Stremme Gets Shot to Improve on Spring California Finish

Fontana, CA (September  1, 2004) – Team TRIMSPA driver David Stremme left 
California Speedway  disappointed in the spring by a 26th-place run in his first 
Busch  Series race at the two-mile oval. Since that time, strong races at 
Michigan  International Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway, coupled with chemistry 
between  Stremme and crew chief Randy Cox, give Team TRIMSPA reason to be 
optimistic  heading into this weekend’s Target House 300.  
“I had a disappointing run at  California Speedway last spring,” said 
Stremme, driver of the TRIMSPA X32 Dodge.  “There is no doubt about that. In fact we 
are heading into two straight races at  tracks where I really want to redeem 
myself, California and Richmond. What was so frustrating at California was 
that we have had our share of wrecks and  mechanical failures but California was 
not one of them, we simply were  not fast. Team TRIMSPA was in the middle of 
some tough times at that point  because we were on the verge of a crew chief 
change. Now my old crew chief Todd  Lohse is my spotter and Randy (Cox) and I 
have 15 races under our belt. So we  are returning to California a stronger team 
than in the  spring.” 
Stremme has been on somewhat of a  roll in his last four starts, finishing 
inside the top 11 the last four  weekends. Stremme has also finished on the lead 
lap in the last four events.  Last weekend’s sixth-place finish at Bristol 
was a confidence builder, improving  on Stremme’s 18th-place run at that track 
in the spring. Stremme  hopes for the same kind of turnaround in this his 
second visit to California  Speedway.  
“By the end of the race last time at  California we had a top 10 car easy, 
but we were already a lap down,” admits  Stremme. “Call it lack of preparation 
or lack of chemistry or possibly that it  was my first race at that track. 
Either way I think we can do better this time.  My new crew chief Randy Cox and I 
have great chemistry and better communication  with Ganassi. We had a good 
run at Michigan just two weeks ago and all of these  things will hopefully 
translate to a good finish at California.” 
Stremme and Team  TRIMSPA will compete in the Target House 300 at California 
Speedway, this  Saturday, September 4. The event will be televised live at 3 
p.m. eastern time  on NBC and will broadcast nationally at that same time on 
radio stations  affiliated with Motor Racing Network (MRN) and XM Satellite 
Radio Channel  144.