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

RACE INFORMATION:

EVENT: Pocono 500 (race 14 of 36)
TRACK: Pocono Raceway
QUALIFYING: Friday, June 6, 3:05 p.m. ET
RACE: Sunday, June 8, 1:00 p.m. ET
BROADCAST: FOX television and MRN radio

COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS:
-Chassis: The Coors Light team will race chassis #203 at Pocono. This is the same chassis that won at Las Vegas, Darlington and Charlotte last season.

-Pumped for Pocono: In 35 starts at Pocono Raceway (dating back to 1983), Marlin has 14 top-10 finishes. He has finished in the top-5 in three of the past four races there. He has two poles and no wins at Pocono.

-Qualifying Hex: Marlin has qualified in the top-10 only four times this year but seems to have bad finishes when he qualifies well. In those four races he finished 17th, 40th, 39th and 35th.

STERLING MARLIN QUOTES:

"I hope it doesn't rain and the track doesn't leak. Pocono has been real good to me. It's a good track. I like racing there. It's a handling track, you need to handle good and have a lot of power too. You either shift once or shift twice during a lap. I like shifting once because I'm not that good at shifting."

"We had a good shot to win last fall and had a good spring race. It's a lot different from any track we go to, but I really enjoy going to Pocono. There's a lot of room to pass. The tunnel turn is really a one-groove turn, but turn three you can really set somebody up and there's a lot going on. We're shifting now a lot more than we used to."

"Turn one and two is a two-groove deal. There are lots of places to pass. You go to the new tracks like Kansas City and Chicago, and they're still basically one-groove tracks. California has really come on with three or four grooves right up against the fence. Hopefully the Kansas and Chicago tracks will eventually get into that, but Pocono has been a good track for us."

UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

Sterling Marlin
-June 5: Whistles Pub, Pennsylvania 6:30pm to 8:30pm

POCONO RACEWAY STATS:

Sterling Marlin, Winston Cup Series
DATE START FINISH
7/28/02 13 3
6/9/02 1 4
7/29/01 10 16
6/17/01 2 4
7/23/00 34 42
6/19/00 31 22
7/25/99 9 28
6/20/99 1 4
7/26/98 31 11
6/21/98 15 9
7/20/97 23 20
6/8/97 28 15
7/21/96 17 6
6/16/96 23 11
7/16/95 6 18
6/11/95 15 4
7/17/94 18 12
6/12/94 18 38
7/18/93 15 7
6/13/93 32 8
7/19/92 14 11
6/14/92 19 7
7/21/91 11 5
6/16/91 16 8
7/22/90 16 30
6/17/90 7 9
7/23/89 9 36
6/18/89 6 6
7/24/88 8 14
6/19/88 21 28
7/19/87 23 25
6/14/87 19 15
6/10/84 23 33
7/24/83 20 18
6/12/83 20 29

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

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