Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge, New England 300 Advance

RACE INFORMATION:

EVENT: New England 300 (race 19 of 36)
TRACK: New Hampshire International Speedway
QUALIFYING: Friday, July 18, 3:05 p.m. ET
RACE: Sunday, July 20, 2:00 p.m. ET
BROADCAST: TNT television and MRN radio

COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS:

-Chassis: The Coors Light team will race chassis #309 at New Hampshire. This is the same car that finished 7th at Martinsville and 13th at Richmond earlier this year.

-Where are the Top-5s?: Marlin has not scored a top-5 as of yet this season. With four sixth place finishes, he is the only driver in the top-20 in championship points without a top-5 finish.

-NASCAR's Top-10: Marlin currently sits in 10th position in NASCAR's Top-10 standings. He has been in the Top-10 for four weeks in a row.

-Qualifying Hex: Marlin has qualified in the top-10 only five times this year but seems to have bad finishes when he qualifies well. In those five races he finished 17th, 40th, 39th, 35th, and 19th.

STERLING MARLIN QUOTES:
Comment on the current fuel cell fires.
"Back then, when I had my wreck in Bristol we had the oil tank on the left rear of the car and that's what caused such a big fire. I don't know what's going on now with these fires. Back when I had my accident I thought that they should put in an automatic fire extinguisher in the back trunk. All of the drag cars have them. The driver doesn't have to do anything. My accident was a little different because the fire came through the windshield. I rode backwards a long way and the fire was coming through the car. They've got the oil tank in a different place now so it's not the same type of fire."

How are you going to do at New Hampshire?
"We've got a good hot rod for this weekend. It's the same short track car we raced at Richmond. We'll do our best this weekend."

NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY STATS:
Sterling Marlin, Winston Cup Series

DATE START FINISH
7/11/1993 2 6
7/10/1994 7 10
7/9/1995 31 9
7/14/1996 14 29
7/13/1997 13 22
9/14/1997 41 39
7/12/1998 35 35
8/30/1998 37 17
7/11/1999 16 34
9/19/1999 29 21
7/9/2000 37 25
9/17/2000 3 22
7/22/2001 37 17
11/23/2001 6 2
7/21/2002 18 14
9/15/2002 24 21

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