This Week's Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway

9/18/2012 This Week's Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway

This Week's Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway ... Joey Coulter will pilot Chassis No. 024 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Camping World Truck Series stable in Friday night's Kentucky 201. This RCR-prepared Chevrolet last ran at Chicagoland Speedway in July where Coulter started second and finished in the 15th position. Coulter also drove this Chevrolet to two top-10 finishes at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May and Texas Motor Speedway in June.

Coulter in the Bluegrass State ... Coulter has three previous starts at the 1.5-mile track in the Camping World Truck Series, recording top-15 finishes in each event and leading for eight circuits. Additionally, Coulter has one start in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at the Sparta, Ky.-based facility, in 2009, where he finished seventh.

In June ... In the June edition of the Camping World Truck Series event at Kentucky Speedway, Coulter and the No. 22 Steak-umm Chevrolet team started the event from the 16th position. Despite battling a lack of grip throughout a majority of the race, Coulter drove to a seventh-place finish.

By the Numbers ... With 15 races complete in the 2012 season, Coulter has collected one win, one pole award, three top-five and nine top-10 results. He holds an average starting position of 9.4 along with an average finishing position of 10.1 and has completed 98.9 percent (2,333 of 2,351) of the contested laps.

Going for a Loop ... Coulter has earned impressive stats with 15 races complete on the 2012 Camping World Truck Series schedule. According to NASCAR's Season-to-Date Loop Data Statistics, the 22-year-old driver is the series' leader in Quality Passes (503). He ranks second in Fastest Speed in Traffic and Fastest Drivers Early in a Run. He is ranked fourth in Green Flag Speed. Coulter holds a 95.5 Driver Rating and 10.451 Average Running Position, ranking him sixth and seventh,respectivelyamongst his fellow competitors.

Get to the Points ... Coulter is sixth in the Camping World Truck Series driver championship point standings, 46 points behind the leader and RCR teammate Ty Dillon.

Meet the Driver ... Coulter and his RCR teammate Tim George Jr. are scheduled to participate in the Camping World Truck Series driver autograph session at Kentucky Speedway on Friday, Sept. 21 beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Time.

Rewind: Iowa Speedway ... The No. 22 RCR team started the 200-lap event at Iowa Speedway from the 14th position and competed in the top-15 for the first half of the race. As Coulter was exiting pit road after a green-flag pit stop, NASCAR officials displayed the yellow-flag pinning the Miami Springs, Fla., native in the 17th position and two laps down to the leader. Coulter was able to rejoin lead lap competition and climb his way into the 13th spot before taking the checkered flag.

JOEY COULTER QUOTE:
What are your thoughts on Kentucky Speedway?
"Kentucky (Speedway) is a fun place to race. RCR has put together a good 1.5-mile package for the trucks this year, and I'm excited to get there and see what the No. 22 team can do this weekend. We didn't have the finish we hoped for last weekend at Iowa (Speedway), but I know we can regroup and try again on Friday."