MOST RECENTLY AT INFINEON: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, matched his career-best finish last year at Infineon Raceway. He picked up 10 positions in the closing 28 laps to cross the finish line 11th. Earnhardt also finished 11th in 2003 and 2004.
EARNHARDT AT INFINEON: Earnhardt has scored five top-15 finishes in 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Infineon Raceway. He has completed 98.1 percent of all the laps he's attempted (1,196 laps of 1,219 total) at the Sonoma, Calif., road course.
POINTS AFTER MICHIGAN: After finishing 21st last weekend at Michigan International Speedway, Earnhardt remains third in the Sprint Cup championship standings. He trails leader Carl Edwards by 27 points, and sits seven points behind second place Kevin Harvick. After 15 races this season, Earnhardt has scored three top-five finishes, eight top-10s, earned one pole position and led 42 laps.
CHASSIS CHOICE: This weekend, crew chief Steve Letarte and the No. 88 team will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-601. Jeff Gordon most recently raced this chassis to a 10th-place finish at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in August last year.
HENDRICK AT SONOMA: In Sprint Cup competition at Infineon Raceway, team owner Rick Hendrick holds track records in the following categories: victories (six), top-five finishes (25), top-10s (35), pole positions (nine) and laps led (572). Gordon owns five of Hendrick Motorsports wins at Infineon, while Jimmie Johnson earned the most recent victory there last year.
APPROACHING 200: With Gordon's win at Pocono Raceway this month, Hendrick Motorsports has earned 197 Cup victories. The organization ranks first in NASCAR's modern era for wins and second all-time behind Petty Enterprises, which has 268 victories.
FOR THE KIDS: Members of the No. 88 team will visit The Petty Family's Victory Junction camp on Tuesday to spend some time with the campers and participate in the camp's NASCARnival night summer events. As part of the evening, team members will demonstrate pit stops with the campers' participation.
Quotes
DALE EARNHARDT JR., DRIVER, NO. 88 AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET (ON INFINEON.): "We ran really good there last year and finished 11th. I like Sonoma but it's tough. Steve (Letarte) and Jeff (Gordon), there is a lot of talent there on road courses to lean on. I'm pretty confident with the setup we've got for this weekend. I've got some of the best road course racers as teammates, so we should be pretty good."
--Courtesy HMS PR
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