost control of his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota off Turn 4 after leading 125 of the first 162 laps.

That handed the lead to Richard Childress Racing’s Clint Bowyer, but RCR teammate Wimmer passed Bowyer for the lead with 20 laps to go to notch his first win in nearly five years.

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Richard Childress Racing Drivers Score One, Two, Three Finishes

It is never over until it is over, especially at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jeff Burton, No. 31 AT&T Impala SS, had put himself in position for a solid top-three finish when the caution flag flew for the final time on lap 497 of the Food City 500 setting up a green-white-checkered scenario.

Burton crossed the finish line .588 seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick. Clint Bowyer was third, followed by Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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NASCAR Nationwide Series
Sharpie MINI 300
Bristol Motor Speedway
Fast Facts
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Race Winner: Clint Bowyer
Age: 28
Team: No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet
Owner: Richard Childress
Crew Chief: Dan Deeringhoff
Clint Bowyer won the Sharpie MINI 300, his sixth victory in 114 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.

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