Loudon II: David Gilliland preview

DAVID GILLILAND, YATES RACING Ford. Drive one. driver David Gilliland on New Hampshire: "Loudon has been a pretty good track for me to race at in the past, even though my finishes may not showcase that fact. We also ran well at Phoenix earlier ...

DAVID GILLILAND, YATES RACING

Ford. Drive one. driver David Gilliland on New Hampshire:

"Loudon has been a pretty good track for me to race at in the past, even though my finishes may not showcase that fact. We also ran well at Phoenix earlier this year and a lot of the set-ups from Phoenix you can transfer over to your Loudon car. Loudon is a track that has a similar feel to short track racing in my mind and I really enjoy race tracks like this. We're at a fairly flat track this weekend and those are the kinds of tracks that are difficult to pass on, but if you go there with a great car, you can make anything happen. Our goal for this weekend is to leave New Hampshire with another strong performance for our No. 38 Ford. Drive one. team. We had a solid top-20 finish at Richmond last weekend, which is another track that translates over to racing at Loudon, so I'm really looking forward to this weekend's race."

Ford. Drive one. crew chief Cully Barraclough on New Hampshire:

"Track position means a lot at Loudon so we'll be focused on trying to get a solid qualifying position on Friday. Of course if you have a great car, then drivers have the ability to drive their way through the field on Sunday. Richmond and Phoenix are tracks that we go back to and review notes when it comes to setting up a car for Loudon. Those tracks have very similar traits and we're able to take a look back at what we liked at both of those tracks and apply it to this weekend. We liked our cars from Phoenix and both Richmond races, so in looking ahead to our performance for this weekend, I really think we should have another strong performance."

NOTES OF INTEREST:

* Gilliland will sign autographs at the Ford Racing merchandise trailer on Sunday, September 14th at 10:00am

* Gilliland will have media availability at the No. 38 hauler from 11:15am-11:30am on Friday, September 12th

* Gilliland has an average starting position of 27.5, and an average finish of 32.8 at Loudon

* Gilliland has completed 1,168 of 1,184 career laps at Loudon (98.6 percent)

* Gilliland's best starting position at Loudon is from 15th which he accomplished in the 2006 Sylvania 300

Chassis #579 is the chassis the No. 38 Ford. Drive one. team will be running this weekend for the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This is the same chassis the team last ran at Michigan in August for the 3M Performance 400 where they finished 26th.