#40 Watkins Glen NASCAR Race Report

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2002


COORS LIGHT TEAM HAS ENGINE TROUBLE AT THE GLEN
Marlin maintains Winston Cup championship points lead

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (August 11, 2002) - Sterling Marlin drove the No. 40
Coors Light Dodge Intrepid R/T to a 30th place finish in the Sirius
Satellite Radio at Watkins Glen International road course.  For the 21st
straight race (Rockingham to Watkins Glen), Marlin remains the leader in the
NASCAR Winston Cup championship points standings.  He has a 53-point lead
over Mark Martin who is currently in second place.  

The Coors Light team had a weekend full of engine trouble at Watkins Glen
International.  At the end of practice on Friday morning, Marlin's No. 40
Dodge blew an engine and the team had to work diligently to replace it prior
to qualifying that afternoon.  Although Marlin qualified in 28th position,
he started at the rear of the field on Sunday because the team changed
engines.  

At the start of the race, the Coors Light Dodge was consistently moving up
through the field until Marlin radioed in that the car "blew up" on lap 34.
Marlin's Dodge was down a cylinder and he had to race the remaining 60 laps
carefully in order to keep the car on the track and earning points for the
championship points race.  Marlin managed to keep the car on the lead lap,
finishing in 28th position and maintaining the points lead.

"I wasn't sure how it would shake out at the end, but it could have been
worse," Marlin said.  "We were hoping we could come out of here with a
top-10, but it didn't work out that way today. We'll get 'em next week at
Michigan. I won the second race there last year, and it was the first for
Dodge, so that's a special race for me. We need to win another one and start
making these points go the other way."

Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac, won the Sirius
Satellite Radio at The Glen.  Next on the schedule for the No. 40 Coors
Light team is the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 18,
2002.

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