Casey Mears, #41 Target Dodge, Subway 400 Advance

Casey Mears, #41 Target Dodge
Subway 400 Advance

RACE INFORMATION:
	
EVENT:	Subway 400 (race 2 of 36)
TRACK:	North Carolina Speedway
QUALIFYING:	Friday, Feb. 21, 3 p.m.
RACE:	Sunday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m.
BROADCAST:	FOX television and MRN radio

TARGET TEAM FACTS:
·	Chassis: Team Target will race chassis #112 at Rockingham this
weekend.  This is the same chassis that Jimmy Spencer almost won in last
season at Bristol.
·	Mears has competed in two Busch Series races at The Rock.  He got
into an accident in the first race and finished 18th in the second race.
·	Mears became the first rookie to lead a lap and the only rookie to
lead a lap in the Daytona 500 last weekend.

CASEY MEARS QUOTES:

"The last time I was at Rockingham I was testing the Winston Cup car.  I
thought it went pretty good and I learned a lot about how to drive the Cup
car around there.  There wasn't many of us there but out of the ones that
did qualifying runs we were the quickest.  The car we tested there was the
best handling car I've ever had there so I'm really looking forward to it."


"It feels good to be going to a track where the driver has more influence.
You're not going to loose the draft at Rockingham and not be able to catch
back up."

"Considering how long Daytona is and how drawn out it is, our guys really
came together well and worked together well during the first event of the
season.  When we wrecked our primary car in Happy Hour and had to go to a
backup car the guys changed it over and got it ready for the race in no
time.  They did an excellent job and gave me a good car for the race.  We
just needed more laps and less rain."  


CASEY MEARS NORTH CAROLINA SPEEDWAY STATS:
Busch Series
DATE	LOCATION	START	FINISH	LC/TL	EARNINGS	STATUS
2/24/2002	Rockingham	30	30	192/197	$16,375	Accident
11/3/2002	Rockingham	20	18	196/197	$18,920	Running

TEAM TARGET CREW:

Name		Crew position		Race shop duty
Casey Mears	Driver			Driver
Jimmy Elledge	Crew Chief		Crew Chief
Andy Graves	Team Manager		Team Manager
Tony Glover	Team Manager		Team Manager
Al Shuford	Team Trainer		Team Trainer
Darren Wolfe	Front Tire Changer	Front Mechanic
Marty Forcier	Front Tire Carrier	Paint Shop
Randy Cox	Rear Tire Changer	Car Chief
Heath Cherry	Rear Tire Carrier		Race Day Only
Mark Jacobs	Jack Man		Race Day Only
Les Huntley	Gas Man		Suspension Specialist
Todd Anderson	Catch Can Man		Chassis Setup
Doug Spees	Windshield		Tire Specialist
Andy Graves	Spotter			Team Manager
Russ Bales	Engine Specialist	Engine Specialist
Chris Coxon	Engineer		Engineer
Paul Clapprood	Pit Support		Front Mechanic
Trevor Lynse	Pit Support		Test Team
Dave Shano	Pit Support		Truck Driver
Bill Henderson	Pit Support		Rear Mechanic
Roger ParkinsonPit Support		Shocks
Melissa Zeno	Scorer			Race Day Only