NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Green ready to conitue success at Loudon
10 May 2000
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Last Year At Loudon: Jeff Green, driver of the No. 10 Nestl NesQuik Chevrolet, finished second at Loudon in 1999. Green led the most laps of the event (150 of 200), but was unable to come up with the victory.
We had the fastest car that day, but just couldnt get to victory lane, said Green. We sat on the pole with a new track record and led the most laps. We even had a 9.2 second lead on the field at one point. Our situation was kind of like what Mark Martin had last week at Richmond. We pitted with about 30 laps to go in the event and just couldnt get back to the front. The best we could do was second place.
Harold Holly First Crew Chief Win: Harold Holly, crew chief of the No. 10 Nestl NesQuik Chevrolet, has one win under his belt as a crew chief at Loudon. The win occurred in 1995 when Holly was working at the assistant crew chief on the NBS John Deere team driven by Chad Little. However, for that event, crew chief Gary Cogswell was sick and Holly served as crew chief for the first time in his NBS career. His first stint as crew chief produced his first win of his NBS career.
New Car Design: The No. 10 Nestl NesQuik Chevrolet will sport a new look this weekend for the Busch 200 at Loudon. Instead of the signature bright yellow color of the NesQuik brand, the car will be painted in a bright blue, highlighting the Nestea brand of Nestle USA. The special paint design is promoting an on-pack consumer offer for the Nestea soluble tea.
Consistency: Green has six top-five finishes in the last seven events in the NASCAR Busch Series. The only time he finished out of the top-five was at Nashville, finishing 12th.
Equipment: The NesQuik Racing team is taking a car to Loudon that has yet to compete in the 2000 NBS season. Green produced three poles (Nazareth, Loudon and Memphis) and three wins (Nashville, Myrtle Beach and Memphis) with this car in 1999. Of its 12 starts, this car has only finished out of the top-10 twice, once at Richmond in the fall where it led the most laps, but broke an axle at the end of the race and the other time was at Phoenix where it finished 11th.
Jeff Green Loudon Notables:
* Green currently holds the track record for qualifying at Loudon with a lap of 128.637 mph (29.609 seconds) set on May 7, 1999.
* In four starts at Loudon, Green has completed 100% of the laps.
Text provided by Marcy Scott
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