>From NASCAR  Public Relations

More NASCAR notes on Sears Point

*** Several other drivers have had their share of 
success at Sears Point. Rusty Wallace has a Busch pole, a 
win (1990) and four top-five finishes at Sears Point. Geoff 
Bodine has three top-five's and a win (1993) as does Scale 
Earnhardt (1995). Mark Martin has three top-five finishes at 
Sears Point as well.

*** Ford has won three of the seven NASCAR Winston 
Cup races at Sears Point while Chevrolet has won two, 
Pontiac one and Buick one.

*** Every driver who has won a Busch Pole at Sears 
Point (Earnhardt Irvan, Rudd and Wallace), has won races as 
well. But only Irvan has won a pole and the race in the 
sable weekend (1994). In fact, that's the only time the race 
has been won from the pole.

*** The average starting position for the winning 
driver at Sears Point is 5.43.

*** It is appropriate that the only driver to win 
more than one Busch Pole at Sears Point (Rudd) has the track 
qualifying record at 92.132 mph.

*** It also is only appropriate that the only driver 
to win more than one race at Sears Point (Irvan), has the 
race record at 81.413 mph.


And now it's time again for:

STAT OF THE: WEEK

Sears Point and the Save Mart Supermarkets 300 is the 
10th race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Five times 
in the last 10 years, the Series point leader after 10 races 
went on to win the NASCAR Winston Cup championship.
All five times, that driver was Dale Earnhardt (1986, 
'87, '90, '91 and '93).


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