Erick Rudolph NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Advance: Riverhead Raceway

Race: Riverhead 200
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: 8 of 14
Track: Riverhead Raceway
Date: July 31, 2010

Erick Rudolph and the No. 98 Heinke-Baldwin Racing (HBR) team will race in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour's Riverhead 200 at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday, July 31.

RIVERHEAD RACEWAY - This will be Rudolph and HBR's first time racing at the Riverhead, N.Y., track. Rudolph attempted the race last year but fell just short of making the field.

LAST RACE RECAP - Rudolph had his best finish of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season at Monadnock Speedway, taking the checkered flag in second place. He also won his career-first 21 Means 21 Pole Award presented by Coors and led the most laps after starting in first position.

IN THE POINTS - Following his strong finish at Monadnock Speedway, Rudolph moved into ninth in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour point standings.

Erick Rudolph Quotes:

ON RACING AT RIVERHEAD RACEWAY - "Riverhead was the race that we did not qualify for last year, so on the one hand I am not looking forward to it. At the same time, I am actually pretty excited for it because we're coming off a strong weekend at a similar track, and I plan on going out for vengeance this time."

RACE INFORMATION:

Qualifying Race Length: 25 laps, 6.25 miles
Feature Race length: 175 laps, 43.75 miles
Track layout: .25 mile
Shape: Oval

SCHEDULE (All times in EST)

Saturday, July 31:
Practice 2:00 p.m.
Qualifying 4:30 p.m.
Qualifying Race 6:00 p.m.
Autograph Session 7:00 p.m.
Feature Race 8:30 p.m.

The Riverhead 200 will be broadcast on VERSUS on Wednesday, August 4 at 7 p.m. EST. Additionally, live lap-by-lap updates will be available throughout the weekend at hometracks.nascar.com.

About Heinke-Baldwin Racing
Heinke-Baldwin Racing was formed in 2009 by H&H Motorsports owner Al Heinke and Tommy Baldwin Racing owner Tommy Baldwin. Both Baldwin and Heinke grew up racing in New England and saw an opportunity to work together to help young drivers pursue their dreams to race.

In 2010, the team's freshman year, HBR is fielding the No. 98H for driver Jimmy Phelps in the Super DIRTcar Series, with sponsorship from Wave Energy Drink. They will also be fielding the No. 98 for driver Erick Rudolph in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, with additional sponsorship from Pizza Logs, Brigham Concrete and PrimeTyme Motorsports.