Dodge Motorsports Weekend Preview

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> Weekend Preview
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> 					Contact:	Dave Elshoff,
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> 					Ray Cooper,	803-466-9085
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> Fresh Off Daytona 500 Victory, National Media Blitz
> Ward Burton Heads to Rockingham; WoO Series Opens Friday
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> ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (Feb. 21, 2002) - Ward Burton won NASCAR's Super Bowl
> last Sunday at Daytona International Speedway by capturing the 44th annual
> Daytona 500 in his No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge Intrepid R/T. Now the
> 40-year-old driver will return to the track where he won his first NASCAR
> Winston Cup race and try to take another giant step toward an even bigger
> trophy.
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> Meanwhile, the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series will open its 25th season
> at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., on Friday and the NHRA POWERade
> Series will resume round two today through Sunday at Phoenix, Ariz.
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> Here is the weekend lineup for Dodge- and Mopar-backed cars and trucks:
> *	Thursday, Feb. 21-24 - The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series hosts
> the 18th annual Checker, Schuck's Kragen Nationals in Phoenix, Ariz.
> Qualifying will be shown on ESPN2, Saturday, 9-11 p.m.  Final Round
> coverage will be shown on Sunday, 7-10 p.m. on ESPN2.
> *	Friday, Feb. 22 -The Pennzoil World of Outlaws will kickoff the 2002
> season at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
> *	Friday, Feb. 22 - First-round NASCAR Winston Cup qualifying at
> Rockingham. Two laps for positions 1-36 at 3:05 p.m./et. TV-Fox Sports Net
> (FSN) live and MRN Radio.
> *	Saturday, Feb. 23 - The Pennzoil World of Outlaws will be at Perris
> Auto Speedway in Lake Perris, Calif.
> *	Saturday, Feb. 23 - Happy Hour NASCAR Winston Cup practice at
> Rockingham. 11:15 a.m.-noon/et on TV-FX.
> *	Sunday, Feb. 24 - Subway 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race at Rockingham,
> 1 p.m. on FOX. Pre-race show begins at 12:30 p.m.
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> NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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> Ward Burton joined Bill Davis Racing in 1995 at Bristol, the 22nd race
> that season. It didn't take long for Burton and Davis to reach the
> winner's circle as the 40-year-old driver from South Boston, Va., won
> seven races later at Rockingham. Burton led the last five laps last Sunday
> at Daytona and came away with a $1.3 million payday in the Daytona 500.
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> He also took the early lead in the NASCAR Winston Cup Standings and
> already has begun thinking about the Dodge Million Dollar Bonus for any
> team that can capture the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup championship. The driver
> will be awarded a 2003 Dodge Viper.
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> Two other Dodge drivers have also won races at Rockingham. Bill Elliott
> has three victories, and Kyle Petty also has three to his credit at
> Rockingham. Kyle's father, The King, Richard Petty, leads all drivers with
> 11 wins at The Rock. The King also scored the last win for Dodge at
> Rockingham in the spring of 1977.
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> Two Dodge drivers will attempt to make their 2002 debuts at Rockingham
> this weekend. Hut Stricklin, in the No. 23 Hills Bros Dodge out of the
> Bill Davis Racing stables and Jimmy Spencer, driver of the No. 41 Target
> Dodge Intrepid R/T failed to qualify last week at Daytona. They'll be
> ready to rumble this weekend at The Rock.
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> NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
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> The series returns to action this weekend in the 18th annual Checker,
> Schuck's Kragen Nationals in Phoenix, Ariz. Dean Skuza, Mark Osborne,
> Darrell Alderman, Larry Morgan and Bart Price and Greg Stansfield will
> represent Dodge in that event.
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> World of Outlaws
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> Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., will kick off the Pennzoil World of
> Outlaws (WoO) 25th season tonight.
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> Mark Kinser, the 2001 series runner-up, will return in his No. 5M Mopar
> Parts Maxim machine. Kinser finished second in championship points last
> season, just 30 points out of the lead.
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> "I feel like a prize fighter waiting on a 12-round decision," Minser said.
> "We won everything last year but the trophy. We're going to go after the
> title again this year."
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> The Outlaws will compete in 66 events at 44 tracks in 26 states this
> season.
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