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2008 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Quick Facts for the Greased
Lightning Southern Division
Race Week Schedule
| Friday, March 28: |
| 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Early Parking and Registration |
| Saturday March 29: |
| 8:00 a.m. |
USAR HPCS officials Meeting |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Transporter Parking |
| 8:30 a.m. |
USAR HPCS Crew Chief Meeting |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Pit Gates Open |
| 9:30 a.m. |
USAR HPCS Tech Inspection Begins |
| 10:00 a.m. |
USAR HPCS Rookie Meeting |
| 11:30 a.m. |
USAR HPCS Practice Begins |
| 1:30 p.m. |
USAR HPCS Practice Ends |
| 2:00 p.m. |
USAR HPCS Drivers Meeting (Engines Off) |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Chapel Service (Engines Off) |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Front Gate Opens |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Awesome Awnings Pole Qualifying for the USAR HPCS |
| 5:45 pm |
Wraps Ink on track Autograph Session for the USAR HPCS |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Pre-Race Ceremonies for the BFGoodrichTires.com 250 |
| 7:00 p.m. |
BFGoodrichTires.com 250 |
Track Qualifying Record:
| Date
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Driver
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Lap Time / Top Speed
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03/31/2007 |
Woody Howard |
18.379 seconds / 97.938 mph mph |
Results from last year’s Sears Auto Center 200 race at
SGMP on 3/31/07
| Place
|
Driver
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| 1. |
Woody Howard |
| 2. |
Michael Ritch |
| 3.
| Bobby Gill |
| 4. |
Chase Pistone |
| 5. |
Shelby Howard |
| 6. |
Richard Boswell |
| 7. |
Dange Hanniford |
| 8. |
Buckshot Jones |
| 9. |
Mart Nesbitt |
| 10. |
Wade Day |
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- Awesome Awnings Pole Award:Woody Howard
- Icard Time of the Race:
2:30:20
- Green Flag Average Speed: 94.018 mph
- Margin of Victory:
.573 seconds
- Caution Flags:
14
- Number of Caution Laps: 94
- Lap Leaders: 1-31 Woody Howard (40); 32-65 Mark McFarland (34); 66-70 Richard Boswell (5); 71-112 Dange Hanniford (42); 113-120 Trevor Bayne (8); 162-241 Bobby Gill; 242-250 Woody Howard
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Past Winners at South Georgia Motorsports Park
| Year
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Race Winners
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Pole Winners
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| 2007 |
Matt Hawkins |
Mark McFarland |
| 2007 |
Woody Howard |
Woody Howard |
| 2006 |
Benny Gordon |
Johnny Rumley |
| 2006 |
Joey Logano |
Clay Rogers |
| 2005 |
Shane Huffman |
Mark McFarland |
| * denotes started by points |
BFGoodrichTires.com 250 Fast Facts
- Woody Howard is the only driver to win both the pole and race in the same event at SGMP.
- In all five of the events held at SGMP the winner has started inside the top-10—Shane Huffman (8th), Joey Logano (6th), Benny Gordon (6th), Woody Howard (1st), Matt Hawkins (7th).
- In five races at SGMP, there has yet to be a repeat winner.
- Woody Howard has an average finish at SGMP of 4.7 in three starts.
- The Hooters Pro Cup Series has averaged 6.4 lead changes in the five events at
USA Int’l Speedway.
- The tight confines of SGMP usually produce plenty of hard racing and crashes. In
five events, the average number of cautions per race is 13.4.
- If Bobby Gill can finish inside the top 10, he will reach 125 top-10 finishes in
his 167th Pro Cup start.
- Michael Ritch will make his 125th start in Hooters Pro Cup competition at SGMP.
If he can lead a lap, Ritch will have led 50 times in those starts.
- Mark McFarland’s pole
at USA Int’l Speedway was his 10th pole in 38 races, giving him the highest
pole-per-race average in Pro Cup competition (30 starts minimum).
- Billy
Bigley Jr., of Naples, Fla., is coming into the SGMP event fourth in points. His
fifth-place finish at USA Int’l Speedway on March 15 was his first top-five
finish since Bristol Motor Speedway on August 24, 2005.
- James Buescher has not finished outside the top three in Pro Cup competition in
the last three races.
Participating Special Award Sponsors:
Awesome Awnings Pole Award ($1,000)
Lucas Oil Products Halfway Leader Award ($1,000)
Miller Lite Beer Rookie of the Race Award ($1,000)
Aaron’s "Do the Math" Award ($500)
Longhorn Win from the Pole ($500)
Greased Lighting “Clean Team Award” ($500)
Comp Cams “Engine Builder of the Race”
Official Series Sponsors
Hooters • Miller Lite • BFGoodrich Tires • Sears Auto Center • Greased Lightning
• Aaron’s Sales & Lease • Longhorn • Lucas Oil • Sunoco Race Fuels • Awesome
Awnings • Pepsi • Racing Electronics • Crane Cams Ignition • iCard • Club Car •
Fatheadz Sunglasses • TriStar Racewear • Wraps INK
Participating Contingency Award Sponsors:
Automotive Specialists • Auto Meter • Brown and Miller Racing Solutions • Brodix
Cylinder Heads • Crane Cams • Crane Ignitions • Comp Cams • Eaton Corporation
(Detroit Locker) Edelbrock • Eibach Springs • Five Star Bodies Fuel Safe •
Gaerte Engines • Hawk Performance • Heintz Performance • Hess Racing Products •
Holley Performance • Impact Racing Products • JE Pistons • K & N Filters • Kool
Mat • Longacre Racing Products •Pro Systems Brake Solution • Quarter Master • RE
Suspension • Leavitt Racing Components • Tex Racing • Trailers of the East Coast
• Whelen Engineering
United Speed Alliance Racing Media Relations Policies & Procedures:
The USAR Department of Media Relations will be more than happy to assist you
with your coverage of our Hooters Pro Cup Series. We will provide you
information you need to cover our Series and/or race events. USAR can email you
all pre-race, race weekend and post-race information. If you would like to
receive this information via fax, please call Paul Warner at (843) 390-4224 to
arrange fax information. The office fax number is (843) 390-4225.
If you wish to contact a driver or representative of the Series for interviews,
radio call-ins, and television interviews you can call Paul Warner for
assistance in arranging any needed interviews. USAR provides approved Media
Outlets pictures for use in editorial copy. These images are provided free of
charge to your media outlet by USAR. All images must be used for editorial copy
only. Any use of image provided by USAR for advertising purposes must be
arranged with Kathy Bond, the official photographer of the Hooters Pro Cup
Series. Please contact Paul Warner for assistance. Any television outlet wishing
to have race highlights sent to your office should contact Paul Warner at USAR
for assistance and MUST contact the office of Media Relations by Wednesday
afternoon prior to the race weekend highlights will be needed. USAR respectfully
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