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Cale Gale Gateway International Raceway Advance 07.19.08

Monday July 14, 2008

 

Cale Gale
No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Team Race Preview
NASCAR Nationwide Series Race 21 of 35 – Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway

GATEWAY STATS: Cale Gale has one previous Nationwide Series start at Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway. Driving a Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolet, Gale started the 2007 race from the 35th position and following an early race incident, finished 29th.

Gale won his first Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race in 2006 at Gateway, in his second career start. Gale’s victory led directly to his current ride with KHI.

20 AND COUNTING: This week will mark Gale’s 20th start in the Nationwide Series. In 19 career Nationwide Series starts, Gale’s best finish came earlier this year when he earned his first career top-10 finish with an eighth-place finish at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway. To add to his resume, Gale has four Rookie of the Race honors to his credit.

BEFORE THE RACE: QUOTES WITH DRIVER CALE GALE:
Having won an ARCA race at Gateway International Raceway, which helped land your job at KHI, what does this track mean to you? “It’s the track that definitely helped me get to where I am today in my racing career and it’s a track I like. Gateway’s a track that drives like a short track. My first time here in an ARCA car, I knew the track fit my driving style. This season I will be back with the confidence to run well in equipment I know is capable of winning.”

Having successful teammates with Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday and Jack Sprague, how much do you look to them for advice before heading to the track? “It’s great to have these guys to look to. I go to them and ask how I should drive at certain tracks and they help me out by giving me pointers about getting in the corners and how to better handle the car. To be able to have these guys on had to talk to is great. Each have their own experiences to pull from and that helps me every time I go to the track.”

ADDING TO THE JOB: In addition to sharing the No. 33 Nationwide Series ride with KHI team co-owner Harvick and three-time Truck Series champion Hornaday, Gale also makes his presence known throughout the shop as he does whatever it takes to make it in NASCAR’s elite series. Gale builds shocks for both KHI truck series entries driven by 2007 Truck Series champion Hornaday and three-time Truck Series champion Sprague. He has also taken to the spotter’s stand on several occasions. Gale test for the teams and is the full-time driver for testing on the KHI chassis dyno.

A MILLION THANKS: RoadLoans.com and KHI have partnered with the A Million Thanks Foundation, a letter writing campaign, for the 2008 NASCAR season to collect letters of appreciation for the men and women of the armed forces. Shauna Fleming, the 18-year-old college student who founded the foundation in March 2004, set an initial goal of collecting and distributing one million letters of ‘thank you’ to the troops serving in the U.S. Armed Forces around the world. In October 2004, Fleming reached her goal and presented President George Bush with the one-millionth letter. RoadLoans.com will station drop boxes at all show car appearances throughout race markets this season for fans to write letters and drop into the box. The letter writing campaign kicked off February 23 and runs through November 15, 2008. Please visit www.RoadLoansracing.com for a complete listing of show car events.

CHASSIS HISTORY: This week Gale will be behind the wheel of Chassis No. 041. This chassis has been on track three previous times this season with Kevin Harvick behind the wheel and has scored three top-five finishes. Harvick finished fourth at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and at Phoenix International Raceway and after leading 98 laps at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, he finished second.

PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Kevin Harvick was behind the wheel of the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet for the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Harvick started the race from the fourth position and suffered damage to the front of the car following a lap-one incident. The team worked on the damage during every stop, as Harvick crossed the finish line in 18th place.

About RoadLoans.com:
RoadLoans, based in North Richland Hills, Texas, is a leading direct-to-consumer auto finance company that simplifies the financing of a new or used vehicle through its online application process. RoadLoans specializes in new and used vehicle loans, consumer-to-consumer purchases and opportunities to refinance existing loans for customers with all types of credit, and is especially proud of its history of helping people with less than perfect credit. Since June of 2000, RoadLoans has carried out its mission to educate and empower people through the auto buying process and has helped tens of thousands of consumers purchase or refinance the car, truck or SUV of their dreams. The company’s focus on customer service earned it the Lending Tree Customer Service Excellence Award every year the award was presented since 2002. For more information, visit http://www.RoadLoans.com or call (888) 276-7202.

About Kevin Harvick Inc.:
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001, is a 70,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. KHI houses two full time Truck Series teams: the No. 33 Camping World/VFW Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday as well as the No. 2 American Commercial Lines (ACL)/RVs.com Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time Truck Series champion Jack Sprague. KHI is also home to the No. 33 Camping World/RoadLoans.com/ Rheem Chevrolet driven by two-time Nationwide Series champion Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday and Cale Gale and the No. 77 Rheem/VFW Chevrolet driven by Cale Gale and Ron Hornaday competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. 2008 marks KHI’s fifth year of full-time competition in NASCAR’s elite divisions. Please visit www.kevinharvickinc.com for more information.

QUICK NOTES

July 19, 2008
Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway
Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250

Race length: 200 laps/250 miles
Banking: 11-degrees in turns 1 and 2 9-degrees in turns 3 and 4 3-degrees on the straight-a-ways
Track layout: 1.25 miles
Shape: Oval

Pre-Race Schedule:
Friday:
Practice: 7:00-8:15 p.m., ET
Final Practice: 8:45-10:00 p.m., ET
Saturday:
Qualifying: 5:05 p.m., ET

TV: The Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250can be seen live on ESPN2 at 9:00 p.m., ET.

Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the race live at 9:00 p.m., ET.

No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo Specs:

Chassis: 041
Engine: RCR

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