Canadian Tire Corporation will be the primary sponsor for Fellows along with associate sponsorship from Texas-based AER Manufacturing in the Sprint Cup Series races at Sonoma Raceway (June 23) and Watkins Glen International (August 11). Fellows has six NASCAR victories to his credit in NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series competition. He is intent on joining the list of 23 drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Fellows at Circle Sport for road course races
Ron Fellows | 33
(June 18, 2013 5:32 PM EDT)
Ron Fellows will begin his race toward his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory when he pilots the No. 33 Circle Sport Chevrolet in the upcoming road course events.
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Circle Sport Racing
California Winery to sponsor Mears at Sonoma
Casey Mears | 13
(June 18, 2013 5:24 PM EDT)
Caymus Vineyards, part of the prestigious Wagner Family of Wine, will be on board the No. 13 GEICO Ford Fusion as an associate sponsor for the upcoming Sonoma Raceway event.
Having a prestigious California winery with such a strong commitment to family tradition and producing quality products makes the Caymus Vineyards pairing with Casey Mears, of Bakersfield, CA, and Germain Racing a perfect match."We are pleased to be an Associate Sponsor of Casey Mears from Germain Racing and supporter of NASCAR for this year’s Sonoma race. In addition to enjoying this great sport, Caymus has many friends connected with NASCAR and we are happy to be able to support them in some way," said Chuck Wagner, Owner/Winemaker, Caymus Vineyards and Wagner Family of Wine.
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Germain Racing
Max Papis at Road America
Max Papis | 733
(June 18, 2013 5:20 PM EDT)
Max Papis, the Italian road-course veteran, has two-career starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Road America.
His best start of second came in 2011 and best finish of fourth came in 2012. Papis has completed 105 of 107 laps attempted (98.1 percent) at the 4.048-mile road course, leading one of them. Papis will pilot chassis No. 095 at Road America. This No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro was previously tested this season at Virginia International Raceway. It was also utilized last year at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where Brendan Gaughan drove it to an 11th- place finish.-Richard Childress Racing
Gaughan driving RCR's No. 21 at Road America
Brendan Gaughan | 862
(June 18, 2013 5:16 PM EDT)
In 2010, Camping World Truck Series regular Brendan Gaughan made his lone Nationwide Series appearance at the 14-turn Road America road course.
The Las Vegas native earned a third-place result after starting from the sixth position, completing 100 percent (50 of 50) of the laps contested. He will pilot the same Chevrolet which was last used by the No. 2 team in August 2012 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where it was driven to a second-place finish.-Richard Childress Racing
Austin Dillon Road America race preview
Austin Dillon | 703
(June 18, 2013 5:08 PM EDT)
Austin Dillon made his first-career NASCAR Nationwide Series road course start in last year's edition of the race, earning an 18th-place finish in the AdvoCare Chevrolet after losing third gear on lap 12.
He will pilot Chassis No. 098 in the Johnsonville Sausage 200 presented by Menards at Road America. He drove this Chevrolet to a 23rd-place finish at Watkins Glen International, and a ninth-place finish at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last year.-Richard Childress Racing
Brian Scott's stats in the Dairy State
Brian Scott | 702
(June 18, 2013 5:05 PM EDT)
Brian Scott has three Nationwide Series starts at the 4.048-mile Elkhart Lake, Wis. track, notching his best start of sixth and finish of seventh in this race one year ago.
Additionally, the Nationwide Series competitor has a 100 percent lap completion rate at the Road America road course and led 10 laps. After last weekend's event at Michigan International Speedway, Scott moved up to sixth in Nationwide Series championship driver point standings, 80 markers out of first place and nine points out of fifth.-Richard Childress Racing
Jeff Burton's career Wine Country statistics
Jeff Burton | 31
(June 18, 2013 5:02 PM EDT)
This weekend's 110-lap event marks Jeff Burton's 20th start at the 1.99-mile Sonoma facility and 671st-career Sprint Cup Series entry.
Burton garnered one top-five and five top-10 finishes at the Sonoma, Calif.-based race track with his best start coming in 2002 (third) and best finish coming in 2007 (third).-Richard Childress Racing
Kevin Harvick is road course ready
Kevin Harvick | 29
(June 18, 2013 5:00 PM EDT)
Kevin Harvick has made 12 starts at the 10-turn Sonoma road course dating back to the 2001 season.
During that time, the RCR veteran has collected three top-five and four top-10 finishes. He holds a 16.7 average starting position coupled with a 16.1 average finishing position, has completed 99.9 percent (1,328 of 1,329) of the laps contested and is credited with 10 laps led.-Richard Childress Racing
Wine Country stats on Paul Menard
Paul Menard | 27
(June 18, 2013 4:44 PM EDT)
In five starts at Sonoma Raceway, Paul Menard's best start of third and best finish of 17th both came in 2011.
The Wisconsin native has completed 556 of 567 laps attempted (99.8 percent) at the 1.99-mile road course. Race Rewind: Starting 23rd, Menard was in contention for a top-15 finish when a late-race spin relegated the No. 27 team to a 20th-place finish at the Sonoma, Calif., road course last season. Menard will pilot the same chassis that he previously raced at Sonoma in 2011 and 2012.-Richard Childress Racing
Ambrose looks for elusive win at Sonoma
Marcos Ambrose | 9
(June 18, 2013 4:39 PM EDT)
If there was one track that 'owes' Marcos Ambrose, it is the Sonoma Raceway.
Ambrose has five starts at the road course. Beside a transmission failure in his first start, the road course veteran has finished in the top-10 in all events, including a best finish of third (2009). A win has been elusive, however, making Ambrose and the No. 9 Stanley Ford team thirsty for Victory Lane in wine country.-Breaking Limits