Chevy Bullets - Pepsi 400

CHEVROLET/TEAM MONTE CARLO NOTES AND QUOTES
PEPSI 400
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.
NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2002

CHEVROLET PRE-RACE BULLETS ­ PEPSI 400

… Chevrolet has won nine of the last 15 NASCAR Winston Cup races at Daytona,
more than any other manufacturer.

… Kevin Harvick¹s (No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevy Monte Carlo) pole position at
this event gives Chevrolet six for the season, tying Chevy with Ford.

… Since 1984 (when Pepsi began to sponsor this event) Chevrolet has
qualified on the pole 11 times, including this weekend ­ more than any other
manufacturer.

… Chevrolet has won nine Pepsi 400s since 1984, more than any other
manufacturer.

… Jeff Gordon, in the No. 24 DuPont Chevy Monte Carlo, won the 1998 Pepsi
400 and the 1999 Daytona 500.  He and Dale Jarrett (¹99 Pepsi 400 and ¹00
Daytona 500) are the only back-to-back victors at Daytona since Bobby
Allison won the 1987 Firecracker 400 and the 1988 Daytona 500.

… Jeff Gordon has been running at the finish in 47 consecutive races.  His
last DNF came at Darlington in March 2001.

… Gordon leads the stats with most wins at restrictor-plate races:  6 of 38.

… Dale Earnhardt, Jr., in the No. 8 Budweiser Chevy Monte Carlo, is the
defending champion of the Pepsi 400.

… Dale Jr. is the only active driver with five or more starts at Daytona
that has not posted a DNF here.

… Dale Jr. finished second and first in the two Daytona races in 2001, his
only finishes better than 13th in his five races at Daytona.

… Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI) has won four of the last six restrictor-plate
races.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. won three of those six races, including the Pepsi
400 last July.  Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have finished first
or second in three of the last six restrictor-plate races including both
Daytona races in 2001 and the most recent restrictor-plate race at Talladega
in April.

… Dale Jr. has assumed the restrictor-plate crown, winning three of the five
restrictor-plate races since his father¹s death.  Dale Jr. led 229 of the
736 restrictor-plate laps races in 2001 and was the only driver to score
four restrictor-plate top-10s in 2001.  In 2002, he has led 133 of 188 laps
en route to victory in Talladega.

… Polesitter Kevin Harvick, in the No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevy Monte Carlo,
has a 6.0 average start in his two races at Daytona.

(stats courtesy of NASCAR/Winston)