David Starr No. 05 Cash America Impala Preview: Wypall 200 at Phoenix Int'l Raceway
Ft. Worth, Tex. (November 11, 2010) — David Starr is always anxious to strap into a racecar, any place, any time. After a rough outing at Texas, his home track, that saw Starr get shoved into the outside wall by another competitor and the resulting damage causing a right front tire blowout, Starr is ready to move on to another track that Starr has a special fondness for: Phoenix International Raceway. Starr is a former Camping World Truck Series winner at Phoenix, taking the checkered flag first in 2004.
Is it hard to put a disappointing weekend behind you? "We all want to go out and run the best we can every week, so when you have something happen outside of your control that ends your day you are always disappointed. We really wanted to run well at Texas last week for a lot of reasons but it didn't happen. It's my home track and I've always run really well there, and we had a lot of Cash America people there watching us because they're based in Ft. Worth too. But that's all part of racing. You can't dwell on what happened last weekend because that doesn't help you at all with this weekend."
You always say your favorite track is the next one you're racing at, but is there any extra fondness for going back to Phoenix? "I look forward to racing anything I can whenever I can wherever I can. But whenever you go back to a track where you've had previous success is always a real confidence booster. I've always liked racing at Phoenix. The two ends are totally different and the driver can make a big difference at a track like that. Whenever you go to a track that demands a lot from the driver you look forward to going there and showing what you can do."
What is the key to a fast lap around Phoenix? "Phoenix is a handling track, but you need to compromise with the setup because the corners are so different. Turns one and two are tighter and have more banking, turns three and four are flatter and more sweeping. If you get the car perfect at one end, you're going to have to carry it at the other end. You also carry a lot of speed at Phoenix. You need a good strong engine with a lot of power to get you up off the corners and down the straightaways."
Starr at Phoenix: David has ten previous Camping World Truck Series starts at Phoenix with one win (November, 2004), one top-five, and four top-ten finishes. His average start is 20.5 and his average finish is 14.6. He has completed 1,383 of a possible 1,503 competition laps (92.0%) and has led 28 laps. He finished ninth in the NCWTS race at PIR in 2009.
About Cash America: Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals in over 1,000 locations in the United States and Mexico and over the Internet in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Cash America is the largest provider of secured non-recourse loans (commonly referred to as pawn loans) in the United States and currently operates under the brand names Cash America Pawn and SuperPawn in the United States and under the brand name Prenda Fácil in Mexico. The company also offers short-term cash advances in many of its locations in the United States, including close to 250 stores that offer this service under the brand names Cash America Payday Advance and Cashland. The company also offers check cashing services in many of its lending locations and in its company-owned and franchised check cashing facilities operating under the Mr. Payroll trade name. The company also offers short-term consumer loan products over the Internet in the United States at http://www.cashnetusa.com, in the United Kingdom at http://www.quickquid.co.uk, in Australia at http://www.dollarsdirect.com.au, and in Canada at http://www.dollarsdirect.ca. The company also owns a card services business that processes cash advances on behalf of a third-party lender with balances outstanding in all 50 states and four other United States jurisdictions. The company's corporate offices are located in Fort Worth, Texas.
Phoenix On-track:
Friday November 12
- 12:00 — 1:50 PM ET NNS Practice
- 3:40 — 4:20 PM ET NNS Final Practice
Saturday November 13
- 12:05 PM ET NNS Qualifying
- 4:30 PM ET NNS Wypall 200 (200 laps/200 miles; Live, ESPN2/MRN Radio/Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 128)