Sterling Marlin Subway 400 Advance
Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Subway 400 - North Carolina Speedway Advance No. 40 TEAM FACTS: * Chassis: Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light team will race chassis #303 at the Subway 400. This is the same car that raced at both Bristol races and the spring Rockingham race last season. The car finished 6th, 17th and 40th respectively. * Rockingham Speedway: Marlin has never won at North Carolina Speedway but he has finished second twice, both of those finishes in the spring race at Rockingham (1994 and 2002). * Qualifying at Rockingham: Marlin's highest qualifying effort at "the Rock" is fourth which he has done twice (1987 and 2003). * Marlin Notes: Marlin starts the season in the 37th position after a multi-car accident last week at the Daytona 500. After starting out in the fourth position Marlin's day was cut short on lap 71 when he sustained damage in a multi-car accident. * Don't forget to vote!: Currently fans have the opportunity to vote for one of three different No. 40 Prilosec OTC paint schemes, to be run later this season, on www.prilosecotc.com <http://www.prilosecotc.com/> . LEE McCALL, CREW CHIEF QUOTES: What are your thoughts on the race this weekend? "We always do well there; it is one of our favorite tracks to run because we feel comfortable there. We qualified fourth there last spring but we had a problem with our water pump. In the fall race we came all the way from the 31st position and we got a top-10 finish so we know we can run well there. The Coors Light team is looking forward to racing there this weekend and we are looking forward to making up some ground from last week." How will the tires be a factor at Rockingham? "Tires will most certainly be a factor this weekend," McCall stated. "The track is going to eat up the tires quickly, after five laps teams will be ready for new sets of tires. Rockingham is an abrasive track just like Darlington." The Coors Light team is going to Rockingham 37th in the standings, what are your thoughts on that? "This week will be a challenge to be able to show what this team is made of. It will also be our chance to bounce back and get back into title contention. Tony (Stewart) was 43rd after the Daytona 500 two years ago and he came back and won it. Daytona is one race and it won't count us out for the season." Sterling Marlin Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Winnings 608 10 79 91 11 $27,811,068 Last Pole: September 1, 2002 at Darlington Raceway Last Win: March 3, 2002 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway STERLING MARLIN, NEXTEL CUP SERIES, NORTH CAROLINA SPEEDWAY STATS: Spring Fall DATE START FINISH DATE START FINISH 2/23/2003 4 40 11/9/2003 31 10 2/24/2002 6 2 10/3/2002 DNS DNS 2/25/2001 26 8 10/4/2001 18 11 2/27/2000 14 15 10/22/2000 23 33 2/21/1999 27 37 10/24/1999 23 8 2/22/1998 27 25 11/1/1998 30 13 2/23/1997 35 20 10/27/1997 35 9 2/25/1996 31 6 10/20/1996 28 13 2/26/1995 22 12 10/22/1995 28 6 2/27/1994 21 2 10/23/1994 37 14 2/28/1993 19 28 10/24/1993 25 12 3/1/1992 25 15 10/25/1992 19 5 3/3/1991 21 33 10/20/1991 24 8 3/4/1990 10 4 10/21/1990 29 6 3/5/1989 16 7 10/22/1989 10 23 3/6/1988 14 3 10/23/1988 18 34 3/1/1987 12 19 10/25/1987 4 11 3/4/1984 20 35 10/30/1983 22 15 3/13/1983 27 13 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 Paul Clapprood Car Chief Car Chief/Chief Mechanic Stafford Springs, Connecticut Steven Wolfe Front Tire Changer Front Mechanic Milford, New York Trent Davis Front Tire Carrier Race Day Only Vale, North Carolina Randy Cox Rear Tire Changer Race Day Only Trinity, North Carolina Tim Shore Rear Tire Carrier Race Day Only Yadkinville, North Carolina Mark Jacobs Jack Man Race Day Only Ft. Walton Beach, Florida Randy Hildreth Gas Man Race Day Only Charlotte, North Carolina Mike Motil Catch Can Man Tire Specialist Hazelton, Pennsylvania Tony Santanicola Windshield Engine Specialist Vacaville, California Dave Atkins Spotter Race Day Only Sycamore, Illinois Steve Boyer Engineer Engineer North Platte, Nebraska Jeff Price Shock Specialist Shocks Beallesville, Maryland Nate Kennon Pit Support Front Mechanic St. Louis, Missouri Tim Beaver Pit Support Truck Driver Mooresville, North Carolina Mark Poole Pit Support Rear Mechanic Kannapolis, North Carolina Greg Pasi Pit Support Race Day Only Cory, Pennsylvania Trevor Lysne Pit Support Test Team Fergus Falls, Minnesota Ronnie Willard Scorer Race Day Only