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Erik Darnell - Phoenix Fast Facts Roush Fenway Racing Press Release
Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Race 24 of 25)
Track: Phoenix International Raceway (one mile)
Event: Casino Arizona 150
Date: November 9, 2007, 8:00 PM EST
Coverage: SPEED – 7:30 PM EST
Distance: 150 laps/ 150 miles
Qualifying: November 9, 2007, 4:45 PM EST
Chassis: RK384-50
Erik Darnell will make his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday night in the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150.
Darnell’s No. 99 team enters Texas 10th in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, 26 markers out of ninth place.
The No. 99 team will be bringing chassis RK384-50 to Phoenix. This chassis last raced at Loudon, where Darnell started 11th and finished second.
In 2007 Darnell has accrued one win (Kansas), three top-five and eight top-10 finishes.
The Northern Tool + Equipment Ford will have a different look at Phoenix, sporting the winning scheme of Jim and Kevin Cargo from Northern Tool +Equipment’s “Paint My Ride” promotion.
ERIK DARNELL ON PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. . . “I’ve raced at Phoenix a bunch in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, but I’ve only made one start in the truck series there. It’s a unique one-mile track that provides some very good racing action. We’re bringing the same truck we finished second with at Loudon earlier in the year, so we’ve got some confidence heading into the weekend.”
MATT PUCCIA ON PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. . . “Phoenix is a very unique track, it’s got a very different shape and characteristics unlike any other track. We ran well at Loudon earlier in the year, and we should be able to apply some of what we did there to this weekend’s race. We need a couple of strong finishes to finish out the year, and I think we can do that here at Phoenix.”
About Northern Tool + Equipment
Northern Tool + Equipment has been a supplier of high-quality tools and equipment for more than 25 years, selling products through direct mail, the Internet and at nearly 60 retail locations in 11 states. Along with a deep selection of hand, power and air tools, Northern Tool + Equipment carries a wide variety of products, including generators, pressure washers, air compressors, hydraulics, small engines, trailers, water pumps, tractors, welding equipment and much more. Northern Tool + Equipment also serves as the exclusive distributor of NorthStarTM brand equipment, which is fabricated and assembled at the company's 250,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. For more information, visit
www.northerntool.com.
About Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating 13 motorsports teams, five in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; five in the Busch Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Todd Kluever, Michel Jourdain Jr. and Danny O’Quinn Jr.; and three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Edwards, Peter Shepherd, Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell and T.J. Bell. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto
www.RoushFenway.com. For sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.