Dodge Daytona 2 chassis notes
BILL ELLIOTT (No. 9 Dodge Dealers Dodge Intrepid R/T) Elliott will race a brand new chassis in the Pepsi 400. Elliott won the pole and finished fifth in the 2001 Daytona 500. He's a four-time winner at the 2.5-mile track with a pair of ...
BILL ELLIOTT (No. 9 Dodge Dealers Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Elliott will race a brand new chassis in the Pepsi 400. Elliott won the
pole and finished fifth in the 2001 Daytona 500. He's a four-time winner at
the 2.5-mile track with a pair of victories in the Daytona 500 and two in the
Pepsi 400. In 48 career starts at Daytona, Elliott has four wins, 15 top
fives and 24 top 10s (half of his starts). Elliott finished ninth at Sears
Point and has two ninth-place finishes in the past three races. The
45-year-old driver from Dawsonville, Ga., ranks 17th in the NASCAR Winston
Cup Standings (NWCS) after 16 of 36 events.
JOHN ANDRETTI (No. 43 Cheerios Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Andretti will race his Talladega chassis in the Pepsi 400. Andretti, a
38-year-old Bethlehem, Pa., native, started 35th and finished 37th at
Talladega. The winner of the 1997 Pepsi 400, Andretti has 15 career starts at
Daytona, and his 1997 victory is his only top-10 finish. Involved in an
accident in the 2001 Daytona 500, Andretti finished 39th in the season
opener. He ran out of fuel on the final lap at Sears Point while running 11th
and ended up 30th in that race. Andretti ranks 31st in the NWCS.
WARD BURTON (No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Burton will race chassis No. 38 in the Pepsi 400. He led the most laps
with it at Daytona in February before an accident on lap 173 sidelined his
Intrepid and relegated Burton to a 35th-place finish. Burton finished 33rd
with it at Talladega. In 14 career starts at Daytona, Burton has five top-10
finishes with a three-time career best finish of seventh at the 2.5-mile
track. In fact, Burton has recorded three straight seventh-place runs in the
Pepsi 400. He's fresh off a sixth-place finish at Sears Point that lifted him
four positions in the series standings to 19th. The 39-year-old driver from
South Boston, Va., will welcome his car owner, Bill Davis, back to the track
at Daytona for the first time since May in Charlotte. Davis has been
recuperating from kidney stones.
CASEY ATWOOD (No. 19 Dodge Dealers Dodge Intrepid R/T)
The 20-year-old Nashville, Tenn., driver will race his Talladega chassis
in the Pepsi 400. Atwood finished 30th at Talladega. The Raybestos rookie of
the year contender finished 20th in the 2001 Daytona 500 in his first Cup
start at the 2.5-mile superspeedway. He finished 41st at Sears Point and
ranks 34th in the NWCS. Atwood ranks fourth in the six-man Raybestos rookie
race.
KYLE PETTY (No. 45 Sprint Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Petty will bring chassis No. 8 to Daytona for the Pepsi 400. Petty's
16th-place finish in the 2001 Daytona 500 has been his best of the season. In
39 career starts at Daytona, the 41-year-old driver from Randleman, N.C., has
two top fives and eight top-10 finishes. He's fresh off a 22nd-place finish
at Sears Point and ranks 44th in the NWCS.
STACY COMPTON (No. 92 Kodiak Dodge Intrepid R/T)
The 34-year-old driver from Grit, Va., will bring back the same chassis
that qualified second for the Daytona 500 and won the pole at Talladega.
Compton finished 10th in the Daytona 500. He broke a shock and then parked
early with engine problems and a 43rd-place finish at Talladega. Compton
started 13th and finished 39th in last year's Pepsi 400. Despite getting spun
out on the last lap at Sears Point, Compton finished 24th in that race and
ranks 33rd in the NWCS.
JASON LEFFLER (No. 01 Cingular Wireless Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Leffler will drive Chassis No. 006 in the Pepsi 400. The 25-year-old
Raybestos rookie of the year contender from Long Beach, Calif., finished 20th
with the same chassis at Talladega earlier this season. He started 15th and
finished 34th in the 2001 Daytona 500. Leffler ranks fifth in the six-driver
Raybestos rookie race and 36th in the NWCS after failing to qualify at Sears
Point.
BUCKSHOT JONES (No. 44 Georgia Pacific Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Jones will run the same Petty Enterprises chassis he used earlier this
season at Daytona and Talladega. Buckshot finished 29th in the Daytona 500
and a season-best 16th at Talladega. The 30-year-old driver from Tucker, Ga.,
will be making his first start in the Pepsi 400. He finished 35th at Sears
Point and ranks 39th in the NWCS.
DAVE BLANEY (No. 93 Amoco Ultimate Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Blaney will drive the same chassis that finished 42nd (engine problems)
in the Daytona 500 and 17th at Talladega. The 36-year-old driver from
Hartford, Ohio, will be making his fourth career start at Daytona. He started
fourth and finished 24th in last year's Pepsi 400. Blaney finished 32nd at
Sears Point and ranks 26th in the NWCS.
STERLING MARLIN (No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Intrepid R/T)
Marlin will drive chassis No. 005 in the Pepsi 400. He finished seventh
with it in the Daytona 500 after leading 11 times for 39 laps. He led the
most laps (four times for 51 laps) at Talladega with the same chassis and
finished 23rd after qualifying second. In 38 career starts at Daytona, Marlin
has three wins, 11 top fives and 18 top 10s. Marlin celebrated his 44th
birthday on June 30, and the Franklin, Tenn., native ranks fifth in the NWCS
after his 28th-place finish at Sears Point. Marlin's most recent top-five
finish at Daytona was a third in the 1997 Pepsi 400. His last victory came
164 races ago in the 1996 Pepsi 400.
-Mopar
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