UAW-GM Quality 500 - Michael Waltrip Notes

Michael Waltrip will compete in his 40th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race at Lowe's motor Speedwayon Saturday night where he will look for his second consecutive top-five run, his 11th top-10 finish and his ninth top-10 start at the 1.5-mile speedway.

This Week's Race Car will be Chassis #28, last run in California in September where it finished 23rd. Chassis #28 has been run six times this year including the All-Star race finishing fourth, the Coke 600 where he finished second (his best finish of the 2004 season), Michigan International Speedway in June where he finished 10th, Chicagoland Speedway where he finished ninth, Michigan and most recently in the September race at California Speedway finishing 23rd.

Look at the Numbers 457 - Points out of 11th 600 - Career Cup starts for Waltrip 138 - Career Cup starts for Waltrip at DEI 1076 - Laps Waltrip has led in his career 11 - Career top-10s at Lowe's 10 - Top-10s by Waltrip this season 3 - Consecutive seasons Waltrip has won a Cup race

Championship Points Currently in the 16th position, the No. 15 car is 261 points out of 15th.