Tommy Baldwin Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Advance:
Texas Motor Speedway
Race: Samsung Mobile 500
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: 7 of 36
Track: Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 miles
Date: April 14, 2012
Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) heads west to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ return to Primetime. David Reutimann have to qualify the No. 10 Accell Construction Chevrolet for the Samsung Mobile 500. Dave Blaney will wheel the No. 36 Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine Chevrolet for 334 laps Saturday evening.
TBR AT TEXAS – TBR made four starts at the Fort Worth track. Blaney tallied the team’s best start with a 36th-place starting spot in the 2011 fall race. He also achieved the team’s best finish of 30th in the 2011 spring event.
KEEPING UP WITH TBR – Keep up with TBR by following twitter.com/TBR_Racing andfacebook.com/TBR.HBR.
David Reutimann – No. 10 Accell Construction Chevrolet
REUTIMANN AT TEXAS – Reutimann made 25 starts at Texas Motor Speedway, nine in the NSCS. In the NSCS, he tallied one pole, one top-10 finish of 10th and three top-15 finishes since his debut in 2007. In his 10 starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, he posted one pole and five top-10 finishes, with a best finish of sixth in 2007. He finished in the top-10 in five of his six NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts. He is ranked 12th among the entries for this weekend’s race for posting the fastest lap during the race.
ACCELL CONSTRUCTION – Prior to Martinsville Speedway, Accell Construction made a three-race commitment with Tommy Baldwin Racing adding to the Oklahoma-based company’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) program. David Reutimann will pilot the No. 10 Accell Construction Chevrolet at Martinsville Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway. The 20-year-old company sponsored the No. 10 Chevrolet at Phoenix International Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway. Continuing to see an increase in interest of the company, Accell Construction decided to extend their relationship with the NSCS team.
CHASSIS NO. 356 – TBR bought Chassis No. 356 in the off-season from Richard Childress Racing. Reutimann drove the chassis at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway this season. At Vegas, he started in the 31st position, and a sparking wire in the cockpit relegated the team to a 31st-place finish. At California, he started 18thand finished in the 27th position.
QUALIFYING FOR THE SHOW – One point outside the top-35, Reutimann will have to qualify for the Samsung Mobile 500 this weekend. There are 47 entries for Saturday’s Primetime event, so 12 cars will have to qualify on time. Reutimann and the No. 10 Accell Construction team will have to out qualify four of the 12 cars made up of Trevor Bayne, Mike Bliss, Stacy Compton, Michael McDowell, Joe Nemechek, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, David Stremme, Josh Wise, Scott Riggs and another driver to be announced for the No. 37 team.
IN THE POINTS – Reutimann’s 35th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway dropped the No. 10 team to the 36th position in the NSCS Owner Points, one point outside the top-35. The team is one point behind the No. 83 in 35th and 13 points ahead of the No. 30. Reutimann held onto the 32nd spot in NSCS Driver Points. He is five points behind Kasey Kahne in 31st place and 9 points ahead of Travis Kvapil in the 33rd position.
David Reutimann Quotes:
ON RACING AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – “Texas is my favorite track we go to by far. The place is really, really fast. Overall, it is a cool racetrack and a place where I have had some good runs. Hopefully, we can turn things around this weekend and get back into the top-35 with a solid finish.”