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FONTAINE EQUALS HIS NCWTS CAREER BEST FINISH WITH 13TH AT CHICAGOLAND

  Chris Fontaine went to Chicagoland Speedway with the goal of learning, and he came away with a 13th place finish, tying his NCWTS record he set last year at Gateway International Raceway.

  Fontaine had qualified the Glenden Enterprises #84 Chevy Silverado 14th fastest to start the EnjoyIllinois.com 225, tying his qualifying performance at Pocono Raceway in July.

    Fontaine ran in the top 15 for half of the race, and ran in the top ten for most of the last third, getting as high as seventh at one point.

  "If the last caution had not come out, we would've gotten our first top ten. We were running ninth, and then the caution came out, and on the last restart we all got piled up and I lost a couple of spots," Fontaine said.

  He ranked eleventh in number of passes during the race with 17.

  Of the 14 NCWTS races Chris Fontaine and the Glenden Enterprises Team have run in 2009 and 2010 to date, they have finished 17th or better in eight of them.

  "We finally got to run up front, and I learned a lot about the air.  We made a few adjustments during the race and made the truck better and we were able to get into the top ten," Fontaine said, adding,"We are all learning a lot and every race we expect to do better. We definitely improved this race and we will improve on the next one."

The next NCWTS race Chris Fontaine and the Glenden Enterprises team plan to run will be the Mountain Dew 250 fueled by Fred's at Talladega Superspeedway on October 30, 2010. The race will be televised on SPEED TV at 3:30 PM ET.

FONTAINE IS LOOKING TO LEARN AT CHICAGOLAND

No. 84 Chevy Silverado Fast Facts

Chris Fontaine

Chicagoland Speedway – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

EnjoyIllinois.com 225 - 150 laps

 225 miles on a 1.5-Mile Tri-Oval

Driver: Chris Fontaine                                                 Media Contact:

Crew Chief: Kevin Ingram                                           Mark Albright

Team Owner:  Chris Fontaine                             markalbright@chrisfontaine.com

News and Notes:

v     Chris Fontaine will be making his 22nd NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Chicagoland Speedway.

v     This is Fontaine's first time at Chicagoland.

v     He has competed in five NCWTS races so far this year with his own team, at Atlanta, Nashville, Dover, Michigan and Pocono. He finished 17th at  Atlanta, Dover and Michigan.

v     While running a limited NCWTS schedule with his Glenden Enterprises Team in 2009 and 2010, Fontaine's averages are steadily improving season over season.

 Chris Fontaine overall NCWTS record:

Series     Starts    Average Start    Average Finish   Wins Poles  Top-Five  Top-10s               

NCWTS      21                 26.3                     23.2                0           0            0              0

2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Results

Date          Venue                                              Start          Finish                                           

March 6      Atlanta Motor Speedway                     13                17

April 2         Nashville Superspeedway                   22                28

May 30       Dover International Speedway            28                17

2010 Average                                              19.8          21.5

2010 Average with his own team                19.4          20.0      

 Quotes:

 On his steadily improving NCWTS race records:

 "We are looking forward to a new track, and every time we go to the track we are looking to learn something new to be able to improve at the next race. Our goal is to take what we learn and use it when we come back to the track."

 On making his first NCWTS start at Chicagoland Speedway:

 "I don't know much about Chicagoland Speedway other than playing it on video games, so we will see. It is just a regular mile and a half track, so we will see how it goes."

CHRIS FONTAINE WINS 3RD IN A ROW ON DIRT IN OCALA SPEEDWAY FEATURE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 6--SEE PHOTOS

CHRIS FONTAINE FINISHES 21ST IN THE NCWTS POCONO 125

CHRIS FONTAINE POSTS  QUALIFYING RUN OF 14TH TO START FIRST NCWTS POCONO RACE

FONTAINE LOOKING FORWARD TO FIRST NCWTS POCONO RACE

CHRIS FONTAINE FINISHES 6TH IN THE LATE MODEL 100 AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, JULY 17TH

CHRIS FONTAINE GETS SECOND WIN IN A ROW ON DIRT AT OCALA SPEEDWAY FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 9

CHRIS FONTAINE WINS BOTH THE V-8 THUNDERSTOCK HEAT AND FEATURE EVENT AT OCALA SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH

CHRIS FONTAINE SETS FAST TIME IN QUALIFYING FOR LATE MODEL 100 AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY SATURDAY BEFORE RAIN FORCES RESCHEDULING OF RACE UNTIL SATURDAY, JUNE 26 AT 7:00 PM

FONTAINE WINS THE HEAT RACE AND FINISHES 2ND IN THUNDERSTOCK FEATURE AT OCALA LAST FRIDAY

BROKEN AXLE ENDS FONTAINE'S RUN AT OCALA

After taking second in the heat race, Chris Fontaine, driving the Glenden Enterprises #47 V-8 Thunderstock Chevy Monte Carlo, started the feature event in the fourth spot at Ocala Speedway last Friday night.

At the start, the third place car dove to the inside to take the lead in turn one and Fontaine followed to take the third spot.

When the two leaders got together in turn two, Fontaine dove to the inside to take the lead.

Fontaine led the first lap before the caution came out, calling for a double-file restart on lap 2.

The #47 jumped out to the lead on the restart, but two laps later the #8 caught him and a side by side battle ensued in turn two, with the #8 taking the lead on the backstretch.

The two pulled away from the field and lapped it by the caution on lap 12 caused by a spin in turn 4.

On the restart two more cars had contact and spun, causing yet another caution. And it was during this caution that the rear axle on Chris Fontaine's machine broke, causing him to limp into the pits on three wheels and abandon the second place spot.
 

FONTAINE TAKES FOURTH  IN THE AMF CHASSIS 100 AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

Chris Fontaine drove the Glenden Enterprises #47 Super Late Model to a fourth place finish in the AMF Chassis 100 at Auburndale Speedway last Saturday, April 17.

Fontaine qualified the #47 in the sixth spot to start the race. He got shuffled back to the 10th spot after getting slowed up by cars in front of him on the first lap, and had to fight his way back to the front throughout the race.

On lap four, he got under the #49 car to take ninth.

By the first caution on lap 25, he was back up to the sixth spot for the restart on lap 31.

On lap 45, Fontaine got under the #07 in turn one to take the fifth spot.

Eleven laps later, he got under the #007 car in turn one to take the fourth spot, but the #07 car caught up to him and they battled for fourth all the way to lap 85 when Fontaine followed the #07 under the #21 to take the fourth spot back.

FONTAINE TAKES 3RD ON DIRT AT OCALA SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, APRIL 9

Chris Fontaine drove the Glenden Enterprises #47 Chevy Monte Carlo to a third place finish in the V-8 Thunderstock division feature at Ocala Speedway on Friday, April 9.

Fontaine led the heat race from the pole to the checkered flag.

He was lined up in the 10th spot for the start of the feature event, and quickly moved up to the sixth spot by the second caution on lap 2.

Fontaine took the fifth spot on lap 3, and proceeded to battle the #17 for the fourth spot which he took on lap five.

After a restart for a caution on lap seven, Fontaine got held up by a slower car and the #17 got by him on the backstretch. On the next lap, Fontaine got into the #17 going through turns one and two, spinning the #17 all the way around without bringing out the caution.

On lap 10, a car got rolled over on the backstretch bringing out the red flag. At the time, Fontaine was running in the fifth spot.

On the restart, Fontaine got by the #3 for the fourth spot, and after two more cautions, he took the third spot on a green-white restart, and held it to the checkered flag.

FONTAINE FINISHES 28TH IN FIRST NCWTS CAREER NASHVILLE RACE

"The truck was just too loose and we never got it tight enough," Chris Fontaine said of his first NCWTS race at Nashville Superspeedway Saturday night, adding,"We just have to learn and get better."

Fontaine qualified the Glenden Enterprises #84 Chevy Silverado in the 22nd spot to start the race. There were only two cautions during the 200 mile race, and the team did not have a chance to get the truck right.

"We are all very disappointed and we are going to work our asses off to get it better next time," he said. 

"We are going to Dover next. We did good there last year, so hopefully the stuff we learned will carry over and we will do good," he said.

In the spring of 2009, Fontaine led some laps and finished 14th in the NCWTS race at Dover, only the second race he and the newly formed Chris Fontaine Inc. NCWTS team had run.

The Dover 200 NCWTS race will be on Friday, May 14 at Dover International Speedway. It will be televised at 8:00 pm on SPEED.

Go to www.chrisfontaine.com for more on Chris and the Glenden Enterprises #84 NCWTS team.

FONTAINE AND TEAM READY TO TAKE ON NASHVILLE

No. 84 Glenden Enterprises Chevy Fast Facts

Chris Fontaine

Nashville Superspeedway – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Nashville 200 - 150 laps

200 miles on a  1.33 - Mile Oval

Pre Race: 5:30 PM ET Friday April 2nd                      

Race Start: 6:00 PM ET Friday April 2nd      

Broadcast LIVE on SPEED

Driver: Chris Fontaine                                            

Crew Chief: Kevin Ingram                                      

Team Owner: Chris Fontaine                               

 News and Notes:

Chris Fontaine will be making his 17^th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Nashville Superspeedway this Friday. 

Fontaine will be racing the Glenden Enterprises Number 84 Blue body with flames on the hood.

Fontaine has an average start of 27.9 and average finish of 23.5 in NCWTS.

He is coming off of his best NCWTS career qualifying run of  13th at Atlanta.

He has raced at Nashville Superspeedway twice before in 2002 in the NASCAR All Pro series.

This is his first race on the track in the NCWTS.

Quotes:

Goal for the race: "We are a much better prepared team than when we went to Nashville in past years." We are going to try to break our record of 13th and get a top ten in qualifying, and try to get a top ten finish."

"I can't wait to get there. We bought a new truck and I hope it will be fast in practice and carry us to the end of the race."

FONTAINE QUALIFIES WITH A NCWTS CAREER HIGH OF 13TH AND FINISHES HIS FIRST RACE AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN 17TH

Chris Fontaine had his NCWTS career best qualifying run on Saturday, March 6, when he qualified the Glenden Enterprises #84 Chevrolet at 175.338 mph, 31.619 seconds, on the 1.54 mile Atlanta Motor Speedway for a 13th place start to the EZ-GO 200. He went on to finish the race in 17th place.

"The track is really,really fast. It was exciting to be there, and it took a while in practice for me to figure it out, but I finally got it where I could hold it all the way down and flat-foot it for qualifying. We ran a pretty good lap and got our best ever start with 13th," Fontaine said.

"We fell back a little bit in the race, but it just took me a little while to learn the track in traffic. We had a pretty good run going in the middle of the race. We got a lap down at the end of the race and it hurt us, but overall we learned a lot about momentum racing there. I look forward to the next time we go to Atlanta," he said.

The next race on the NCWTS schedule for the CFI team will be at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday, April 2. The race will be broadcast live on the SPEED channel at 7:30 PM.

"Now we are going to Nashville and see if we can improve our qualifying position and get a top ten," Fontaine said, continuing, "Atlanta is one of, if not the fastest track on the NASCAR circuit, so having competed there, everything else is going to be a little bit slower. Going into it mentally, I know I have been as fast as I have to go, and everything else will seem a little bit easier."

Glenden Enterprises is the supporter of the #84 at this time, and the team is seeking more sponsorship so they can run more races.

In addition to Atlanta, the team currently plans to race at Nashville, Dover, Michigan, Kentucky and Homestead. The team plans to add ORP, the fall Nashville race, Darlington, Chicagoland, Martinsville and Talladega as funds become available.

"The lack of sponsorship is holding us back from running more races than we are," Fontaine said.

FONTAINE TO MAKE FIRST 2010 NCWTS START AT ATLANTA

No. 84 Glenden Enterprises Chevy Fast Facts

Chris Fontaine

Atlanta Motor Speedway – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Atlanta 200 - 130 laps 200.2 miles on a 1.54 - Mile Oval

Pre Race: 1:30 PM ET Saturday March 6th

Race Start: 2:00 PM ET Saturday March 6th

Broadcast LIVE on SPEED

Driver: Chris Fontaine

Crew Chief: Kevin Ingram

Team Owner: Chris Fontaine

News and Notes:

Chris Fontaine will be making his 17th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway this Saturday.

Fontaine will be racing the Glenden Enterprises Number 84 Blue body with flames on the hood.

Fontaine has an average start of 26 and average finish of 21.7 in NCWTS.

This is his first race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Quotes:

Goal for the race: "We are going there with a new truck from KHI, and I just want to run in the top ten and get our best NCWTS career finish to date."

Plans after Atlanta: "We plan to race in Late Model races and get ready for our next NCWTS race at Nashville. We plan to run ten NCWTS races this year, and if we had the money we would run the full schedule."

FONTAINE AND TEAM PREPARE FOR ATLANTA NCWTS RACE

Chris Fontaine and the CFI race team are preparing for their first race of the 2010 NCWTS season at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 6.

 Fontaine will be driving the #84 Glenden Enterprises Chevy Silverado in his first ever race at the track.

 Glenden Enterprises is the supporter of the #84 at this time, and the team is seeking more sponsorship so they can run more races.

 The team currently plans to race at Atlanta, Nashville, Dover, Michigan, Kentucky and Homestead. The team plans to add ORP, the fall Nashville race, Darlington, Chicagoland, Martinsville and Talladega as funds become available.

 "The lack of sponsorship is holding us back from running more races than we are, Fontaine said.

With the limited number of races, eight of 25, they were able to run in the 2009 season, the team still finished the year 33rd in points.

Fontaine also got a new NCWTS career high finish of 13th at Gateway International Raceway.

He finished all but one of the eight races, and averaged a 19th place finish.

On what he and the team hope to achieve this year, Fontaine said, "The points don't really matter because we are not running all the races. What we want to do is try and get our first top ten finish, and from there a top five. Just to be able to run more competitively and stay on the lead lap in itself is going to be a tough task. There are a lot of new teams out there that are running part-time schedules, and they are pretty strong teams, so our number one goal will be to make the race with enough speed to get in the top ten and get some TV coverage."

"That will be our main goal, and learn as much as we can to get better and run in the top ten every time, and then try for top fives," he said.

The Atlanta 200 will be broadcast live on the SPEED channel beginning at 1:30 PM ET Saturday, March 6.

Go to www.chrisfontaine.com for more on Chris and the CFI team.

FONTAINE FINISHES FIFTH IN ICEBREAKER 100 AT DESOTO

Chris Fontaine drove the Glenden Enterprises #47 Super Late Model to a fifth place finish in Desoto Superspeedway's Hoosier Elite Supers 100 Icebreaker race on Saturday, February second.

Fontaine has gotten two fifth place finishes in the two races he has run so far this year. The other fifth place was in Volusia Speedway's season opener for V-8 Thunderstocks.

He qualified the #47 in sixth place to start the race.

The caution came out on lap 28 and Fontaine pitted to make adjustments because the car was too free.

On the restart, he was lined up 14th.

By the time the caution came out for a spun car on lap 49, Fontaine was in the tenth spot.

He continued his march to the front, passing four more cars before spinning in turn three on lap 92 while racing the #51 hard.

On the restart he was lined up sixth, and got the jump on the #51 to take fifth which he held for the next eight laps to the finish.

The next race for Chris Fontaine and the CFI race team will be their first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of 2010. On March 6, Fontaine will drive the Glenden Enterprises #84 Chevy Silverado in the NCWTS race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The Atlanta 200 will be broadcast live on the SPEED channel beginning at 1:30 PM.

CHRIS FONTAINE TO RUN ICEBREAKER HES 100 AT DESOTO SATURDAY 2/20

Chris Fontaine and the CFI Race Team will run their first Late Model race for the 2010 season this Saturday, February, 20 in the  Hoosier Elite Supers 100 at Desoto Superspeedway in Bradenton, FL.

In 2004 Fontaine won the season opener at the speedway.

"We are looking forward to Desoto and getting back to Late Model racing.  We are really confident. We have one of our newest cars with a new paint scheme. This is the Icebreaker race, and it has been six years since we won the first race. This is the race, and it's almost six years to the day. So maybe we can get another win there," he said.

For more info go to www.desotosuperspeedway.com

For more information on Chris Fontaine and the CFI team go to www.chrisfontaine.com

FONTAINE TAKES 5TH AT VOLUSIA IN FIRST DIRT RACE OF 2010

Chris Fontaine finished the 15-lap Thunder Stock feature event in fifth place Sunday, January 24 at Volusia Speedway Park's January Jump Start event.

He started the race on the outside pole after finishing the heat race in second on the half mile dirt track.

When the third place car spun in turn two on the first lap, it brought out the caution and a complete restart.

On the restart, Fontaine in the 47 took the lead in turn two, until the 1 car got by him on the inside in turn 3.

By the caution on lap 5, Fontaine was running third.

On the restart, he was running three-wide for the lead with the 44 and 24.

On lap seven, he took the lead from the 44 coming out of turn 4.

On lap eight, the 44 got into Fontaine on the backstretch, spinning him in turn three.

Fontaine had to restart in the twelfth position, but worked his way up to eighth by the next caution on lap 11.

After two more cautions, Fontaine was up to the fifth spot where he finished the race.

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