Chad McCumbee Express Notes, No. 09 Ford Fusion NASCAR Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway, Race No. 7

Chad McCumbee Express Notes, No. 09 Ford Fusion NASCAR Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway, Race No. 7

Topics: Chad McCumbee, O’Reilly 300

Chad McCumbee Express Notes, No. 09 Ford Fusion NASCAR Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway, Race No. 7

Jessica Caulder
RAB Racing
April 14, 2010

Race Info:
Event: O’Reilly 300
Date/Time: Saturday, April 17/3:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2, 3:00 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, 3:00 p.m.
Distance: 200 laps/300 miles
Track: 1.5-mile quad-oval
2009 Winner: Kyle Busch

Team Website: www.teamrab.com
Team Twitter: http://twitter.com/Team09_Jessica
Team Facebook: www.facebook.com/RABRacing
Chad’s Website: www.chadmccumbee.com

Fast & Fun Facts:

Chad McCumbee, a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series veteran, will be making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with RAB Racing in this weekend’s O’Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

McCumbee, who is running with sponsorship from www.thegpsstore.com, is currently only scheduled to run one race with RAB Racing at Texas.

Ashley Parlett, RAB Racing’s car chief will be celebrating her 27th birthday on Friday, April 16.

McCumbee’s Lone Star State Stats: McCumbee has seven NCWTS starts at TMS including two top-10 and six top-20 finishes. His best start at the 1.5-mile quad-oval is 2nd (2007) and his best finish is 6th (2008).

Testing 1, 2, 3 Testing: Although McCumbee has never raced in the Nationwide Series he has spent some time testing Nationwide cars with Fast Track Racing at Nashville Superspeedway and Lakeland, FL.

Did You Know: Chad McCumbee owns a Late Model Stock team, Chad McCumbee Racing. Terry Evans, one of two drivers for CMR, drove his CMR Chevrolet to victory lane in the 2nd 35 lap race at Myrtle Beach Speedway season opener on Saturday, April 3.

Points Check: Following a 25th-place finish by rookie, Jason Bowles in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 last weekend at Phoenix, RAB Racing sits 21st in the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings; a mere 36 markers outside of the top-15.