#40 Darlington Advance
STERLING MARLIN, #40 COORS LIGHT DODGE DARLINGTON ADVANCE EVENT INFORMATION--- EVENT: Mountain Dew Southern 500 (Race #24 of 36) TRACK: Darlington Raceway, 1.366-mile oval QUALIFYING: Friday, August 30 at 3:05pm ET RACE: Sunday, September 1 at 1 pm ET BROADCAST: TNT television and MRN radio COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS--- * Darlington Raceway: In 37 starts at Darlington Raceway (dating back to 1980), Sterling Marlin has scored 14 top-10 and 9 top-5 finishes including two wins (1995, 2002) at the track. He swept back-to-back poles in both Darlington races in 1992. * Chassis: The Coors Light team will take chassis #203, "Daddy's favorite," to Darlington this weekend. Marlin has driven chassis #203 to six top-10 finishes this season; it has finished outside of the top-10 only twice. The car has competed in the following races this season: Las Vegas (win), Darlington (win), Texas (7th), Charlotte (11th), Pocono (4th), Pocono (3rd), Indianapolis (27th due to motor trouble), Michigan (6th). * 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. * Marlin on Darlington: "At Darlington you really have to race the track and you have to stay pretty focused all day long. You run so close to the wall that you can get into it pretty quick. Rubber builds up six inches away from it and one little slip and you're in the fence. I enjoy racing there. It's a fun track to me." UPCOMING APPEARANCES --- Sterling Marlin: * September 2, 12pm - 2pm, Greenville-Pickens autograph session * September 2, 4:30pm - 6:30pm, Wild Adventures in Valdosta, GA Coors show car: * August 30, 9am - 5pm, Sam's Club, 200 Beltline Drive, Florence, S.C. * August 31, 9am - 5pm, Micky Finns, 194 S. Cashua Drive, Florence, S.C. Sterling Marlin Career Stats at Darlington Raceway--- DATE START FINISH 3/17/2002 11 1 9/2/2001 12 16 3/18/2001 5 5 9/3/2000 33 17 3/19/2000 28 21 9/5/1999 13 40 3/21/1999 20 16 9/6/1998 8 8 3/22/1998 8 14 8/31/1997 9 40 3/23/1997 9 32 9/1/1996 5 8 3/24/1996 33 11 9/3/1995 6 10 3/26/1995 5 1 9/4/1994 24 5 3/27/1994 2 34 9/5/1993 9 31 3/28/1993 18 21 9/6/1992 1 28 3/29/1992 1 22 9/1/1991 15 6 4/7/1991 2 10 9/2/1990 23 18 4/1/1990 5 28 9/3/1989 16 10 4/2/1989 26 5 9/4/1988 12 5 3/27/1988 16 5 9/6/1987 24 4 3/29/1987 16 4 8/31/1986 13 37 4/13/1986 7 33 9/2/1984 26 39 9/5/1983 33 24 4/10/1983 35 11 4/13/1980 33 11 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: DeWayne Trammell REAR TIRE CHANGER: Mike Atwell REAR TIRE CARRIER: Mike Houston JACKMAN: Greg Pasi GAS MAN: Jerry Schweitz CATCH CAN: Mike Motil WINDSHIELD: Tony Santanicola ENGINE SPECIALIST: Tony Santanicola SPOTTER: Lorin Ranier TRAINER: Al Shuford