Sylvania 300 - Jason Leffler Notes

Jason Leffler will make his 38th NASCAR Winston Cup start and sixth for the NetZero HiSpeed racing team this weekend at New Hampshire International Speedway. Leffler will drive all of the remaining races on the 2003 scheduled for the Haas CNC Racing team.

JASON LEFFLER ON RACING IN LOUDON…”Loudon hasn’t always been my best track, but we had some success there getting the pole and leading a bunch of laps in the Truck Series race last year. Hopefully that will help me when we get there this weekend. I think it’s just a matter of the more laps you run on every track the better you’ll eventually be - pretty simple really. We had a good weekend last week in Richmond even though we didn’t finish as well as we probably should have. We’ve put together some strong runs in the last couple of weeks and the communication between everybody on the team is really coming together. I look forward to going anywhere with Tony (Furr, crew chief) and the Haas CNC Racing team right now. I’m really excited about the future.

“New Hampshire International Speedway is a challenging track. The Bahre’s have put a lot of time and effort into making it as good and as safe as it can be. They repaved it and made it a little wider on the bottom since I’ve last been there and they have installed the SAFER walls. It will be interesting to get out there during the first couple laps of practice Friday. It will make it a little easier to pass maybe, but it will still be tough. Qualifying is important in Loudon because it’s so tough to pass and then during the race you’ve really got to depend on the pit crew to get you as close to the front as possible. I’m looking forward to getting there. I think this team is up for the challenge.”

NEW HAMPSHIRE FAST FACTS

• Jason Leffler has made two NASCAR Winston Cup starts at New Hampshire International Speedway.
• Leffler’s best finish at the 1.058-mile track came in the Busch Series. Leffler finished 24th in 2000.
• Leffler has scored one pole position in Loudon. Leffler started from the pole in the 2002 Truck Series event.
• Leffler has earned one NASCAR Winston Cup pole position (Kansas Speedway, 2001) in 37 starts.
• The Haas CNC Racing team has prepared car No. 3 for this weekend’s event in Loudon. This is the first time the team has utilized this chassis.

JASON LEFFLER WINSTON CUP CAREER STATS…

TOTAL STARTS: 37
FIRST CAREER START: 2001 Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway
No. 01 Cingular Wireless Dodge
Started 15th, Finished 34th – Accident
BEST QUALIFYING: 1st
2001 Protection One 400, Kansas Speedway
No. 01 Cingular Wireless Dodge
BEST FINISH: 10th
No. 01 Cingular Wireless Dodge
2001 Pennzoil Freedom 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway
Started 7th, Finished 10th – Running
No. 01 Cingular Wireless Dodge
MOST RECENT START: Chevy Rock and Roll 400 – Richmond (Va.) International Raceway
Started 40th, Finished 28th – Running
No. 0 NetZero HiSpeed Pontiac
CAREER EARNINGS: $2,132,107

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