NASHVILLE, TN., (April 28, 2010) – Baker Curb Racing announced today that Scott Lagasse Jr.’s No. 43 Ford Fusion will promote WarrantyDirect.com, one of the largest and most established extended vehicle warranty companies in North America in Friday night’s Bubba Burger 250 at Richmond International Raceway. Lagasse Jr. currently ranks 10th in the NASCAR Nationwide driver point standings after eight races, having gained 22 spots over the last seven races.

“We are very excited about the opportunity to promote WarrantyDirect.com through this partnership with Baker Curb Racing and Scott Lagasse Jr.,” said Tara Williams, Senior Vice President of Warranty Direct. “NASCAR fans are passionate about their sport and are very brand loyal to the companies that support their favorite teams. Scott is off to a great start to the 2010 season and we look forward to seeing the WarrantyDirect.com No. 43 Ford Fusion up front in Richmond on Friday night.”

About Warranty Direct
For nearly 30 years, Warranty Direct has been part of one of the largest and most established extended vehicle service companies in North America. We’ve also been the company that customer’s turn to when they want reliable, comprehensive coverage for their cars, trucks, and vans. Since the beginning, our goal has been to provide exceptional personal service, eliminate hassles, and develop the gold standard for extended vehicle service plans. How do we do it? It actually begins with you. We make it our point to put ourselves in our customers’ shoes and ask what we would want from an extended vehicle service company. Then, we go above and beyond to deliver precisely that experience to every person that has one of our plans. For more information visit: http://www.warrantydirect.com

About Baker Curb Racing
Combining speed and sound, Baker Curb Racing brings a unique tune to the Nashville and the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Owners Gary Baker and Mike Curb combine for over 100 years of experience in NASCAR and national marketing and branding. The team became a vision of Baker and Curb’s passions for racing and a desire to bring a new professional team to the landscape of Nashville and to help satiate the desires of local NASCAR fans. To keep up with all the happenings of the team, visit www.bakercurb.com

For more information:
Andy Gee
315-566-9034 or agee@bakercurb.com

Rounding The Turns At PIR

This years Sprint Cup race will go an additional 63 laps and miles on the one-mile oval, up from 312, The new distance will be 375 laps/miles will be the longest race since Phoenix International Raceway began hosting NASCAR in 1988. PIR measures its Cup races in kilometers, so it will be just over 603 kilometers, up from the previous 500 km. The race is sponsored by Subway and is known as the Subway Fresh Fit 600.

Last year’s winner was Mark Martin, who also had the pole position. However, all the top 35 drivers all have a shot at winning:

Which driver do you think will win? Leave us a comment.

View from turn two bleachers at Martinsville Speedway

Also new at Martinsville will be the reintroduction of spoilers. The wings are gone and spoilers are said to bring back more downforce and should help prevent car flipping aerials like we saw with Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski in Atlanta (BTW – did you see how civil they were together running side by side each other late in the day at Bristol?).

Martinsville has a lot of history. Current Sprint Cup driver (#71 TRG Motorsports) Bobby Labonte made his Busch Series debut in 1982 at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 30th. In 1960, Richard Petty became the youngest winner at Martinsville at age 22 and has had the most wins there with 15. Also unique both in history and fame is that the trophy given at the race is a grandfather clock. The clocks are made by Ridgeway Clocks and have been given out since 1964 (Ridgeway clocks are also found in the historic Biltmore near Asheville, NC).

Ridgeway Trophy Clock

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to the Bristol Motor Speedway for car to car combat in the Food City 500 for the first short track race of the 2010 season on Sunday, March 21. Last year, Kyle Busch held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin by .391 seconds in a green-white-checkered finish, taking the race to 503 laps. Known as the “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile”, this year the favorites are Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, and Clint Bowyer. Drivers to watch are Paul Menard, Kurt Busch, Scott Speed, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin. Never count out the veterans either. Bobby Labonte (#71) has an excellent record at the Bristol Motor Speedway where he’s scored an impressive three top five finishes and ten top ten finishes.

Carl Edwards Flips Brad Keselowski

Will the “The World’s Fastest Half Mile” turn into a Half Mile of Havoc? We’ll only know Sunday if the “Gladiators with Gears” Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards feud has ended or if more cars will be flipped up and out of the race track. Space will be tight so Brad and Carl might not be the only ones bumping and rubbing fenders. The track has installed new SAFER barriers that make the track even tighter with more than 160 feet at the exits of Turns 2 and 4 combined. That will tighten up the available racing space used by the drivers.

Here a list of the top 35 Drivers in the series competing at Bristol:

• Kevin Harvick
• Matt Kenseth
• Greg Biffle
• Jimmie Johnson
• Clint Bowyer
• Jeff Burton
• Mark Martin
• Tony Stewart
• Paul Menard
• Kurt Busch
• Jeff Gordon
• Scott Speed
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Joey Logano
• Kyle Busch
• Brian Vickers
• Kasey Kahne
• David Reutimann
• Jamie McMurray
• Carl Edwards
• Juan Montoya
• Denny Hamlin
• A.J. Allmendinger
• Martin Truex Jr.
• Elliott Sadler
• Regan Smith
• David Ragan
• Marcos Ambrose
• Ryan Newman
• Bobby Labonte
• Sam Hornish Jr.
• Travis Kvapil
• Brad Keselowski
• Mike Bliss
• Boris Said
• Robby Gordon
• David Gilliland
• Max Papis
• Bill Elliott
• Kevin Conway
• Michael McDowell
• Joe Nemechek
• Dave Blaney
• Michael Waltrip
• Robert Richardson Jr.
• Aric Almirola
• John Andretti
• Casey Mears
• Terry Cook
• Todd Bodine
• Johnny Sauter
• Derrike Cope
• Reed Sorenson
• Mike Wallace
• Norm Benning
• Jeff Fuller

Watch the race to see who wins.