Bobby Labonte Busch Series Race Preview
Bobby Labonte/No. 77 Dollar General Stores Chevrolet
Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 35 of 35
Homestead-Miami Speedway
QUICK NOTES:
Race Info
November 18, 2006
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Ford 300
Race length: 200 laps / 300 miles
Banking/Turns: 20-degrees variable banking
Track layout: 1.5-mile
Shape: oval
No. 77 Dollar General stores Monte Carlo SS Specs
Chassis: 010
Car History: Previously raced in 2006 at Texas two weeks ago.
Engine: RCR
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY FACTS &STATS:
The No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet team owner, DeLana Harvick, is 24th in Owner points, 10 points back from 23rd-place and 2,178 points behind the leader.
Bobby Labonte has made one previous Busch Series start at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway in 1996. Racing in the self-owned Shell Oil Chevrolet, Labonte started from the pole and finished second. Leading a total of 50 of the 200 lap event.
Not limited to Busch Series starts at Homestead, Labonte has competed in seven NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NNCS) events there. Labonte earned his last NNCS win at Homestead-Miami, Fla. in 2003.
KHI DRIVER HISTORY AT HOMESTEAD: Three drivers that currently drive for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) have visited victory lane at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway in three of NASCAR's premier divisions. Ron Hornaday won the 2002 Truck Series event; now driving the No. 33 AES HR Solutions and No. 33 Outdoor Channel Chevrolets for KHI. Bobby Labonte won the 2003 Nextel Cup Series event; now driving the No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet. Team co-owner and driver of the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet, Kevin Harvick won the 2004 Busch Series event.
KHI OWNER & 2006 NBS CHAMPION: Kevin Harvick, team owner of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) will celebrate his second NASCAR Busch Series championship this weekend in Homestead-Miami, Fla. Harvick clinched the 2006 title at Lowe's (N.C.) Motor Speedway, six weeks ago. Not even lifting, Harvick has continued on winning at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park and Texas Motor Speedway and followed his two victories with a second place finish at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway. Harvick needs one win to tie Sam Ard's 1983 record for the most wins in a season, totaling 10.
Pre-Race Schedule
Friday
1:15-2:15 p.m Practice
6:30 p.m. Final Practice
Saturday
3:40 p.m. Qualifying
TV - The Ford 300 can be seen live on TNT at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Radio - The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 7:00 p.m. ET.
PERFORMANCE BASED: Tim Goad, pit stop coach and jack man for the No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet visited the Athletic Performance training facility while in Phoenix, Arizona. Goad was invited to tour the facility and meet with the training staff. The facility trains professional athletes from a variety of sports and houses the latest in athletic development training and dietary schedules. The facility staff works with a dietary supplement brand called EAS, which is also a sponsor of Kevin Harvick Inc. Goad is scheduled to return to the facility in January to watch other athletes train and gain useful knowledge for our pit crews that go over the wall during races. Every member of the KHI teams that go over the wall for a pit stop are on a scheduled workout and conditioning plan, set by Goad. Each day the teams are at KHI, they condition and practice pit stops. Considered a professional athlete, Goad once played professional football before coming to work at KHI.
THANKS AND GIVING CAMPAIGN: Dollar General Corporation announced its participation in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thanks and Giving campaign. The promotion will kick-off in Dollar General stores November 18 and conclude December 9. Dollar General stores across the country will offer customers the opportunity to support Thanks and Giving through $1 donations, which can be made at the check-out counter. Participants will write their name on a special donation card to be displayed throughout the store. Thanks and Giving is a unique national program in support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital that asks consumers to "give thanks for the healthy kids in their lives and give to those who are not, with the hope that some day all children will be healthy." Dollar General hosted St. Jude's patient, Penelope Baer and the Ledford Family in Charlotte for the event at Lowe's (N.C.) Motor Speedway on October 13. Kevin Harvick also ran the St. Jude Children's Hospital logo on the rear quarter-panel of the No. 33 Dollar General stores Chevrolet in support of the Dollar General and St. Jude partnership. For more information, please visit www.stjude.org.
Bobby Labonte/No. 77 Dollar General Stores Chevrolet
Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 35 of 35
Homestead-Miami Speedway
QUICK NOTES:
Race Info
November 18, 2006
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Ford 300
Race length: 200 laps / 300 miles
Banking/Turns: 20-degrees variable banking
Track layout: 1.5-mile
Shape: oval
No. 77 Dollar General stores Monte Carlo SS Specs
Chassis: 010
Car History: Previously raced in 2006 at Texas two weeks ago.
Engine: RCR
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY FACTS &STATS:
The No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet team owner, DeLana Harvick, is 24th in Owner points, 10 points back from 23rd-place and 2,178 points behind the leader.
Bobby Labonte has made one previous Busch Series start at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway in 1996. Racing in the self-owned Shell Oil Chevrolet, Labonte started from the pole and finished second. Leading a total of 50 of the 200 lap event.
Not limited to Busch Series starts at Homestead, Labonte has competed in seven NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NNCS) events there. Labonte earned his last NNCS win at Homestead-Miami, Fla. in 2003.
KHI DRIVER HISTORY AT HOMESTEAD: Three drivers that currently drive for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) have visited victory lane at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway in three of NASCAR's premier divisions. Ron Hornaday won the 2002 Truck Series event; now driving the No. 33 AES HR Solutions and No. 33 Outdoor Channel Chevrolets for KHI. Bobby Labonte won the 2003 Nextel Cup Series event; now driving the No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet. Team co-owner and driver of the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet, Kevin Harvick won the 2004 Busch Series event.
KHI OWNER & 2006 NBS CHAMPION: Kevin Harvick, team owner of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) will celebrate his second NASCAR Busch Series championship this weekend in Homestead-Miami, Fla. Harvick clinched the 2006 title at Lowe's (N.C.) Motor Speedway, six weeks ago. Not even lifting, Harvick has continued on winning at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park and Texas Motor Speedway and followed his two victories with a second place finish at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway. Harvick needs one win to tie Sam Ard's 1983 record for the most wins in a season, totaling 10.
Pre-Race Schedule
Friday
1:15-2:15 p.m Practice
6:30 p.m. Final Practice
Saturday
3:40 p.m. Qualifying
TV - The Ford 300 can be seen live on TNT at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Radio - The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 7:00 p.m. ET.
PERFORMANCE BASED: Tim Goad, pit stop coach and jack man for the No. 77 Dollar General stores Chevrolet visited the Athletic Performance training facility while in Phoenix, Arizona. Goad was invited to tour the facility and meet with the training staff. The facility trains professional athletes from a variety of sports and houses the latest in athletic development training and dietary schedules. The facility staff works with a dietary supplement brand called EAS, which is also a sponsor of Kevin Harvick Inc. Goad is scheduled to return to the facility in January to watch other athletes train and gain useful knowledge for our pit crews that go over the wall during races. Every member of the KHI teams that go over the wall for a pit stop are on a scheduled workout and conditioning plan, set by Goad. Each day the teams are at KHI, they condition and practice pit stops. Considered a professional athlete, Goad once played professional football before coming to work at KHI.
THANKS AND GIVING CAMPAIGN: Dollar General Corporation announced its participation in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thanks and Giving campaign. The promotion will kick-off in Dollar General stores November 18 and conclude December 9. Dollar General stores across the country will offer customers the opportunity to support Thanks and Giving through $1 donations, which can be made at the check-out counter. Participants will write their name on a special donation card to be displayed throughout the store. Thanks and Giving is a unique national program in support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital that asks consumers to "give thanks for the healthy kids in their lives and give to those who are not, with the hope that some day all children will be healthy." Dollar General hosted St. Jude's patient, Penelope Baer and the Ledford Family in Charlotte for the event at Lowe's (N.C.) Motor Speedway on October 13. Kevin Harvick also ran the St. Jude Children's Hospital logo on the rear quarter-panel of the No. 33 Dollar General stores Chevrolet in support of the Dollar General and St. Jude partnership. For more information, please visit www.stjude.org.
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