Preview: Eric McClure/ No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford
Venue: Phoenix International Raceway
Circuit: NASCAR Nationwide Series (Race 7 of 35)
Event: Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 (200 laps; 200 miles)
Primary Sponsor: Hefty® Brand—Lake Forest, IL
Associate Sponsors: Springhill Suites Metrocenter Mall—Phoenix, AZ
Eric McClure/Hefty® Ford Notes of Interest:
* Music City Round-up
- Eric McClure qualified 31st for the event and ran has high as 20th before crossing the finish line in the 26th position.
- The team moved up three spots in NASCAR Owner Points to 24th.
* Racing in the Valley of the Sun
- The 30-year-old driver will compete in his 80th career NASCAR Nationwide Series event this weekend and his fifth under the lights at the one-mile raceway.
- His best start and finish at PIR was 31st and 29th respectively (April-2008).
- The Virginia native will be piloting Chassis # 43 in this weekend’s event; it was last run in Phoenix 2008 with a finish of 18th.
* Up to Speed
- Catch all of the action live from PIR on Friday, April 17th beginning at 6:00pm (PT) on ESPN2. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will also broadcast the event live.
Eric McClure, driver of the No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford quotes:
(On returning to PIR)
“I’m really looking forward to coming to Phoenix after our performance in Nashville. Hopefully we can carry the improvements we made in Nashville over to this race. Each week we, as a team, are getting better and I don’t foresee any issues with continuing that here.”
