Alex Bowman No. 99 fuelxx Toyota Camry Event Preview Fact Sheet Event/Date: Servicemaster 200 - November 9, 2013 Venue: Phoenix International Raceway News & Notes: This Weeks fuelxx Toyota Camry ... Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 40 in Saturdays NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. This Toyota Camry last saw action at Dover International Speedway in September when Bowman started fourth and finished 18th. Welcome Aboard ... fuelxx joins RAB Racing this weekend as primary sponsor of the No. 99 Toyota Camry. A solution for large diesel consumers, fuelxx significantly reduces the detrimental environmental impact and the cost of running diesel engines. The partnership with RAB Racing at Phoenix International Raceway was the result of a trial to test the fuelxx unit on one of the teams haulers. The results of this field test showed significant improvement on one of the teams haulers with fuelxx installed over the same truck traveling the same route, but without fuelxx installed. The positive results of these tests led to further communications and, ultimately, the partnership between RAB Racing and IGT. Home Sweet Home ... Bowman, a native of Tucson, grew up just over 125 miles southeast of Phoenix International Raceway. He began his career racing quarter midgets in his home state at the age of 7. Since then, he has claimed six poles, six wins, 13 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes in 21 ARCA Series starts; five top-five and nine top-10 finishes in 14 NASCAR K&N East and West Series starts; two poles, two top-five and six top-10 finishes in 35 Nationwide Series races. Bowman at Phoenix ... Bowman has raced at Phoenix International Raceway twice before in Nationwide Series competition, positing a best finish of 15th in 2012s Great Clips 200. Bowman has also raced here in K&N Pro Series West competition. In 2011s running of the Casino Arizona 150, Bowman posted a second-place finish. RAB at Phoenix ... RAB Racing has fielded Nationwide Series entries at Phoenix International Raceway 10 times since 2008, with drivers Jason Bowles, Bowman, Brian Scott, John Wes Townley and Kenny Wallace. The teams best showing at the Avondale oval is a 10th-place finish, which was posted by Wallace in 2011s running of the Bashas Supermarkets 200. Rice at Phoenix ... Crew chief Chris Rice has sat atop the pit box as a Nationwide Series crew chief at Phoenix International Raceway eight times in his career, posting one top-10 and four top-20 finishes. His highest finish at the one-mile oval is seventh, which he posted in 2003 with driver Scott Wimmer. Texas Flashback ... Bowman won his second Coors Light 21 Means 21 Pole Award of the season last Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. He became the first driver to sweep the Fort Worth track with back-to-back Nationwide Series poles. Get to the Points... With only two races left in the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Bowman currently occupies the 11th position in the drivers point standings, only 73 points out of the Top 10. Owner Robby Benton holds down the 16th position in the Nationwide Series owners point standings. Rookie Battle ... Following his 18th place finish at Texas Motor Speedway Speedway, Bowman retained the second position in the Rookie of the Year point standings, 73 points behind Kyle Larson. Catch the Action ... Saturdays Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway will be televised live Saturday, November 9 beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network. Get Social ... Dont miss any updates from Bowman and RAB Racing. Follow them on Twitter @AlexBRacing and @RAB_Racing. Alex Bowman Quotes: Im really excited to head to Phoenix and be close to home this weekend. Phoenix International Raceway has been a very special race track for me growing up in nearby Tucson, Arizona. I can remember going to the track as a child with my father watching my heroes race in USAC and NASCAR and always dreamed of racing there. Ive raced quarter midgets as a kid in the midway behind the grandstands, raced full-sized midgets, K&N West cars, and will now be making my third NASCAR Nationwide Series start so its honestly been a dream come true for me. We had a great run going in this race last year and finished in the 15th position, had an even better car for the spring race but got caught up in a first-lap accident. We as a team are definitely coming out for redemption at Phoenix and put a little more pressure on each other to perform well at this track. Chris Rice Quotes: Myself and everyone at RAB Racing have had this race circled on our calendar for a long time. Phoenix is very close to home for Alex, so we put a lot of pressure on each other for him to do well here. Not to mention we have a new partnership with International Green Technology (IGT) and want a great finish for all of our guests this weekend. Its always exciting when you have a new paint scheme but this one especially looks great, and Im excited to see it on the race track. Alex has done a great job at Phoenix the last two races, but hasnt got the finish to show for it. Im confident this will be the turning point for Alex to finally get a good finish at the track he calls home.
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