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

Preview: Eric McClure/ No. 24 Hefty® Odor Block™ Ford
Venue: Talladega Superspeedway
Circuit: NASCAR Nationwide Series (Race 8 of 35)
Event: Aaron's 312 (117 laps; 311.2 miles)
Primary Sponsor: Hefty® Brand—Lake Forest, IL
Eric McClure/Hefty® Ford Notes of Interest:

    * Phoenix Recap—Career Best at PIR:

  • Eric McClure started the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 in the 18th position and ran in the top-25 for most of the event before finishing 22nd. Both the start and finish for McClure were career bests at PIR.

    * McClure Returns to One of His Favorite Tracks

  • The 30-year-old Virginia driver returns to his favorite track on the circuit this weekend where he will compete in his 81st career NASCAR Nationwide Series event.
  • McClure’s 2008 finish of 15th at the famed Talladega Superspeedway is his career best Nationwide Series finish.
  • McClure has two Sprint Cup Series starts at the 2.66-mile track, including his Sprint Cup Series debut in 2004 where he started 35th and finished 26th; he also plans to pull double duty as he attempts the 2009 Aaron’s 499 with Hefty® Steel Sak® as sponsor.

    * Chassis # 47

  • The Emory and Henry College graduate will once again pilot chassis # 47. It was used in the 2009 season opener at Daytona International Speedway where the team started 36th and finished 26th.
  • This chassis has proven successful for RHR as it has a best finish of 3rd which came just one year ago (Talladega 2008).

    * Up To Speed

  • Catch all of the action live on Saturday, April 25, 2009 beginning with the Countdown show 2:30pm (EST) on ABC. 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 One of Your Favorite Tracks) “I love racing at Talladega. The plate and aero package in the Nationwide Series can be a bit of an equalizer and provides some of the most exciting racing we have. Talladega has always been a special place for me, as it’s the first place MMM took me to test and where I ran my first Sprint Cup race. We’re starting to run a lot better and the car we’re taking ran very well at Daytona up until we got into a little accident. RHR had a great run here last year, so hopefully we can run well, avoid the ‘big one’ and have a great day.”