LAS VEGAS and ZURICH, Switzerland, -- "At MacDonald Motorsports we have a great car ready for the Lipton Tea 250 at Richmond, Virginia. This is expected to be one of the most exciting races of the 2008 season - it is a night-time race this Friday on a .75 mile short-track" says D.J. Kennington. He continues, "We were racing in the 5th to 7th position at Talladega, Alabama last week, and had it not been for the wreck towards the end of the race we were likely to have finished in the top 10. At speeds over 195 MPH even with a restrictor plate, we attracted a great deal of attention. We finished in the 25th position in the MC2 Energy Drink Dodge at the Corona Mexico 200 at Mexico City and we were one of the faster qualifying cars at Talladega."
"Even though I have many years of experience driving on short-tracks in Canada, and have won quite a few races in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, I believe that the Lipton Tea 250 race will be extremely challenging and competitive. You've got Clint Bowyer driving the No. 2 BB&T Chevy who is the defending champion here and Kyle Busch driving the no. 32 Haas Avocadoes Mexico Toyota who has done remarkably well in recent races. David Stemme impressed many fans and racing teams with his strong performance last week in the Talladega driving the no. 64 Atreus Homes and Community Chevy." says D.J. Kennington.
He continues, "Despite their great prospects for this weekend, I think the guy to beat at Richmond is Jason Leffler driving the No. 38 Great Clips Toyota. Jason has done great at Richmond in the past - scoring an 11th place finish the last time he raced here. It was great to have raced up close and tight with Jason Leffler last week, and based on what I saw of his racing at Talladega, he's the guy I would like to keep in my rear view mirror. Together, along with a few of the other teams, we might be in a strong position as Nationwide regulars to continue the momentum of what was seen at Talladega with the regulars having such a strong finish and overall performance throughout last race - eight of the top 12 cars finishing at the Aaron's 312 were NASCAR Nationwide Series regulars."
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