STERLING MARLIN #40 Coors Light Advance - NASCAR Brickyard 400
STERLING MARLIN, #40 COORS LIGHT DODGE BRICKYARD 400 ADVANCE EVENT INFORMATION--- EVENT: Brickyard 400 (Race #21 of 36) TRACK: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2.5-mile oval QUALIFYING: Saturday, August 3 at 10:05am CT RACE: Sunday, August 4 at 1:30pm CT BROADCAST: NBC television and IMS radio COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS--- * Indianapolis Motor Speedway: In eight career starts at Indy, Marlin has two top-10 finishes. His best finish was a runner-up finish last year after leading 25 laps of the race. He has no wins and no poles in the Brickyard 400. * Chassis: The Coors Light team will take chassis #203 to Indy. Marlin has driven chassis #203 to five top-10 finishes this season; it has finished outside of the top-10 only once. The car has competed in the following races this season: Las Vegas (win), Darlington (win), Texas (7th), Charlotte (11th), Pocono (4th), Pocono (3rd). The Coors Light team had a quick turn-around with this chassis this week since it raced to a third place finish in Pocono last weekend. * Marlin has lead the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings since Rockingham and is the only driver to rank in the top-10 since the Daytona 500 in February 2001. The Coors Dodge has finished 21st or better in all but one race this season. * Chip Ganassi Racing's two Dodge entries (#40 & #41) have a combined two wins, nine top-5 finishes and 16 top-10 finishes so far this season. Both cars are in the top-25 in owner and driver points; their average place in owner points is 12th. UPCOMING APPEARANCES --- Sterling Marlin: * Thursday, Aug. 1, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Dodge at the Circle, Downtown Indianapolis * Friday, Aug. 2, 5pm - 7pm, Champs Restaurant Coors show car: * Friday, Aug. 2, 5pm - 8pm, Champ's, Indianapolis * Saturday, Aug. 3, 7pm - 10pm, Babes West, Indianapolis * Friday - Saturday, Aug. 2 - 3, Target Chip Ganassi Racing shop Sterling Marlin Career Stats at Indianapolis Motor Speedway--- Year Finish Start Car # Team Laps Led Winnings Status 2001 2 8 40 Coors Light Dodge 160 25 $297,985 Running 2000 30 20 40 Coors Light Chevrolet 158 0 $94,735 Running 1999 16 21 40 Coors Light Chevrolet 160 0 $109,310 Running 1998 11 11 40 Coors Light Chevrolet 160 0 $100,760 Running 1997 43 13 4 Kodak Film Chevrolet 2 0 $71,755 Engine 1996 39 11 4 Kodak Film Chevrolet 37 1 $67,380 Accident 1995 7 3 4 Kodak Film Chevrolet 160 15 $119,700 Running 1994 14 9 4 Kodak Chevrolet 160 0 $49,000 Running TEAM INFORMATION --- TEAM: Coors Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates DRIVER: Sterling Marlin TEAM MANAGERS: Andy Graves and Tony Glover CREW CHIEF: Lee McCall FRONT TIRE CHANGER: Clay Robinson FRONT TIRE CARRIER: Mike Houston REAR TIRE CHANGER: Mike Atwell REAR TIRE CARRIER: DeWayne Trammell JACKMAN: Rick Reling GAS MAN: Jerry Schweitz CATCH CAN: Mike Motil WINDSHIELD: Tony Santanicola ENGINE SPECIALIST: Tony Santanicola SPOTTER: Lorin Ranier TRAINER: Al Shuford Nealie Hamilton Media Relations Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (704) 662-9642 x1130 / office (704) 500-6068 / cell nhamilton@ganassi.com