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NASCAR WCUP: M&M's(R) Racing Team Texas Pre Race Notes

24 March 1999

Ernie Irvan has a strong record at the intermediate tracks including Charlotte, Atlanta, Vegas and Texas. In all, Irvan has 19 top-10 finishes including 11 top fives at tracks 1.5 miles long.

The "M&Ms" Racing Team is off to its best start in three years of competition. With two top-10 finishes in five starts, as well as a 14th-place finish in the Daytona 500, the crew has an average finishing position of 16th in five starts. The team is also 11th in the points standings. At the same point in the season last year, the team was 19th in points with an average finishing position of 21st.

Hard work and experience is paying off for the team and the performance of the "M&Ms" Racing Team speaks for itself, but whos to say the addition of the Red, Yellow and Blue characters to the paint scheme this year didnt add a little extra horsepower.

Ernie Irvans thoughts on racing at Texas Motor Speedway...

"I think Texas is going to be a lot like Charlotte and Atlanta," said Ernie Irvan, driver of the No. 36 "M&Ms" Pontiac, about the reconfiguration of the Texas track. All the testing thats gone on there and the times teams have run now seems to correspond to Atlanta and Charlotte. At first Texas had its problems, and it may still have some flaws, but I think it is going to be a much better race track."

Ernie Irvan at Texas Motor Speedway
Year Event St Fin Earnings
1997 Interstate 500 10 36 52,000
1998 Texas 500 19 43 44,525

Starts Wins Top Five Top 10 Poles Earnings
Total 2 0 0 0 0 96,525


Ernie Irvans 1999 Winston Cup Cumulative Results
Date Race St. Fin. Earnings Status
2/14 Daytona International Speedway 31 14 $123,584 Running
2/21 North Carolina Speedway 34 29 32,675 Running
3/7 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 40 6 95,075 Running
3/14 Atlanta Motor Speedway 21 7 40,220 Running
3/21 Darlington Raceway 37 24 32,235 Running
3/28 Texas Motor Speedway
4/11 Bristol Motor Speedway
4/18 Martinsville Speedway
4/25 Talladega Superspeedway
5/2 California Speedway
5/15 Richmond International Raceway
5/30 Charlotte Motor Speedway
6/ 6 Dover Downs
6/13 Michigan Speedway
6/20 Pocono Raceway
6/27 Sears Point Raceway
7/3 Daytona International Speedway
7/11 New Hampshire Intl. Speedway
7/25 Pocono Raceway
8/7 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
8/15 Watkins Glen International
8/22 Michigan Speedway
8/28 Bristol Motor Speedway
9/5 Darlington Raceway
9/11 Richmond International Raceway
9/19 New Hampshire Intl. Speedway
9/26 Dover Downs
10/ 3 Martinsville Speedway
10/10 Charlotte Motor Speedway
10/17 Talladega Superspeedway
10/24 North Carolina Motor Speedway
11/7 Phoenix International Raceway
11/14 Homestead Motorsports Complex
11/ 21 Atlanta Motor Speedway

Totals: Starts Top 5 Top 10 Poles Outside Poles Money Won*
5 0 2 0 0 $323,789

*Includes non-points money