Some Chassis Selections by Teams for this race
Chassis selections for Dover: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Dover International Speedway this weekend:
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion has elected to bring Chassis number #1102 to Dover International Speedway this weekend. McMurray and the #1 Bass Pro Shops team last used this chassis earlier in the season at both Las Vegas Motor Speedway where it finished 27th and Texas Motor Speedway where it finished 22nd.
#2-Brad Keselowski: The #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger team will use chassis PRS-743 during Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway. Keselowski raced this chassis to a 26th-place finish at Auto Club Speedway in March. The featured tag line on the bumper of the "Blue Deuce" this weekend in Dover will be "Save Your Summer! Tastepoints.com." The Tastepoints.com program encourages people to collect codes off specially-packaged Miller Lite that can be redeemed for a variety of prizes, including the chance to participate in the Miller Lite 1100.
#6-David Ragan: Primary is RK-759 a brand new chassis. The backup is RK-730 which last ran Phoenix in 2010 as the No. 99 finished first.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 754 for the 400-mile event at Dover International Speedway. This Dewalt Ford Fusion has been run previously this season at Martinsville. Australian Word of the Week: Ankle Biter = Small Child
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-530 was a brand new racecar for 2009 that, prior to its debut at Richmond in May, had only been tested in the wind tunnel. At Richmond, Stewart used Chassis No. 14-530 to score his second runner-up effort of the season. It saw action unexpectedly in June at New Hampshire when the team's primary car was crashed in the opening minutes of the weekend's first practice. It was unloaded in time to get a few laps of practice in before the session ended, qualifying was rained-out and the field was set by car owner points, which allowed Stewart to start from the pole. Stewart was in contention to pick up the win but rain cut the race 28 laps short of its scheduled 301-lap distance, aiding those who successfully gambled on fuel mileage and penalizing drivers like Stewart, who wound up fifth. The chassis third career start came at Richmond in the series' return visit in September finishing 17th. Next was Martinsville in October where Stewart finished ninth. The offseason brought about a complete rebuild for the chassis in preparation for its first start of 2010 at Bristol where finished second, then Dover in June where it finished ninth then Bristol in August with multiple on-track incidents for a 27th-place finish. It returned to the concrete at Dover in September, where it qualified 25th and finished 21st. With a new body, Chassis No. 14-530 returned for a third tour of duty in 2011 and a third outing at Bristol via the March running of the Jeff Byrd 500. It qualified 13th and finished 19th after a tight handling condition went unremedied.
#17-Matt Kenseth: Primary: RK-763 is a brand new chassis, Kenseth will pilot the #17 Wiley X Sunglasses Ford Fusion.
#18-Kyle Busch: Chassis No. 286 will make its fourth-ever start in Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway. In its first start last October at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Busch started sixth and led a race-high 217 laps before settling for a solid second-place finish. In its most recent start, Busch started seventh and finished 13th at Phoenix. Busch ran within the top-three for a majority of the race, but late-race fuel strategy forced him to settle for 13th. In its most recent start at Las Vegas in March, Busch qualified a strong fifth, but a blown engine before the halfway point relegated him to a 38th-place finish.
#20-Joey Logano: and the #20 Home Depot Team is taking chassis #297 to Dover this weekend. Logano drove this chassis at Texas in April and at Las Vegas in March. A late-race tire violation with 25 laps to go dropped the team out of the top 10 and into the 23rd position at the Nevada track, and he was hit on pit road by the #00 car in Texas to finish 24th. The back-up chassis is #278 which Logano drove earlier this year at Bristol, to a fourth-place finish at Richmond last fall and to a 17th-place finish at Kansas Speedway. The Home Depot associates from store #6834 in Apple Valley, CA, store number will ride along with Logano on the rear quarter panel of The Home Depot Toyota.
#22-Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington-led Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Team will be racing their "PRS-752" Dodge Charger in this weekend's action at Dover. This is a brand new chassis that the team will debut. The "PRS-738" chassis will serve as the backup. This "Double-Deuce" Dodge Charger was last raced at Phoenix where Busch started second and finished eighth on Feb. 27.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 347 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This #27 CertainTeed/Menards Chevy was a brand new addition to the RCR fleet for the 2011 season and was last seen on track at Auto Club Speedway where Menard brought home a 16th-place result after starting from the 15th position.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will race chassis No. 299 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. In March, Harvick raced his way to Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway in this car after starting from the 24th position. The team also utilized this car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2010 and Harvick drove it to a second-place finish there after starting 34th.
#31-Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 317 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. Built new for 2010, this is the same Caterpillar Chevy Burton drove to an eighth-place finish at Pocono Raceway last August. This Chevrolet racer competed at Michigan International Speedway and Auto Club Speedway last fall where Burton finished 24th and 23rd, respectively. Burton also drove this #31 to a 17th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway earlier this season.
#33-Clint Bowyer: will pilot chassis No. 310 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This BB&T Chevy saw action earlier this season when Bowyer finished 35th at Bristol Motor Speedway after suffering engine failure from damage to the grill in an accident on lap 436.
#36-Dave Blaney: will run the No. 93 chassis this weekend at Dover International Speedway for the first time this season. The Golden Corral team last ran chassis No. 93 at Darlington Raceway in 2010 when a practice incident damaged the car. The team completely rebuilt the chassis in the off-season.
#39-Ryan Newman Chassis No. 39-516 has been the only chassis to see action on either of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' concrete racetracks Bristol and Dover for the #39 Stewart-Haas Racing team. The chassis has also seen action at one other track on the circuit Darlington. In 10 starts, the chassis has finished outside of the top-10 only twice. In five races during the 2009 season, the chassis never finished outside of the top-10. The car finished seventh and sixth at Bristol, fourth at Darlington and eighth and 10th at Dover, respectively. After updates to the chassis following the 2009 season, the car returned to action at the concrete tracks again in 2010. In March 2010 at Bristol, Newman flirted with a top-10 but finished a disappointing 16th following a late-race lug nut issue on a pit stop. Newman followed that performance up with a sixth-place effort in the August race at the .533-mile bullring. The chassis also saw action at Dover during the 2010 season. Last May at Dover, Newman qualified sixth and fought back from tire issues to finish 13th. Newman followed that up with an eight-place finish last September. During the offseason, the car was updated with a new front clip and a new body for the 2011 season. The chassis' most recent outing at Bristol in March resulted in a 10th-place finish.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: Team Target used chassis #1003 this season in the Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway where Montoya finished 24th. This chassis also ran five times last year by the No. 42 team (Charlotte in May, Chicago in July, Atlanta in September, Fontana in October, and Texas in November). The chassis had finishes of 38th, 16th, ninth, 14th, and 28th.
#43-A.J. Allmendinger: The #43 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 710 for this weekend's event at Dover International Speedway. This Best Buy Ford has been run previously this season at Bristol.
#48-Jimmie Johnson: will pilot chassis No. 650 in Sunday's race at Dover International Speedway. He finished eighth in that car at Texas Motor Speedway in April. Johnson finished 16th in backup chassis No. 623 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.
#99-Carl Edwards: The #99 team will be unloading chassis RK-739 this weekend. This car last raced at Auto Club Speedway where Edwards finished sixth.
