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Erik Darnell - Homestead Fast Facts Roush Fenway Racing Press Release
Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Race 25 of 25)
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5 miles)
Event: Ford 200
Date: November 16, 2007, 8:00 PM EST
Coverage: SPEED – 7:30 PM EST
Distance: 134 laps/ 201 miles
Qualifying: November 16, 2007, 5:00 PM EST
Chassis: RK386-53
Erik Darnell will make his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday night in the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150.
Darnell’s No. 99 team enters Homestead 10th in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, 47 markers out of ninth place.
The No. 99 team will be bringing chassis RK386-53 to Homestead. This chassis last raced at Atlanta, where Darnell started ninth and finished 26th.
In 2007 Darnell has accrued one win (Kansas), three top-five and eight top-10 finishes.
ERIK DARNELL ON HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY. . . “I really enjoy racing at Homestead. We ran well there last year, and we’d like to be able to back that finish up. Ending the season with a good finish is really important to us. It seems that all three of the Roush Fenway truck teams have had terrible luck of late, so we’d like to turn that around at Homestead.”
MATT PUCCIA ON HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY. . . “We’re expecting to have a strong race this weekend in Homestead. Erik ran well there last year, and we’ve got a truck that we feel is capable of bringing home a strong finish. Staying out of trouble is key. We’ve had some terrible luck with getting caught up in other people’s wrecks lately. If we can run our race and stay out of the messes, we should be able to bring home a good finish.”
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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.
