NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau/Melling Racing Dover Preview
3 June 1999
MBNA Platinum 400 -- Dover (Del.) Downs International SpeedwayJune 6, 1999
Track Specs:
Track Length: 1.0 mile
Banking: 24 degrees in the turns
Race Length: 400 laps / 400 miles
1999 Stats and Facts:
Nadeau posted the best finish of his NASCAR Winston Cup career -- eighth -- in the DieHard 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway April 25.
Nadeau's best qualifying effort this year was April 15 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, where he posted the fourth-fastest speed. Nadeau's No. 9 Melling Racing Ford paint scheme will feature the silver and black colors of World Championship Wrestling, one of Cartoon Network's sister companies under the Time Warner umbrella, for the MBNA Platinum 400.
1998 Stats and Facts:
Nadeau was unable to compete in the MBNA Platinum 400 last year due to illness. He started eighth and finished 36th in the September 1998 race at Dover Downs International Speedway.
Nadeau's season-high finish was 15th at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.
Nadeau's best qualifying position was at Sears Point (Sonoma, Calif.) Raceway, where he started second.
Nadeau's Thoughts on the MBNA Platinum 400:
"I had an awesome run at Dover last year with Melling Racing. We qualified in the top 10 and ran in the top 10 all day. It's unfortunate that we ended the race in a wreck with a lapped car and didn't get to have the strong finish we deserved.
"Dover is a tough track. As the race progresses, it becomes a two- or three-lane track. But the one thing about a concrete track like this is that if your car isn't handling well, it's going to show up even worse. Dover is really, really quick for a one-mile track. You have to be patient, keep your fenders on the car all day and stay in the lead lap to ensure a top finish at the end."
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