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Tim George Jr. No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Development Chevrolet Impala Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event/Date: Racing for Wildlife 200 - June 11, 2010
Venue: Michigan International Speedway

Richard Childress Racing ARCA Racing Series Race Notes:

  • One Year Ago ... One year ago, Austin Dillon drove Richard Childress Racing's No. 31 Chevrolet to a second-place finish in the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards at Michigan International Speedway, working his way through the field after starting 36th with a provisional when qualifying was washed out. Friday's Racing for Wildlife 200 marks RCR's second ARCA Racing Series appearance to MIS, but the 41-year-old racing organization has a long history at the two-mile oval, with 138 starts spread out among NASCAR's Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series, in addition to the ARCA Racing Series. RCR has three wins at MIS - two in the NSCS, and one in the NNS.
  • RCR History in ARCA ... Tim George Jr. has competed in the first seven races of 2010 under the RCR banner and plans to complete the full 2010 season in the No. 31 RCR Development Chevrolet Impala. Austin Dillon drove the No. 31 Chevrolet in four ARCA Racing Series starts over the last two seasons and Kevin Harvick raced in two ARCA events for RCR in 1999.
    ยท Twitter ... Follow Tim George Jr. on his official Twitter page - @TimGeorgeJr and follow RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing.
  • ARCA Nation ... Cast your vote for Tim George Jr. in ARCA Nation's Most Post Popular Driver contest presented by National Speed Sport News by visiting the driver's ARCA Nation page - www.arcanation.com/rcr31.
  • Catch the Action ... Flag-to-flag coverage of the Racing for Wildlife 200 will be televised live on Friday, June 11, beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on SPEED. Also check out a live audio feed and live timing and scoring on the ARCA Racing Network at www.arcaracing.com.

Tim George Jr., No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Development Chevrolet Impala Race Notes and Quotes:

  • This Week's RCR Chevrolet at Michigan ... Chassis No. 155 will make its ARCA Racing Series debut this weekend after a successful test session at Michigan International Speedway three weeks ago and a successful former life as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racer. In fact, Tim George Jr will pilot a chassis very familiar to RCR this weekend, as one of the organization's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, Jeff Burton, considered this among his favorite cars during the 2007 race season. Burton raced this Chevrolet into Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway in April 2007 after starting second. He also raced this car at Texas in November (started 27 / finished 6), California Speedway in February (started 8 / finished 4), Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March (started 5 / finished 15), Atlanta Motor Speedway in March (started 32 / finished 4), Michigan International Speedway in June (started 9 / finished 24), Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July (started 7 / finished 8), California Speedway in September (started 15 / finished 4), Charlotte Motor Speedway in October (started 27 / finished 4) and Homestead-Miami Speedway in November (started 9 / finished 8), all in 2007, acquiring a 14th-place average starting position and an average finish position of 7.9 in this chassis.
  • Michigan Stats ... Tim George Jr. has one previous start at Michigan, finishing 13th after starting tenth in the 2009 edition of the Racing for Wildlife 200.
  • Testing One, Two, Three ... George and the No. 31 RCR Development Team traveled to Michigan International Speedway following the Sunday, May 23 ARCA Racing Series event at Toledo Speedway to participate in a one-day test session. The test helped both driver and team prepare for Friday's Racing for Wildlife 200.
  • Wave Us On ... Cheer on Taylorsville, North Carolina's Jeff Price, driver of Richard Childress Racing's No. 31 ARCA Racing Series team transporter, as he joins his fellow truckers in an ARCA Racing Series Parade through the town of Brooklyn, Michigan, on Wednesday, June 9. The parade welcomes race week into the Irish Hills and departs MIS promptly at 9 a.m.
  • All about Points ... George is currently tied for ninth in the ARCA Racing Series point standings with 13 races remaining in the 20-race schedule. He is 75 points shy of Dakoda Armstrong in eighth position and 270 points in arrears of point leader Patrick Sheltra.

Tim George Jr. Quotes:

What are your thoughts on Michigan International Speedway?
"I feel good about going back to MIS after a solid run at a fast place like Pocono last weekend. Our test day at Michigan went well a few weeks ago, and Scott Wimmer was good at showing me how to run there."

Do you feel like you have an extra advantage at these Cup companion races?
"Definitely. It is advantageous any time that I can be at the same track as the other RCR teams. Having my teammates there to watch and learn from will be helpful."