Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge, Virginia 500 Advance

Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge
Virginia 500 Advance

RACE INFORMATION:
	
EVENT:	Virginia 500 (race 9 of 36)
TRACK:	Martinsville Speedway
QUALIFYING:	Friday, April 11, 3:00 p.m. ET
RACE:	Sunday, April 13, 1:00 p.m. ET
BROADCAST:	FOX television and MRN radio

COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS:
·	Chassis:  The Coors Light team will take chassis #309 to
Martinsville.  This is a brand new race car.
·	In 33 career starts at Martinsville (dating back to 1983), Marlin
has three top-5 finishes, ten top-10 finishes, no poles and no wins.  Marlin
has finished in the top-15 in his last four races at Martinsville.
·	Mike Bliss ran the Martinsville October '02 race in the Coors Light
Dodge.  Marlin was out of the car due to a neck injury.

STERLING MARLIN QUOTES:

"I haven't seen it yet (replay of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s controversial pass at
Talladega), so I don't know. I'll probably see it sometime. I don't know
when. I guess when I see it, I'll see it. If I don't, I don't. There's
nothing I can do about it. It's water under the bridge. When they make a
call, they stick with it, so there's nothing you can do about it. I've been
around this business long enough, you just go ahead, go to the next race and
don't worry about it."

AL SHUFORD QUOTES:
Team Trainer

What precautions are you taking for carbon monoxide at Martinsville?
"We are using our standard filters.  We are going to change them a bit more
regularly than we did before.  Normally, we change them every one or two
days.  At Martinsville, we're going to change them at the beginning of every
practice and prior to the race.  And we're going to double up on the filter
for the race.  We're also going to have all three of our drivers tested
before and after practice to get a carbon monoxide level.  To see what is
normal and see what they intake or don't intake.  We will be able to
calculate where they are before and after and then we can make changes based
on that reading."

MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY STATS:
Sterling Marlin

DATE	START	FINISH
4/24/1983	19	12
9/25/1983	13	27
4/26/1987	21	19
9/27/1987	23	7
4/24/1988	21	2
9/25/1988	18	26
4/23/1989	22	8
9/24/1989	4	20
4/29/1990	25	32
9/23/1990	15	12
4/28/1991	23	28
9/22/1991	31	14
4/26/1992	22	2
9/26/1992	30	7
4/25/1993	30	21
9/26/1993	3	30
4/24/1994	2	27
9/25/1994	9	7
4/23/1995	17	13
9/24/1995	3	23
4/21/1996	15	10
9/22/1996	34	31
4/20/1997	38	21
9/29/1997	14	39
4/20/1998	21	36
9/27/1998	7	18
4/18/1999	17	13
10/3/1999	29	11
4/9/2000		8	24
10/1/2000	34	9
4/8/2001		31	5
10/15/2001	26	10
4/14/2002	29	12


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


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