Friday, August 15, 2014

Michigan Driver Chassis Selections: 2014 Pure Michigan 400

Jeff Gordon is using his winning Brickyard chassis Sunday at Michigan 
#2-Brad Keselowski: Primary Chassis: PRS-914. Last Raced: Dover (finished 2nd). Backup Chassis: PRS-853. Last Raced: Loudon backup (not raced)

#3-Austin Dillon: will pilot Chassis No. 481 in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. This is the same Chevrolet SS that Dillon raced to a 10th-place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.

#5-Kasey Kahne:Crew chief Kenny Francis has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-888 for Sunday's race at Michigan. Kahne drove this chassis to a sixth-place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July and most recently raced it at Pocono Raceway earlier this month, where he started 12th and finished 10th.

#15-Clint Bowyer: Chassis No. 813 serves as the primary chassis for Bowyer at Michigan. This chassis raced at Michigan in June where Bowyer finished 10th and Charlotte in May where he finished 17th. Chassis No. 804 serves as the back-up chassis and finished 12th at Darlington and 15th at Bristol earlier this year.
#16-Greg Biffle: Primary Chassis: RK-908 Last ran Michigan - finished 20th. Backup Chassis :RK-879 Last ran Las Vegas - finished 22nd.

#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Primary Chassis: RK- 902 - last raced at Pocono- finished 15th. Backup Chassis: RK- 877 - last raced at Loudon - finished ninth.
#22-Joey Logano: Primary Chassis: PRS-913. Last Raced Dover (finished 8th). Backup Chassis: PRS-844. Last Raced: Kentucky backup (not raced).

#24-Jeff Gordon: Crew chief Alan Gustafson has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 24-895 for this Sunday's race. This chassis has been raced once with Gordon securing a record-breaking fifth Brickyard 400 victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.

#27-Paul Menard: will pilot chassis No. 480 in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS was utilized earlier this year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the Richard Childress Racing team started 29th and finished in the 34th position due to an on-track incident.

#31-Ryan Newman: will drive chassis No. 479 in Sunday's Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. This chassis was utilized earlier this season at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Newman qualified fourth and finished 11th.

#48-Jimmie Johnson: Crew chief Chad Knaus has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 48-891 for this weekend's event. This chassis is the same Chevy SS Johnson finished 14th with at Indianapolis last month. The backup car is Chassis No. 48-799, which last saw on-track action at Kansas in May.
#55-Brian Vickers: Primary: 808 finished 26th at Darlington and 42nd at Michigan on June 15. Backup: 801 finished 13th at Las Vegas.

#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Crew chief Steve Letarte and the No. 88 crew will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-877. Earnhardt most recently raced this chassis to a fifth-place finish at Kentucky Speedway in June.
#99-Carl Edwards: Primary chassis RK-927 is a new chassis. Backup chassis RK-904 was last brought to Pocono in 2014 as the back-up car.

- COMPILED BY JAYSKI.COM

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