Sterling Marlin Talladega Advance
CONTACT: Jennifer Powell, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, (704) 662-9642, jpowell@ganassi.com Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Aaron's 499 - Talladega Superspeedway Advance No. 40 TEAM FACTS: * Chassis: Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light team are taking chassis #005 to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend. * Top 10 Finishes: Marlin has already posted three top-10 finishes in eight races this season. * Talladega Superspeedway: Marlin has won twice at Talladega in 1995 and 1996. He has had nine top-10 finishes in 21 spring race starts. * Qualifying at Talladega: Marlin has sat on the pole three times at Talladega Superspeedway which he did in 1991, 1992 and 1995. * NASCAR NEXTEL Cup points standings: Marlin's ninth place finish at Martinsville last weekend kept him 14th in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup points standings. * Last chance to vote!: Fans have until the end of the month 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/> . Sterling Marlin Quotes: "At Talladega you have got to have a fast car, a lot of motor and a good body on it. You've also got to have the breaks. If somebody goes with you and pushes you through there you can go. Me, I used to really look forward to Talladega, but now it's just hurry up and get out of there. Everybody is on top of each other and it's really hard to break away. It looks like Daytona separated pretty good and so I am hoping that it will be that way this weekend. You look out the front and you look out the back all day long. You just hope you're far enough up front that when the stuff breaks out you're ahead of it. Your chassis setup is not as critical at Talladega as it is at Daytona, so hopefully everybody can stay in a straight line and get this thing over with." Sterling Marlin Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Winnings 614 10 81 94 11 $28,461,053 Last Pole: September 1, 2002 at Darlington Raceway Last Win: March 3, 2002 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Last Top-5: March 28, 2004 at Bristol Motor Speedway Sterling Marlin, NEXTEL Cup Series, Texas Motor Speedway Stats: Spring Fall DATE START FINISH DATE START FINISH 4/6/2003 11 6 9/28/2003 4 39 4/21/2002 33 5 10/6/2002 DNS DNS 4/22/2001 2 23 10/21/2001 3 17 4/16/2000 7 8 10/15/2000 32 41 4/25/1999 14 25 10/17/1999 6 22 4/26/1998 14 9 10/11/1998 10 14 5/10/1997 16 39 10/12/1997 30 38 4/28/1996 4 1 7/28/1996 16 29 4/30/1995 7 39 7/23/1995 1 1 5/1/1994 10 8 7/24/1994 8 5 5/2/1993 14 24 7/25/1993 22 27 5/3/1992 3 4 7/26/1992 1 2 5/6/1991 19 4 7/28/1991 1 5 5/6/1990 15 26 7/29/1990 14 3 5/7/1989 16 14 7/30/1989 13 28 5/1/1988 8 6 7/31/1988 2 6 5/3/1987 7 14 7/26/1987 10 14 5/4/1986 5 39 7/27/1986 5 4 5/5/1985 10 25 7/28/1985 10 12 5/6/1984 28 12 7/29/1984 20 32 5/1/1983 22 41 7/31/1983 22 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 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 Yadkinville, North Carolina XXX Jennifer Powell Media Relations Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates office: (704) 662-9642 x1147 cell: (704) 658-8540 jpowell@ganassi.com