NASCAR Winston Cup ITW DeVilbiss 400 Preview: #3, Dale Earnhardt
13 August 1997
#3 Dale Earnhardt, GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR Winston Cup Series ITW DeVilbiss 400 Advance Michigan Speedway DALE EARNHARDT NOTES & QUOTES: ITW DEVILBISS 400 BROOKLYN, NY - The GM Goodwrench Service Plus team left Michigan Speedway in June with a seventh place finish. It was their best finish at MS since a second-place finish in June of 1994. - Earnhardt's best string of finishes at Michigan Speedway came from August 1983 to June 1988. In those ten events, he posted 1 win, 7 top-5 and 10 top-10 finishes. - Not known for its qualifying efforts, the GM Goodwrench Service Plus team made a top-5 starting spot in three of the first 15 races. They have made drastic improvement. In the last five races they have qualified in the top-5 in four of those races. - Many questions have been asked about the "Plus" on the hood of the black No. 3 Monte Carlo. General Motors Service Parts Operation (SPO) kicked-off its national roll out of GM Goodwrench Service Plus this week in Detroit. The GM Goodwrench Service Plus program brings the automobile service industry to its highest level, providing the customer advantages of convenient service hours, courtesy transportation, upfront competitive pricing, and a limited lifetime guarantee covering eligible parts and labor. QUOTES "We've seen a lot of improvement with the race car. The results may not show exactly how well we've ran, but we know where we are headed. If we can get everything to go right at the same time on the same day, we're going to be the best one of these Sunday's real soon," said Dale Earnhardt. "The Monkey keeps jumping off one back and onto another back. The problem is all those backs are on our team," said Richard Childress. "GM Goodwrench is always looking to improve its service to its customers," remarked Earnhardt. "The GM Goodwrench Service Plus program raises the standard of customer service to its highest level. I know first hand because I'm a GM dealer myself." By Champion Sports Group