Bobby East - NCTS ADVANCE

Team: No. 09 Zaxby's Ford F-150
Crew Chief: Chad Norris

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.

East Claims Another Top-10 Finish at Memphis

HMILLINGTON, Tenn. (June 28, 2008) – Bobby East tied his best career NASCAR finish Saturday night at Memphis Motorsports Park. After starting second, East remained in the top 10 all night to finish a tough race in eighth place.

East started the 200-lap race on the outside of the front row. The Zaxby’s Ford F-150 was tight early in the race, and East eventually settled into sixth place. By the third caution of the race crew chief Chad Norris called him to pit road on lap 54. The crew gave him four tires and raised the track bar to help free up the truck. The team had a great stop, but since some teams were on different pit strategies and stayed out, he restarted in 12th place on lap 58.

Within a few laps East was back in the top 10. The truck was still tight, but he was able to work his way up to fifth place by the halfway point at lap 100. A caution on lap 123 would set the Zaxby’s team up for its final pit stop of the night. East came into the pits in fifth place, but quick work by the team sent him out in fourth place with four new tires and fuel.
East remained fourth for several laps, and showed considerable improvement on his restarts from previous races. With 40 laps to go he was in sixth place, but only a few laps later he spun coming off the turn on lap 167. Luckily East did not hit anything and was able to continue in sixth place.

East told the team the truck would not turn in the center of the corners. He slipped to seventh with 20 laps to go and was able to maintain that until the final 10 laps of the race. Several cautions slowed the final laps, including a multi-truck accident with two laps to go. The race was red flagged while NASCAR cleaned the track. East restarted eighth for the green-white-checker finish and held on to finish the race there. Ron Hornaday won the race.

“The Zaxby’s Ford F-150 was great,” East said. “We made a couple of key adjustments after the final practice yesterday, which Chad Norris is just great at. He brings great trucks