Eric McClure/ No. 24 Hefty Odor Block Ford Fusion Pre Race Report       

Preview: Eric McClure/ No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford
Venue: Loews Motorspeedway
Circuit: NASCAR Nationwide Series (Race 12 of 35)
Event: CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 (200 laps; 300 miles)
Primary Sponsor: Hefty® Brand—Lake Forest, IL
Eric McClure/Hefty® Ford Notes of Interest:

Lowe’s Recap

  • The No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford Fusion started the event in the 29th position and was running on seven cylinders by lap 60. Timely cautions helped the RHR team advance their position to finish the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 in the 19th position.

The Monster Mile Fast Facts

  • The 30-year-old Virginia driver will compete in his fifth NNS event at Dover International Speedway. His first outing in June 2007 showed his best qualifying effort of 34th, yet his best finish of 24th came in September 2008.
  • In four starts, McClure has an average finish of 26th and has completed 92.7% of the laps.
  • This weekend will also mark McClure’s 85th career Nationwide Series start.
  • McClure will be piloting chassis # 44 at the “Monster Mile”; this will be its fifth race this season and it scored a 19th-place finish last weekend at LMS.

Autism Speaks Promotion

  • The No. 24 Hefty® Ford, along with other cars in all three of NASCAR’s National Series, will be sporting the Autism Speaks decal during the weekend’s activities at Dover International Speedway

Up To Speed

  • Catch all of the NASCAR Nationwide Series action from Dover International Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 2009 beginning at 2:00pm on ESPN 2. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will also broadcast the event live.

    Eric McClure Quotes:
    “I’m looking forward to getting back to Dover. The RHR team ran very strong there last year and I’m hopeful I can continue to improve on my past runs at each track. Dover is such a fast track and the field stays close together, like a big Bristol, so survival is key, particularly in the Nationwide Series. We’ve been able to do that the last couple of races there, so if we can run well and get a solid finish it would be a big deal to our Hefty® Racing™ team. I’m just grateful to Bobby Jr, Ed Rensi and Gary Weisbaum for the opportunity to be a part of their organization and hopefully we can build of a good finish at Lowe’s with a good run at Dover.”

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