Sterling Marlin #40 Dodge, Las Vegas Preview
Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge UAW-DaimlerChrysler Advance RACE INFORMATION: EVENT: UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (race 3 of 36) TRACK: Las Vegas Motor Speedway QUALIFYING: Friday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. PT RACE: Sunday, March 2, 12 p.m. PT BROADCAST: FOX television and PRN radio COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS: · Chassis: The Coors Light team will take chassis #203 to Vegas. This is the same chassis that won at Vegas, Darlington and Charlotte last season. · Marlin is the defending champion of the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. The Las Vegas race was one of two wins for Marlin last season. · Marlin has 10/1 odds to winning the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. (Provided by Station Casinos, Las Vegas.) · Marlin is the only driver with two top-10 starts in 2003. STERLING MARLIN QUOTES: Describe Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "It's a little different from your Chicagos or Kansas'. Cars get a little tighter off turn four and it's a little different getting into turn one. It's a real nice track. You can run side by side." Nice win last year... "We probably had a tenth place car and we changed some stuff up on it Sunday morning and made it a lot better. We just hit the right combination and it just drove perfect all day. We're taking the same car back this year. That car won three races last year so we're going to carry it back." Do you gamble in Vegas? "I don't gamble when I go to Vegas. I usually do a lot of appearances for Coors out there. Me and Sutherlin (daughter) ran the roller coaster to death last year out there at New York, New York. Or we'll go out to the dam and see it. I've been out there a few other times but Sutherlin had never seen it so I took here out there last year. Other than that I don't gamble much....only on the race track." LEE McCALL QUOTES (CREW CHIEF): Did your team test at Las Vegas? "The two rookies tested at Vegas and it went pretty good. We're going to go with some of the notes they had and some of what we got. We're going to take some of their spring combinations and put them in our car." Describe Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "Las Vegas is a mile and a half, semi-flat track and I love to race there." STERLING MARLIN LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY STATS: DATE START FINISH 3/3/2002 24 1 3/4/2001 8 3 3/5/2000 30 18 3/7/1999 33 15 3/1/1998 21 24 COORS LIGHT CREW: Name Crew position Race shop duty Hometown Sterling Marlin Driver Driver Columbia, Tennessee Andy Graves Team Manager Team Manager Syracuse, New York Tony Glover Team Manager Team Manager Kingsport, Tennessee Lee McCall Crew Chief Crew Chief Travelers Rest, South Carolina Al Shuford Team Trainer Team Trainer Shelby, North Carolina Nate Kennon Front Tire Changer Front Mechanic St. Louis, Missouri Trent Davis Front Tire Carrier Race Day Only Vale, North Carolina Mike Atwell Rear Tire Changer Test Team Charlotte, North Carolina Tim Shore Rear Tire Carrier Race Day Only Yadkinville, North Carolina Greg Pasi Jack Man Race Day Only Coory, Pennsylvania Jerry Schweitz Gas Man Transportation Director Waterloo, New York Mike Motil Catch Can Man Tire Specialist Hazelton, Pennsylvania Tony Santanicola Windshield Engine Specialist Vacaville, California Lorin Ranier Spotter Manager Prestonsburg, Kentucky Steve Boyer Engineer Engineer North Platte, Nebraska Derek Staments Pit Support Shocks Milford, New Jersey Dave Mitchell Pit Support Truck Driver Alderion, West Virginia Mark Poole Pit Support Rear Mechanic Kannapolis, North Carolina Todd Osborne Pit Support Car Chief Jamestown, Indiana John Sacco Scorer Parts Department Birmingham, Alabama