Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge, Auto Club 500 Advance

Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge
Auto Club 500 Advance

RACE INFORMATION:
	
EVENT:	Auto Club 500 (race 10 of 36)	
TRACK:	California Speedway	
QUALIFYING:	Friday, April 25, 3:00 p.m. PT	
RACE:	Sunday, April 27, 12:00 p.m. PT	
BROADCAST:	FOX television and MRN radio	

COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS:
	*	Chassis:  The Coors Light team will race historical chassis
#115 this weekend at California Speedway.  Chassis #115 has been through a
lot in the past two years.  It won two races in 2001 including the first win
for Dodge.  In 2002, #115 finished ninth in Atlanta and was wrecked in The
Winston.  Team manager Andy Graves thought the car was totaled but the Coors
Light team repaired it and Sterling tested the car and ran well.  Later that
year, #115 competed in two more races - Martinsville with driver Mike Bliss
and Phoenix with driver Jamie McMurray.  This is the first race for the car
in 2003 and the first time Marlin is back in his favorite #115 since it
wrecked in The Winston.
	*	On a roll: Marlin has scored three top-10 finishes in his
last four races.
	*	Sunny California:  Marlin has scored top-10 finishes in his
last two races at California Speedway.
	*	California native:  Engine specialist Tony Santanicola is
originally from Vacaville, Calif.

STERLING MARLIN QUOTES:

"California is a good track to race on.  I like going out there to race.
The only part I don't like about it is the traveling.  I wish they could
group all of those West Coast races together.  Just stay out there for three
weeks and get them all done.  It's tough on the crew guys to be traveling
out there every couple weeks.  They don't get enough time off as it is."  

"We've had some good runs here the past few weeks.  The guys have done a
great job in the shop and we got some top-10 finishes.  We just had some bad
luck at the start of the season.  I think we're on a roll now and finishing
like we should.  All the guys should be rested up from the week off.  We'll
be ready to go this weekend."


CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY STATS:
Sterling Marlin
DATE	START	FINISH	
4/28/02	25	7	
4/29/01	31	9	
4/30/00	37	32	
5/2/99	17	16	
5/3/98	14	14	
6/22/97	29	36	


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	
Steven Wolfe	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	
Nate Kennon	Pit Support	Front Mechanic	St. Louis, Missouri	
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