Richard Childress Racing at Pocono Raceway … In 154 starts at Pocono Raceway, RCR team owner Richard Childress has two wins, both with Dale Earnhardt, who won on July 19, 1987 and July 18, 1993. Additionally, RCR has earned one pole award, 16 top-five and 54 top-10 finishes with 608 laps led at the uniquely-shaped three-turn track. Childress, a former

driver in NASCAR’s top division, contributed two of those top-10 finishes under the RCR banner.

RCR in the MENCS … In 2,798 Monster Energy Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 48 pole awards,107 wins, 482 top-five finishes and 1,042 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.7 and an average finishing position of 16.1. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, ’87, ’90, ’91, ’93 and ’94, six NASCAR XFINITY Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR’s three national series.

3 on 3 Basketball … Austin and Ty Dillon are hosting the 3rd Annual 3-on-3 Celebrity Basketball Tournament presented by The Dow Chemical Company to benefit the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, on Wednesday, July 26. The 16-team, double-elimination tournament will start at 3 p.m. and the final game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. For more information visit https://saveinjuredkids.org/basketball/.

Interactive RCR … For up-to-date news and exclusive content, visit RCR’s corporate Twitter page – @RCRracing – along with the RCR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team Twitter page – @RCRCup, and driver Twitter pages @austindillon3 and @RyanJNewman. Information about the 15-time championship winning organization can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardChildressRacing and at www.RCRracing.com along with official driver pages – http://www.facebook.com/austindillon3, www.facebook.com/PaulMenard27 and www.facebook.com/RyanNewmanNASCAR.

Catch the Action … The Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway is scheduled to be televised live on Sunday, July 30 on NBCSN beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio, channel 90.
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This Week’s American Ethanol Chevrolet at Pocono Raceway … Dillon has made seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Pocono Raceway, earning his best finish of 13th in August 2015, August 2016 and June 2017. He has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the triangle-shaped track, finishing seventh in 2010, fifth in 2011 and posting a win in 2014.

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AUSTIN DILLON QUOTE:
What are your thoughts on racing at Pocono Raceway?
“Pocono Raceway. Well, we ran there earlier this year and had a decent finish. The car was pretty solid. We just want to work hard to figure out how to get off of Turn 2 there for us. It seems like if you can get off to Turn 2, I think it sets up all the other corners too. We will be working hard at that and just on the balance of the racecar to get it close to what we need to win.”

Are there positives to knowing that you were only there five weeks ago and will be racing there again?
“There are definitely positives. We had some decent cars there. We were all in the top 15 I think, that is good. That is a solid note to take there, but we will probably adjust from that and see if we can’t get any better.”

This Week’s Moen / Menards Chevrolet at Pocono Raceway … Menard has competed in 21 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series events at Pocono Raceway since his first start in 2007. He has two top-10 finishes and has completed 95.6 percent of the laps he has attempted.

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PAUL MENARD QUOTES:
Does Pocono Raceway change much in the short time between visits there in a season?
“It does change a lot, because Pocono Raceway is so dependent on weather. Most tracks you can put in the exact same set-up that you had success with the previous time it usually changes and you don’t run as well. You always have to evolve with the changing conditions, whether it’s the track or weather or whatever. Pocono is a track that has a lot of compromises. We had a lot of good speed the first time we were there this year. We’ll take that and build on that for this weekend with the Moen / Menards Chevrolet.”

Do you believe that if you’re good at Indianapolis you will be good at Pocono or are they just two different style of tracks?
“If you do have a really solid engine package and aero package you will be pretty competitive at both Indianapolis and Pocono, but it comes down to balance. The garage is so close these days – 10 to 15 years ago, guys had 30 more horsepower than other guys – now everyone is so close there is no telling how you’re going to be until you get to the track that first day.”

This Week’s Caterpillar Chevrolet at Pocono Raceway … Newman will make his 570th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start when the Series returns to Pocono Raceway. In 31 NASCAR Cup Series events at Pocono, Newman drove to victory lane in the second summer event of 2003. The “Rocket Man” also owns two pole awards. In total, he’s recorded nine top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. He has led 185 laps in competition. The South Bend, Indiana native has an average start of 11th and average finish of 12.8. In the last 10 races at the 2.5-mile track, the Richard Childress Racing driver ranks fifth in most points earned.

Winner, Winner … Newman has all but punched his ticket to the MENCS playoffs with a victory at Phoenix Raceway on March 19th in the No. 31 Grainger Chevrolet. The win equates to the driver’s 18th-career Cup Series victory and RCR’s 106th.

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RYAN NEWMAN QUOTES:
What is the key to being successful at Pocono Raceway?
“With its long straightaways you definitely need to get off the corner really good and you need to use all the horsepower you possibly can. There are three distinct corners which are always a challenge. A little bit of the character of the bump in Turn 2 you have to make sure the car rides well through that. Probably most importantly of all things is just getting off Turn 3 with the mile long straightway.”

What is the hardest thing to figure out?
“I think sometimes the hardest thing to figure out at Pocono is how the cautions will play out. What will you have to do for fuel when looking at your fuel windows? You have to figure out the best strategy and it’s a bit of a wait-and-see game as it unfolds during the race.”

What are your thoughts in qualifying taking place less than four hours before the start of the race?
“I think we as a sport will probably learn from our mistakes. It’s being done in other series so I definitely think we are doing it for the right reason. I just hope there won’t be any hiccups on Sunday.”

Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Iowa Speedway … In 42 Series starts at the 7/8-mile speedway, RCR has captured one victory with Elliott Sadler in 2012. The Welcome, North Carolina, organization has completed 10,394 laps of the 10,576 (98.3 percent) that they have competed. RCR has accumulated three pole awards, 12 top-five finishes, 23 top-10 finishes, led 530 laps and averages a starting position of 10.3 and finishing position of 11.7.

Indianapolis Review … Paul Menard was the highest RCR finisher in second, Daniel Hemric eighth, Brandon Jones ninth, Ty Dillon 10th and Brendan Gaughan 13th, respectively, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Points … All three RCR XFINITY Series full-time drivers remain in the top 20 of the driver point standings as the series heads to Iowa Speedway for the 19th event of the season. Daniel Hemric is currently fifth, Brendan Gaughan is 12th and Brandon Jones is 18th. The No. 2 RCR team is seventh in the owner point standings, while the No. 3 team is close behind in ninth. Daniel Hemric is currently second in the XFINITY Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year point standings.

Catch the Action … Coverage of this weekend’s U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by American Ethanol at Iowa Speedway will be televised live on Saturday, July 29, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC. It will also be broadcast live on Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio Channel 90.

This Week’s Rheem/RTP Chevrolet at Iowa Speedway … This weekend, Ben Kennedy will make his third NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Iowa Speedway. He has more NXS laps under his belt at Iowa than at any at other track on the circuit. In his two previous starts at the short track, he has a 10th-place finish (2016) and a 20th-place finish (2017). Kennedy has competed in four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in Iowa, with his best finish of sixth place coming in 2014.

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BEN KENNEDY QUOTES:
Are you looking for redemption as we had back to Iowa?
“Absolutely. Our Rheem Chevrolet ran in the top five for the last two stages of the June race in Iowa. We were put a lap down with the majority of the field at the end of the race when one car decided to stay out under caution, and we were trapped in 20th place with nowhere to go. It was really unfortunate because we didn’t get the finish that we deserved. We’ll head there this weekend with something to prove. We have the setup and all of our notes from that race to lean on, so I have no doubt that we’ll be just as strong this weekend as we were then.”

This race marks the half way point of your races with RCR. How would you assess them so far?
“I think we’ve had a great season so far. We scored a top-five finish in Talladega. Our team got trapped one lap down in Iowa with most of the field by the strategy of one team that needed to make a drastic move to finish well, but we had been running in the top five all night. We got wrecked in Daytona by no fault of our own; it just happens there. Then we had our sixth place finish in New Hampshire. I’ve really enjoyed my time working with Randall Burnett and the whole No. 2 team. I’m looking forward to heading to Iowa for another solid run with RCR and rounding out my season with the team in the final four races.”

This Week’s Daniel Defense Chevrolet at Iowa Speedway … Brian Scott is set to take a break from retirement for the first of two races this season for Richard Childress Racing. Scott will make his 12th start at Iowa Speedway in the No. 3 Daniel Defense Chevrolet this weekend. In his previous 11 starts, Scott scored five top-10 finishes, with two top-five finishes coming during his final two visits to the short track with RCR in 2015. He has a lone Iowa start in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009 and brought home a ninth-place finish.

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BRIAN SCOTT QUOTE:
What are your thoughts as you head to Iowa to race for the first time since your retirement last year?
“I’m honored to have been asked by Richard Childress to pilot this No. 3 Daniel Defense Chevrolet. I’ve enjoyed retirement so far. My family has moved back to my home state of Idaho, and we’re spending quality time together that we’ve never had before. But, I still love racing. Having the opportunity to run two races for RCR is something that I’m looking forward to. Now I’m doing it for fun instead of as my full-time job. The pressure is off, and I get to go out there and have fun with these guys. I do know that I’ll have the most fun by getting this team to Victory Lane though.”

This Week’s Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet Camaro at Iowa Speedway … Hemric will be making his second NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Iowa Speedway during this weekend’s U.S. Cellular 250. Hemric has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Iowa Speedway, earning an average finish of 11.5.

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Rearview Mirror: Indianapolis … Hemric’s first trip to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway was not without its drama, but ended in a top-10 finish. Starting from the 13th position, Hemric was forced to pit road early under green flag conditions after the grille of the No. 21 Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet was covered with grass. Using pit strategy to get back to the front of the field, Hemric remained a factor near the front of the field for much of the afternoon. The rookie contender led one lap and brought the No. 21 Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet home in the eighth position, his seventh top-10 finish of the 2017 season.

DANIEL HEMRIC QUOTES:
The race at Iowa Speedway earlier this year did not go as planned as most of the field was trapped a lap down late in the going, but you had a solid day otherwise. What did your team learn that you can apply to this weekend’s race?
“Iowa was a place we had all circled going to for the first race and we were all excited, because Danny Stockman had won so many races with Austin Dillon in the past and had always ran so solid. It was a place I was looking forward to going there the first time because of the short-track characteristics and the high speed mile-and-a-half feel it can give you as a driver. The track is really rough and getting even worse now, which makes it even more fun to drive. We ran inside the top 10 and top five late and had a serious shot at winning until we all were trapped a lap down. I believe we had just taken over second before we were trapped that lap down under caution during green flag pit stops. Iowa is a place that when you have so much success and so much speed before it all unfolds, those are the places you really look forward to getting back to again. I feel like with this aero package, if you find something that’s really close you can tweak on that to make it even better. It’s not like you don’t have to start all over again when you get back to a place. Hopefully we can take what we learned there in June and use it this time on our Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet.”

How frustrating is it when you’re trapped a lap down because the caution falls during green flag pit stops, you have a fast car, making passes, but not making up any ground on those on the lead lap?
“At the end of the June race at Iowa we didn’t really have anything to show for it, and that can be frustrating. You know the time and effort that is put in by the team at the shop and at the racetrack. You execute perfectly throughout the entire event. Then it comes down to the last 20 laps and you’re caught in a situation that is literally out of your control. That’s tough. I think we restarted the 25th car in line each of the last two restarts and we crossed the finish line as the sixth car on the racetrack. That didn’t mean a whole lot. On days like that you have to look at the positives. If you focus on the negative stuff you won’t sleep at night. We had speed, we were able to pass cars, and that’s something we can build on coming back this week.”

This Week’s JELD-WEN / Menards Chevrolet Camaro at Iowa Speedway … Jones will return to the site of one of his most successful tracks this weekend as the NASCAR XFINITY Series visits Iowa Speedway for the second time this season. The 7/8-mile track is the location of Jones’ first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win, which he earned in August of 2014. In addition to the win, Jones secured two top-five and three top-10 finishes in the K&N East division. The 20-year-old driver also has one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards start and three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the track, which resulted in one top-five finish. Jones has five starts at Iowa in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and one top-10 finish of eighth, which he earned in May 2015.

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Meet Brandon Jones … Fans will have multiple chances to meet Jones this weekend at Iowa Speedway. Jones will be available at the U.S. Cellular stage for a Q&A session with RCR teammate Brendan Gaughan on Friday, July 28, beginning at 3 p.m. local time. He will be back at the U.S. Cellular Stage on Saturday, July 29 starting at 10:15 a.m. local time, as well as participating in the XFINITY Series autograph session at 12:30 p.m. local time later that day.

BRANDON JONES QUOTE:
We return to Iowa Speedway this weekend. With it being a stand-alone race, do you feel like it’s a good opportunity for you to make some headway into making the playoffs?
“Iowa Speedway is definitely a place where I feel like we have a chance to shine in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. With those races being stand-alone ones, the pressure and expectation to win is a little higher than normal. We want to walk out of those places with solid finishes and know we got every position we could out on the track. A couple of years ago, I was really good at Iowa and seemed to have that place pretty figured out. Recently, they’ve had a couple of rough winters and hot summers, which has affected the track and broken it up a little. You can’t run it like it used to be run now. The track has changed, so each time we go back I take a little bit of time for myself to figure out what adjustments I need to make to best get around there.”

This Week’s U.S. Cellular Chevrolet at Iowa Speedway … Brendan Gaughan has 11 NASCAR XFINITY Series starts at Iowa Speedway, collecting one top-five and three top-10 finishes in his career. His best finish of fifth came in August 2015. Gaughan has an average start of 13.5 and average finish of 15.5 at the 7/8-mile track.

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Meet Brendan Gaughan … Gaughan will be available for a Q&A session with his RCR teammate Brandon Jones at the U.S. Cellular Stage on Friday, July 28, beginning at 3 p.m. local time. Gaughan will also participate in the XFINITY Series Autograph Session beginning at 12:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, July 29.

BRENDAN GAUGHAN QUOTES:
Do you consider Iowa Speedway to be a track where you can capitalize on chances to win and get into the playoffs?
“That’s the media and fans way of saying, ‘There are no Cup drivers there, so you should run well.’ I don’t necessarily agree. Every week we race is a week that we’re trying to win and get into the playoffs. I love going to Iowa Speedway. It’s a great track for us and we had a good run there earlier this year with the American Ethanol Chevy, we just got trapped a lap down with our teammates due to a unique set of events that happened. We’ll be returning this time around with the No. 62 U.S. Cellular Chevrolet, which happens to also be the marquee race sponsor this weekend. It’ll be a time for us to really showcase what we’ve got. I just love racing at Iowa. It’s worn out and bumpy, which makes for great racing.”