40 Coors Light Texas prerace report

CONTACT:  Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing, 704/662-9642,
nhamilton@ganassi.com
 
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 2002

 

 


STERLING MARLIN

COORS CHIP GANASSI RACING with FELIX SABATES
#40 COORS LIGHT DODGE INTREPID R/T

PRE-RACE REPORT: TEXAS

 
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EVENT:                      Samsung/Radio Shack 500
                                    Texas Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile tri-oval
                                    
DATES:                      Qualifying: April 5, 2002
Race: April 7, 2002
                                    
BROADCAST:            Television: FOX race coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. EDT
                                    Radio: PRN race coverage begins at 12:30
p.m. EDT
                                    Race begins at 2 p.m. EDT

 


 


COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS

 
Sterling Marlin, driver, No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Intrepid R/T
*         Texas:  In five career starts at Texas Motor Speedway, Marlin has
scored two top-10 finishes.  His best start is 21st position (4/5/98); his
best finish is eighth place (4/6/97).  He scored two 34th-place finishes in
his last two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
*         The Coors Light team will take undefeated car #203 to Texas.  Car
#203 is the sister car to #115.  It is a brand new car for 2002 and has
raced in two events - Las Vegas and Darlington - capturing a win in both
races.
*         Marlin and the Coors Light team tested at Texas Motor Speedway on
Jan 29th and 30th.  They tested cars #115 and #203.
*        Marlin is the only driver to capture five top-10 finishes in the
first six races in 2002.  He is the only driver to rank in the top-10 in
NASCAR Winston Cup championship points since the 2001 Daytona 500.

Sterling Marlin Career Stats at Texas Motor Speedway

 

DATE
START
FINISH

4/1/01
37
34

4/2/00
39
34

3/28/99
39
9

4/5/98
21
14

4/6/97
22
8

 

 
 
 
Sterling Marlin's thoughts on Texas Motor Speedway:
 
    "I love Texas and I love being down there. When they first built
Atlanta, I hated it because it was a one groove, high-speed track. You
couldn't pass. That's what I see at Texas. It's real fast, and I don't see
how it's going to be a two-groove track. I hope it is. They've done a super
job paving it and hopefully it'll work out to a two-groove deal."
 
 
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