Results from Infineon Raceway
1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota
6. Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge
38. Scott Pruett, No. 41 Target Dodge
CONCORD, N.C. (June 23, 2008) – Scott Pruett and the Target team put themselves in position to earn a solid finish in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, but a late-race incident relegated the team to a 38th-place finish.
Scott Pruett stepped behind the wheel of the No.41Target Dodge for Reed Sorenson, the full-time driver of the No. 41, Sunday afternoon. Pruett played double-duty this weekend as he competed at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio) in the Rolex Series event Saturday where he and teammate Rojas currently lead the Rolex Series driver and team championship race.
The No. 41 Target Dodge lined up 27th for the start of first of two road course events this season. Immediately, the road-course veteran maneuvered around the 1.99-mile course and gained five spot in the first two laps. The first caution flag waved during a string of green-flag pit stops on lap 30. While marked as 16th, Pruett drove the Target Dodge onto pit road for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. On lap 32, the team restarted in 27th and in no time Pruett had worked his way up to 19th.
With the checkered flag in sight, Pruett and team were hoping to cross the finish line with a solid top-15 finish. With three laps left in the scheduled 110-lap event, Pruett was hit from behind by the No. 20 car. The severe front damage sent the Dodge to pit road and eventually back to the garage, resulting in a 38th-place finish.
Next week Sorenson and the Target team return to the ovals as the NSCS teams travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). Live television coverage of the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 will be broadcast on TNT beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will provide simultaneous radio coverage of the race.
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
With nine wins already in 2008, the team continues to add to its tally of 98 trips to victory lane. Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with a new sponsor, Target. Today, his teams include two IRL IndyCars, and along with Felix Sabates he has three cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, two entries in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and a Daytona Prototype in the world of Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series racing. Ganassi’s IndyCar teams have amassed five Championships and 61 wins since 1994; his NASCAR teams have 12 wins and two Rookie-of-the-Year titles; and the Grand American team has won two Rolex Series Daytona Prototype Championships and are the three-time defending Champions of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Chip Ganassi Racing operates out of state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis, Ind., and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.
For more information log onto http://www.chipganassiracing.com/
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