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Statistical Advance: Analyzing the South Boston 150 at South Boston

The NASCAR Camping World Series East is set to visit historic South Boston (Va.) Speedway for the third year in a row with this Saturday’s South Boston 150.

South Boston Speedway Data
Race Date: 5/30/09
East Race: #4 of 11
Track Layout: .4-mile oval
Banking: 12 degrees in the turns, 10 degrees in the straightaways
Race Length: 150 laps/60 miles
• Has played host to the NASCAR Camping World Series in each of the previous two seasons.
• Held 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and 35 NASCAR Nationwide Series Races from 1960-2000.
• Became a NASCAR-sanctioned track in 1960.
• Opened in 1957 as a quarter-mile dirt oval … Expanded to .375 miles and was paved in 1962 … Was further expanded to its current .4-mile layout in 1994.

Qualifying/Race Data
2008 pole winner: Ricky Carmichael (89.759 mph, 16.043 seconds)
2008 race winner: Brian Ickler (5.1835 mph, 1:11.46)
Track qualifying record: Peyton Sellers (92.424 mph, 15.582 seconds, 6-2-07)

Race Winners at South Boston
June 2, 2007 - Matt Kobyluck
May 31, 2008 - Brian Ickler

Pole Winners at South Boston
June 2, 2007 - Peyton Sellers
May 31, 2008 - Ricky Carmichael

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At South Boston Speedway:
• The NASCAR Camping World Series East debuted at South Boston Speedway in 2007.
• Along with Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C., SBS is the shortest track on the 2009 NCWSE schedule at .400 miles.
• Matt Kobyluck captured the inaugural NCWSE race at South Boston in 2007 … Brian Ickler reached Victory Lane at SBS in 2008.
• Kobyluck and Peyton Sellers are the only two drivers to register top-five finishes in each of the prior two NCWSE races at SBS … Kobyluck will compete again this year, but Sellers is entered for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.

Up to Speed:
• Brian Ickler won the NASCAR Camping World Series East season-opener at Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway on April 11 … Rookie Brett Moffitt became the youngest driver in NCWSE history to earn a Coors Light Pole Award at the event.
• Matt DiBenedetto was victorious on April 25 at Tri-County Motor Speedway in just his second start … Rookie Alan Tardiff earned his first career Coors Light Pole Award at the event.
• Kyle Busch – a standout in NASCAR’s three national series – made his NCWS debut in the East/West combination race at Iowa Speedway on May 17 … He set the series’ track qualifying record and went on to lead 168 of 200 laps to capture the race win.
• Jody Lavender is the current NCWSE points leader with a 26-point advantage on Eddie MacDonald.
• The No. 18 Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing and J.D. Gibbs is atop the current owners standings as DiBenedetto and Busch have piloted it to Victory Lane the last two times out.

Selected Driver Highlights:
Sean Caisse (No. 03 Chevrolet)
•Will make his first NASCAR Camping World Series East start since a win in the 2007 season finale at Dover International Speedway.
•Has seven wins, 12 Coors Light Pole Awards and 23 top 10s in 38 career NCWSE starts.
•Will drive the No. 03 for Dave Davis in this race … This car was piloted by Patrick Long for the first two races and Jeffrey Earnhardt had it the last time out at Iowa Speedway.

Ty Dillon (No. 3 Chevrolet)
• Will attempt to make his NASCAR Camping World Series East debut in this race.
• Is the younger brother of Austin Dillon, the 2008 NCWSE Sunoco Rookie of the Year.
• Will drive the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet that brother, Austin, piloted earlier this year at Phoenix International Raceway, Tri-County Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway.
• Finished 12th in the first race and 8th in the second of a Late Model doubleheader at South Boston Speedway on May 9 … Finished sixth there in a 150-lap race on May 23.

Ryan Gifford (No. 29 Chevrolet)
• Will attempt to make his second NCWSE start this year … Placed 17th at TCMS.
• Will drive the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet as a teammate to Ty Dillon … Both are also teammates at Team Dillon Racing on the dirt circuit.
• Finished 13th in the first race and 6th in the second of a Late Model doubleheader at SBS on May 9 … Finished 11th there in a 150-lap race on May 23.

Max Gresham (No. 18 Toyota)
• Is set to make his NASCAR Camping World Series East debut in this race.
• Will drive the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that Matt DiBenedetto and Kyle Busch won with at Tri-County Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway, respectively.
• Is currently second in the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour standings, eight points out of the lead … Has two wins in the Late Model series this year at Mobile (Ala.) International Raceway and Dillon (S.C.) Motor Speedway.

Alex Kennedy (No. 37 Chevrolet)
• Has two top 10s in eight career NCWSE starts.
• Recorded best career finish of sixth (among East competitors) in the Iowa combination race.
• Is currently leading the Sunoco Rookie of the year standings by one point over Brett Moffitt.

Matt Kobyluck (No. 40 Chevrolet)
• The 2008 NCWSE champion.
• Has seven poles, 16 wins and 86 top 10s in 159 career NCWS-East starts … Has won at 11 different tracks.
• Won the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown for the second time in his career in January.
• Won the inaugural NCWSE race at SBS in 2007 … Finished fifth a year ago.

Jody Lavender (No. 88 Chevrolet)
• The current points leader … Registered best career finish of second at Greenville.
• Has eight top 10s in 15 career NCWS-East starts.
• Finished sixth at SBS a year ago.

Eddie MacDonald (No. 71 Chevrolet)
• Has five wins and 40 top 10s in 112 career NCWE starts.
• Moved up to second in the current points standings with an eighth-place finish among East competitors at the Iowa combination race.
• Finished fourth at SBS last year.
• NCWSE career is highlighted by winning both New Hampshire races in 2008.

Brett Moffitt (No. 44 Chevrolet)
• Became youngest driver in NCWSE history to earn a Coors Light Pole Award when he accomplished the feat in the season opener at GPS.
• Is currently second in the Sunoco Rookie of the year standings, trailing Alex Kennedy by one point.

Steve Park (No. 35 Chevrolet)
• Has two wins and 17 top 10s in 29 career NCWSE starts … Both wins came in 1996, his only other full-time season in the series prior to 2008.
• Has wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour in addition to his pair in the Camping World Series East.
• Finished eighth in this race a year ago.

Alan Tardiff (No. 38 Chevrolet)
• Has two top 10s in seven career NCWSE starts … Earned his first Coors Light Pole Award at TCMS.
• Is currently fifth in series points and sixth in the Sunoco Rookie of the year standings.