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

Preview: Eric McClure/ No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford
Venue: Nashville Superspeedway
Circuit: NASCAR Nationwide Series (Race 6 of 35)
Event: Pepsi 300 (225 laps; 300 miles)
Primary Sponsor: Hefty® Brand—Lake Forest, IL
Eric McClure/Hefty® Ford Notes of Interest:

* Texas Recap

• Eric McClure started the O’Reilly 300 in the 25th position and posted a 34th-place finish after spending time in the garage to repair a broken axle.

  * Racing For the Gibson Guitar-Chassis # 48

• The Abingdon, Virginia native visits the land of country music as he sets to compete in his 79th career Nationwide Series event and his seventh at the 1.33-mile speedway.
• The 30-year-old driver has a best start of 30th (April 2008) and a best finish of 26th (April 2007) at Nashville Superspeedway.
• This is the first race for Chassis # 48.

  * Easter Games Before the Race

• On Friday, McClure, along with other drivers and current media members, will be participating in an Easter egg coloring contest and egg toss at Nashville Superspeedway.
• The coloring contest (drivers vs. media) will be judged by NASCAR Nationwide Series director, Joe Balash. Shortly thereafter, each media member will be paired with a driver for the egg toss located on the grassy area between the track and pit-road.

  * NASCAR Experience

• The No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ team will host Kimberly Martin, a resident of Tullahoma, Tennessee, as a guest of the team. Martin was chosen as the winner of Fox TN 17 TV contest.
• Martin will not only get to release the driver on his qualifying run and sit on the pit-box during the race, she will also get a behind the scenes tour of what takes place in the garage area prior to the race.

  * Up To Speed

• Catch the action live on Saturday, April 11 beginning at 3:00pm (EST) on ESPN. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will also broadcast the event live.