#40 Coors Light Dover Advance
STERLING MARLIN, #40 COORS LIGHT DODGE DOVER ADVANCE EVENT INFORMATION--- EVENT: MBNA America 400 (Race #28 of 36) TRACK: Dover International Speedway, 1-mile oval QUALIFYING: Friday, September 20 at 2:05pm ET RACE: Sunday, September 22 at 1 pm ET BROADCAST: TNT television and MRN radio COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS--- * Dover International Speedway: In 33 starts at Dover International Speedway, Marlin has two top-5s and 10 top-10s. He has no wins and no poles at the track. His best finish is fifth and happened twice (9/20/87 and 6/3/90); his best start is fifth (6/4/95). Marlin finished in the top-10 in both races at Dover in 2001. * Chassis: The Coors Light team will take chassis #109 to Dover this weekend. Chassis #109 has raced in the following events this season: Rockingham (finished 2nd), Bristol spring (19th), Dover summer (13th), Bristol fall (7th). * Marlin led the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings for 25 consecutive races (Rockingham to Richmond). He is the only driver to rank in the top-10 since the Daytona 500 in February 2001. Marlin has scored 14 top-10 finishes in 27 races this season and 19 top-15 finishes. * Dominant Dodge: Sterling Marlin's No. 40 Coors Light Dodge is leading the Dodge manufactures camp in the following categories: laps led (440), Money won ($3,375,971), points earned (3,539), bonus points earned (70), points standings (2nd), top-5s (8), and top-10s (14). UPCOMING APPEARANCES --- Coors show car: * Friday, Sept. 20 - 10am to 1:30pm, Super Wine & Spirits, 4575 Highway One, Rehoboth, DE * Friday, Sept. 20 - 2pm to 6pm, Back Bay Liquor Warehouse, Rt. 24, Longneck, DE * Saturday, Sept. 21 - 1pm to 5pm, Larry's Liquors, 6668 North duPont Highway, Dover, DE * Saturday, Sept. 21 - 5:30pm to 9:30pm, Extreme Night Club, 601 North duPont Highway, Dover, DE Sterling Marlin Career Stats at Dover International Speedway--- DATE START FINISH 5/15/1983 26 10 9/18/1983 22 27 5/31/1987 16 10 9/20/1987 11 5 6/5/1988 18 11 9/18/1988 15 23 6/4/1989 24 26 9/17/1989 12 17 6/3/1990 16 5 9/16/1990 18 12 6/2/1991 22 15 9/15/1991 9 17 5/31/1992 10 14 9/20/1992 15 33 6/6/1993 22 33 9/19/1993 18 11 6/5/1994 30 8 9/18/1994 18 30 6/4/1995 5 7 9/17/1995 29 6 6/2/1996 19 41 9/15/1996 26 17 6/1/1997 26 10 9/21/1997 21 27 5/31/1998 20 19 9/20/1998 35 16 6/6/1999 33 29 9/26/1999 30 38 6/4/2000 25 31 9/24/2000 38 37 6/3/2001 7 6 9/23/2001 26 8 6/2/2002 27 13 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: Greg Pasi GAS MAN: Jerry Schweitz CATCH CAN: Mike Motil WINDSHIELD: Tony Santanicola ENGINE SPECIALIST: Tony Santanicola SPOTTER: Lorin Ranier TRAINER: Al Shuford