NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mountain Dew 500 Preview: #33, Kenny Schrader
28 August 1997
By Events & Outings, Inc. #33 Kenny Schrader, Skoal Bandit Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mountain Dew Southern 500 Advance Darlington Raceway KENNY SCHRADER NOTES & QUOTES: MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500 DARLINGTON, SC - "I think Darlington should prove interesting with the location change of the start/finish line. I think it will provide an awesome finish. In the past you were able to pass through turns three and four, now turns three and four are much narrower and there will probably be some people who forget that."---Kenny Schrader, driver of the Skoal Bandit Racing Chevrolet - "If we can stay out of trouble at Bristol and bring the car home in one piece, I feel certain we can bring home a decent finish from Darlington," says an optimistic Schrader. Schrader and the Skoal Bandit Racing team are coming out of Bristol with a sixth place finish and are carrying some momentum. Schrader moved to 14th in the standings, his highest position of the season. - The Skoal Bandit Racing team will be utilizing the same car they ran earlier this year at Rockingham, Darlington, Dover, California and the July race in Pocono. It is named "Doc Holliday" after a gambler who often found himself in deadly gunfights in which he always came out on the winning side. The Skoal Bandit Racing team is looking to "up the ante" at Darlington and come home with their first top-five finish of the season. - In 25 career starts at Darlington Raceway, Schrader has posted five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. His most recent top-10 finish came in this year's TranSouth Financial 400. He also has earned three pole positions at Darlington, including his first career Winston Cup pole in the 1987 TranSouth Financial 500. - Schrader broke his cycle of 11th or 14th place finishes with a sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend. His first top-10 finish since the Miller 500 at Dover Downs International Speedway. KENNY SCHRADER DARLINGTON RACEWAY RESULTS YEAR EVENT ST FIN EARNINGS EVENT ST FIN EARNINGS 1997 TranSouth 400 13 8 26,815 1996 TranSouth 400 6 28 19,225 Southern 500 4 4 40,590 1995 TranSouth 400 3 11 20,500 Southern 500 38 23 19,635 1994 TranSouth 400 6 7 18,395 Southern 500 2 32 13,350 1993 TranSouth 500 16 4 23,125 Southern 500 1 9 19,195 1992 TranSouth 500 15 12 15,435 Southern 500 3 13 16,600 1991 TranSouth 500 4 19 69,250 Southern 500 9 3 26,940 1990 TranSouth 500 6 10 22,900 Southern 500 21 39 10,710 1989 TranSouth 500 6 27 13,455 Southern 500 2 5 20,390 1988 TranSouth 500 1 29 16,950 Southern 500 25 11 10,980 1987 TranSouth 500* 1 5 5,130 Southern 500 18 11 9,765 1986 TranSouth 500 22 10 7,580 Southern 500 32 36 5,435 1985 TranSouth 500 25 13 6,090 Southern 500 32 14 8,475 * First Winston Cup pole position STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 POLES EARNINGS Spring 13 0 2 6 2 200,325 Fall 12 0 3 4 1 202,065 Total 25 0 5 10 3 402,390 KENNY SCHRADER 1997 WINSTON CUP PERFORMANCE DATE EVENT ST FIN LC/TL STATUS EARNINGS POS. 2/16 Daytona 500 10 33 173/200 Running 73,379 33rd 2/23 G'Wrench Service 400 6 18 392/393 Running 24,800 28th 3/2 Pontiac Excitement 400 28 35 393/400 Running 18,065 31st 3/9 Primestar 500 35 25 321/328 Running 20,165 32nd 3/23 TranSouth Financial 400 13 8 293/293 Running 26,815 27th 4/6 Interstate Batteries 500 27 18 330/334 Running 70,700 26th 4/13 Food City 500 16 12 500/500 Running 25,390 20th 4/20 Goody's 500 26 10 500/500 Running 30,945 17th 5/4 Save Mart 300 15 31 73/74 Running 31,290 21st 5/10 Winston 500 6 12 188/188 Running 30,215 18th 5/17 Winston Open 21 8 50/50 Running 8,200 18th 5/25 Coca-Cola 600 6 38 231/333 Running 29,100 20th 6/1 Miller 500 11 6 499/500 Running 34,515 16th 6/8 Pocono 500 39 23 199/200 Running 21,680 17th 6/15 Miller 400 30 27 198/200 Running 25,800 19th 6/22 California 500 5 34 219/250 Engine 39,000 20th 7/5 Pepsi 400 14 15 160/160 Running 30,455 19th 7/13 Jiffy Lube 300 1 11 300/300 Running 40,825 18th 7/20 Pennsylvania 500 7 14 200/200 Running 23,690 19th 8/2 Brickyard 400 8 11 160/160 Running 95,235 18th 8/10 The Bud at the Glen 15 14 90/90 Running 24,485 17th 8/17 ITW DeVilbiss 400 8 14 200/200 Running 30,065 15th 8/23 Goody's 500 6 6 500/500 Running 29,455 14th Starts Poles Wins Top 5s Top 10s DNF Laps Completed Earnings 22 1 0 0 4 1 6119/6303 97% 776,069 ###