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Press Releases by Deborah Renshaw
October 31, 2005
Renshaw Racks Up Records in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Hampton, GA –Deborah Renshaw, in the No. 8 Heritage
Dodge, expanded her record of the number of laps lead by a
female in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Saturday afternoon
at the Atlanta Motor Speedway during the running of the EasyCare
200. While leading lap 46 Renshaw became the 37th different
leader this year extending the all-time number of lead changes
in the Series.
The original record of laps lead by a female in the Series
was set by Renshaw at the Darlington Raceway in November 2004.
Renshaw broadened that record Saturday at the Atlanta Motor
Speedway when crew chief Shawn Parker made the decision to
stay out during the third caution of the afternoon.
“I knew we had set the record last year by being the
only female to lead a race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,”
Deborah Renshaw said. “I didn’t realize it expanded
the record number of lead changes during the series. That
is pretty awesome. That just tells you how competitive this
series has become – having multiple leaders in each race.
Drivers and crew chiefs look for different ways to be competitive
and using pit stops to advance your track position is just
one way.”
Renshaw started 24th on the grid for the race in Hampton,
Georgia. She reported being pretty loose in the early stages
of the race but she was able to stick the Dodge race truck
to the bottom of the racetrack where other competitors struggled
to run. During their pit stop, the BHR2 crew made adjustments
to tighten up the truck but then reversed those changes on
the next stop after the race truck failed to respond.
The BHR2 team planned, after a stop under the caution on
lap 90, to run to the checkered flag until the yellow flag
flew for the final time setting up a green/white/checkered
finish. Gambling on the possibility of picking up positions
on the racetrack with fresh Goodyear tires, the team quickly
came in and took on right side tires. The dice didn’t
roll in their favor and they lost four spots finishing in
the 24th place position.
“I am not disappointed with our finish,” Renshaw
said. “We made the right decision to come in get the
tires and try to pick up some spots – it worked for the
winning truck. The truck was solid all day, ran well on fresh
tires and like my spotter said ‘loose is fast’ so
I guess I was fast. We were able to run our preferred line
and I felt competitive out on the track. We gambled, we might
have finished 17th or so if we stayed out - but ended up 24th.
Overall it was a great day and we can take this truck to Texas
next week with barely a scratch on it.”
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