Chevy Pre-Race Bullets: Watkins Glen

CHEVROLET/TEAM MONTE CARLO NOTES AND QUOTES
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO @ THE GLEN
NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES
WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002

Contact:  Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501

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CHEVROLET PRE-RACE BULLETS

… Chevrolets have won the most Winston Cup races on the Watkins Glen
International 2.4-mile course, nine of 19.

… Chevrolets have won the last five races here.

… Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo, is the defending
champion, winner of the 2001 Global Crossing @ The Glen.

… Jeff Gordon leads all drivers with four Watkins Glen victories.

… Jeff Gordon set an all-time NASCAR record winning six consecutive NASCAR
Winston Cup road-course races, a streak that began with a victory at Watkins
Glen in August 1997 through Sears Point 2000 and ended with a 23rd place at
Watkins Glen in August 2000. Gordon went on to become the all-time
road-course victory leader with his victory in the 2001 Global Crossing @
the Glen, his seventh road-course victory.

… The late Dale Earnhardt Sr. is tied for most poles at Watkins Glen with
Mark Martin: three.

… Jeff Gordon has led the most laps at Watkins Glen: 160.

… Jeff Gordon has finished ninth or better, including four victories, in the
seven of the last eight NASCAR Winston Cup races at Watkins Glen.

… Terry Labonte, No. 5 Kellogg¹s Chevy Monte Carlo, has finished 11th or
better, including five top 10s, in six of the last nine races at Watkins
Glen.

… Joe Nemechek, No. 25 UAW-Delphi Chevy Monte Carlo, has finished eighth in
three of his nine races at Watkins Glen, his best finishes here.

… Dale Earnhardt Sr., has led the most laps by a race non-winner: 54 in
1996.

… Steve Park, No. 1 Pennzoil Chevy Monte Carlo, has completed 99.5 percent
of the laps by an active driver at Watkins Glen. He¹s second to Mark
Martin¹s 99.6 percent.

… Jeff Gordon has been running at the finish in 52 consecutive races.
However, he has remained winless in 29 straight races. His last DNF came at
Darlington in March 2001 and his last victory came at Kansas City in
September 2001.

Stats courtesy of Winston/NASCAR