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NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau looks ahead to NAPA Auto Parts 500

25 April 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

Jerry Nadeau
Driver, No. 25 MichaelHoligan.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Event Preview Fact Sheet
Event: NAPA Auto Parts 500
Track: California Speedway
Track Specs: Length -- 2.0 miles
Banking -- 14 degrees in the turns

Nadeau Looks Ahead to the NAPA Auto Parts 500:

"California is a nice race track. It's really smooth and fast, very similar to Michigan Speedway. This is a race that tends to have long green-flag runs. It's a very wide track with a lot of racing room. You have to have a strong motor and a good handling race car.

"The nice thing is that we've been good everywhere we've raced. We're going to take the same car we qualified eighth in Las Vegas. With the new Chevrolet nose and a little bit more horsepower we should be pretty stout. Things haven't gone our way like we would have liked them to, but I think we've learned a lot over the past five or six races. I'm hoping that everything falls into place and we have a great run."

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