With the Chase for the Championship set to get underway this weekend at New Hampshire International Speedway, the Wood Brothers/JTG race team is proud to announce that driver Ken Schrader will return to the Seat of the No. 21 Little Debbie Ford for the Sylvania 300.

With a cushion for the second straight week in the top-35 owner points, the team is guaranteed a starting spot in the field and hopes to add to the margin. The driving duty of the No. 21 Ford is still a week-to-week decision based upon the latest owner points total.

Ken Schrader will be making his 25th start at the one-mile speedway, dubbed the “Magic Mile”. He has four top ten finishes and has led 16 laps of competition. In addition, Schrader swept both of the 1997 Bud Pole Awards at the track.

The team intends to take COT Chassis C-5 to the race this weekend, the same car that was used previously in the July New Hampshire event. Schrader is scheduled to pull double-duty at the New Hampshire International Speedway this weekend, as he will also carry on his regular driving duties in the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge in the Craftsman Truck Series event on Saturday afternoon.

If the Wood Brothers/JTG race team can keep building on its point position as the season progresses, there is no doubt that they will be able to continue to focus on race setup equations during the practice sessions, thereby making the most of their on track time prior to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup events.

WHAT THE TEAM HAS TO SAY:
Ken Schrader, Driver of the No. 21 Little Debbie Ford:
“I’m really excited to get back to driving the Little Debbie Ford. I think the time that I’ve spent racing in the Craftsman Truck Series and all of the personal racing, I’ve not only kept busy, but sharp. I look forward to working with Michael McSwain this weekend and see if we can’t come up with a setup and a plan that keeps this team moving forward.”

Michael McSwain, Crew Chief of the No. 21 Little Debbie Ford:
“We’re all very thankful to Bill [Elliott] for helping to get us up to this point and this weekend will be a chance to see how much further we can go while still inside the top-35. I can’t wait to get back to work with Ken [Schrader] and get our chemistry up and running like we had it before. We’ll be working pretty hard this weekend, investigating every angle we can about track conditions. Ken’s truck series run is probably going to give us a bit of advantage that we can use come Sunday.”

Eddie Wood, team owner of the No. 21 Little Debbie Ford:
“It’s been a long climb for us and it is most certainly not over yet. I feel like the fight to get in the top-35—and stay in the top-35 is probably going to come down to the wire this year. As for what happens next week or the week after that, we just don’t know right now. For us, it’s going to come down to a common sense decision depending on where we end up with the points. That’s been our reality all year long.”