kelly bires

KELLY BIRES NNS 2010

• Has recorded four top-15 finishes in six starts this season
  
• Finished seventh in the 2010 Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway (3/20/10)
  
• Qualified third for the Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway (2/20/10)

• Rank ninth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner point standings
  
• Two runner-up finishes with Greg Biffle (Auto Club Speedway 2/20/10 and Richmond 4/30/10)
  
• The No. 27 has led at least one lap in nine of the 18 races this season, totaling 81 laps
  
• In just 18 races the team has already surpassed their 2009 total with nine top-10 finishes
  
• Three different drivers (Biffle, Wimmer, Kelly) have registered top-10 finishes in the No. 27

• Will be making his 75th career NASCAR Nationwide Series start this weekend
  
• In only full NASCAR Nationwide Series season, finished 13th in the NNS point standings in 2008 for JTG Daugherty Racing
  
• Qualified a career-best second for the 2008 Camping World RV Sales 200 at Dover International Speedway (9/20/08)
  
• In his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut finished seventh and led five laps in the 2007 Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway (6/16/07)

• Registered two top 5s and three top 10s in 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series Starts
  
• Finished a career-best fourth in the 2009 Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway (4/11/09)
  
• Finished fifth in the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway (8/1/09)

KELLY BIRES ON DRIVING FOR BAKER CURB RACING
“I’m excited to be driving Baker Curb Racing’s No. 27 this weekend at Gateway. The team has a rich history of success and has put fast cars on the race track this season. Gateway has been a good track for me and I’m looking forward to having a strong run this weekend! “

KELLY BIRES ON THE ECONOMY’S AFFECT ON NASCAR
“The last year and a half has been really tough with the way the economy has affected NASCAR sponsorships. I’ve been working really hard on trying to find opportunities to race for good teams in good cars. I’ve had some productive talks with sponsors that may be interested in teaming up with me and going to a good race team to finish out the rest of this season with hopes of getting back to racing full-time next season.”

CREW CHIEF JOHN REESE ON GATEWAY
“Kelly Bires is a talented driver and were looking forward to having him drive the No. 27 this weekend at Gateway. We are taking car 81, which is one of our best cars. Justin Lofton was fast in both practices with this car at New Hampshire. We qualified ninth and spent the first half of the race in the top 10. Gateway races like a very fast short track. Each set of turns are different so it makes the setup tricky. We finished in the top 10 with Jason Keller there last year, so we’ll unload with a setup similar to what we had for him. In practice we’ll listen to Kelly’s feedback and see if we need to make any adjustments to fit his driving style. The last few races we haven’t been as strong as we were earlier in this season, so we’re looking forward to turning things around this weekend!”

###

Media Contacts:

Kelly Bires Inquiries:
Cody Selman
Client Manager, MMI
cody@mmi98.com
704.235.5789