Casey Mears, #41 Target Dodge, Sharpie 500 Advance
Casey Mears, #41 Target Dodge Sharpie 500 Advance RACE INFORMATION: EVENT: Sharpie 500 (race 24 of 36) TRACK: Bristol Motor Speedway QUALIFYING: Friday, August 22, 3:00 p.m. ET RACE: Saturday, August 23, 7:30 p.m. ET BROADCAST: TNT television and PRN radio TARGET TEAM FACTS: * Chassis: Team Target is taking chassis # 112 to Bristol. Casey has driven this car to a 30th place finish at Rockingham this season and a 32nd place finish at Bristol. * Double Duty: Along with the Winston Cup race, Casey will be competing in Braun Racing's No. 19 Target Dodge in the Busch Series race at Bristol this weekend. * Testing: All three Ganassi teams tested at Milwaukee on Monday and Tuesday. * Raybestos Rookie Teammates: Casey Mears and Jamie McMurray are the first teammate rookies to compete for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. Mears currently sits in third place in rookie points; behind leader Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray in second. * Leader: Mears became the first 2003 rookie to lead a lap and the only rookie to lead a lap in the Daytona 500. BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY STATS: Busch Series DATE RACE LOCATION START FINISH STATUS 3/23/02 Channellock 250 Bristol Motor Speedway 27 23 Running 8/23/02 Food City 250 Bristol Motor Speedway 21 40 Engine Winston Cup Series DATE RACE LOCATION START FINISH STATUS 3/23/03 Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway 39 32 Running TEAM TARGET CREW: Name Crew position Race shop duty Hometown Casey Mears Driver Driver Bakersfield, California Jimmy Elledge Crew Chief Crew Chief Redding, California Andy Graves Team Manager/Spotter Team Manager Syracuse, New York Tony Glover Team Manager Team Manager Kingsport, Tennessee Darren Wolfe Front Tire Changer Front Mechanic Fletcher, North Carolina Marty Forcier Front Tire Carrier Paint Shop Superior, Wisconsin Randy Cox Rear Tire Changer Car Chief Trinity, North Carolina Heath Cherry Rear Tire Carrier Race Day Only Belmont, North Carolina Mark Jacobs Jack Man Race Day Only Ft. Walton Beach, Florida Les Huntley Gas Man Suspension Specialist Renwick, Iowa Todd Anderson Catch Can Man Chassis Setup Jewell, Iowa Doug Spees Windshield Tire Specialist Toledo, Ohio Russ Bales Engine Specialist Engine Specialist Sandy Springs, Georgia Tim Smith Engineer Engineer Cope, South Carolina Paul Clapprood Pit Support Front Mechanic Stafford Springs, Connecticut Trevor Lynse Pit Support Test Team Fergus Falls, Minneapolis Dave Shano Pit Support Truck Driver El Cajon, California Eric Hoyle Pit Support Rear Mechanic Asheville, North Carolina Roger Parkinson Pit Support Shocks San Diego, California Melissa Zeno Scorer/Cook Cook Lynchburg, Virginia