New Hampshire Motor Speedway Advance Notes

Race: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 on Sunday, June 27

Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-mile oval)

Location: Loudon, N.H.

MEDIA ALERT:  Juan Pablo Montoya will be available at the No. 42 Target hauler for a brief media Q&A session on Saturday, June 26th at 8:30 a.m. (ET)

Loudon Background:  Montoya will make his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday.  Montoya dominated this race last September when he broke the track qualifying record and captured the pole position, led all practice sessions and led 105 of the 300 laps before coming home in third.  He has finished in all races competed with 1754 of 1757 laps (99.8%) complete.

Infineon Review: Montoya returned to the site of his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win at Infineon Raceway over the weekend. The Target team would endure a lot of on-track beating and banging and rally back from 32nd in the closing laps of the 110 lap race to finish in the 10th position. The top-10 would mark the eighth of the season for the Target team.

Race to the Chase:  Securing a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup means doing the math: 10 tracks in 10 weeks equals intense competition.  The “Race to the Chase” begins this Sunday at New Hampshire and concludes with Saturday night racing in Richmond.  The 10 week shootout includes the flat tracks at New Hampshire and Michigan, three 2.5 mile racetracks with all different configurations, a road course, two short-tracks and two 1.5-mile tracks.  Five of the 10 races will fall under the lights as well.  Montoya currently sits 20th in the NSCS point standings and 161 points out of the top-12.  That is just 16 points gained per race and the No. 42 Target Chevrolet will be in the Chase for the Sprint Cup two years in a row.  In the first 16 events of 2010 Montoya has four top-five and eight top-10 finishes.

Target Race Carts Finale:  Attention Race Fans- Look for the Target Race Carts this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  This will be the fourth and final NSCS stop for the Target At-Track Mobile Series this season.  The 10-foot tall Race Carts are patterned after a Target shopping cart accompanied with trained Target street teams distributing samples and coupon books with a $60 value for valued sponsor partners.

Home Track:  Mike Bodick, mechanic and gas man for the 42 team, hails from Norwalk, Conn.  Bodick is a former football player and graduate of West Point Military Academy.  He has been involved with racing for the past 19 years and is a 13 year veteran of the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates race team.

Eco-Friendly Moms and Target:  Target has recently announced it will partner with The Little Seed Organic Baby Clothing line starting next month.  The Little Seed is an organic clothing line started a year ago by former child star Soliel Moon Frye who played Punky Brewster.  The new line will accompany Target’s already established eco-friendly baby gear section that can be found at www.target.com.

CHASSIS INFO

No. 42 Target Chevrolet (NSCS):  Chassis #907.  The Target team will bring Chassis #907 to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend.  This chassis was used twice during the 2009 season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September and Martinsville Speedway in October where Montoya finished third in both events.

TEAM ROSTER

Tony Glover – Team Manager

Steve Hmiel – Director of Competition

Crew Chief:  Brian Pattie

Rear Tire Changer:  Chris McMullen

Chief Mechanic:  Heath Silver

Rear Tire Carrier:  Chip Goode

Front Tire Changer:  Trevor Lysne

Gas Man:  Mike Bodick

Front Tire Carrier:  Eric Bilyeu

Catch Can:  Heath Silver

Jack Man:  TJ Ford

Spotter:  Tab Boyd

For more information log onto:

www.earnhardtganassi.com