Bobby East on racing at ORP: "I consider ORP to be my home track and I've raced there a ton. I definitely have more experience at this track than any other track on the truck schedule. I've won five races there between running USAC midgets and Silver Crown cars, and I had one of my best career truck finishes there in 2006 until bettering it this year. Since Chad (Norris) and the guys have already given me trucks capable of two top-10 finishes this season, I think we can do even better than that at ORP.
I've been looking forward to this race for a long time because I really believe we're going to have our best finish yet."
Crew chief Chad Norris on racing at ORP: "Bobby is the man at ORP. He's grown up racing there and he's had a lot of success there. We're taking the same truck he finished eighth with at Memphis a few weeks ago, and I expect him to put it in the top five this weekend. He's got a lot of laps under his belt at this place and if anyone knows this track, it's Bobby."
Fast Facts:
East has two prior NASCAR starts at ORP, one in the Nationwide Series (2007) and one in the Craftsman Truck Series (2006). His best finish is 11th in the 2006 truck race.
East has five wins at ORP racing in various series including USAC Silver Crown and Midgets.
East will be racing Thursday night at ORP as well. He will compete in both the USAC Midget & Silver Crown races.