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No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series --- Atlanta Motor Speedway

Driver: Jeremy Mayfield
Team Director: Kenny Francis
Crew Chief: Slugger Labbe
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
Chassis: No. 116
Car Info: Raced in both spring and fall Pocono races, spring California race and started 5th at the spring Michigan race.

JEREMY MAYFIELD QUOTES
“We certainly didn’t expect to be making the trip to Atlanta 216 points behind the leader in the Chase for the Championship. After Charlotte, we were only 115 points behind the Chase leader and thought we had a good chance to chip away at the deficit at Martinsville.We raced inside the top 10 through most of the first 400 laps at Martinsville. With less than 100 laps to go, a flat tire took us out of contention for the win and dealt our team a severe blow to its championship bid.

“Despite the setback, the No. 19 Dodge team heads to Atlanta with an aggressive attitude. The opportunity is still there to move up in the final standings. We don’t have to be cautious. That makes us dangerous. Slugger (Labbe, the crew chief) is always aggressive. Expect him to turn things up a click or two. It’s time to make something happen. Atlanta is the perfect place to start.”

STATS & FACTS

MAYFIELD AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
This weekend will mark Mayfield’s 20th start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He has earned four top fives, five top 10s and has led 81 laps around the 1.54-mile quad-oval.

He earned his top finish of second in the spring of 2004, most recently finished 13th in the spring 2005 race.

ON THE BACK STRETCH…SIX DOWN—FOUR TO GO
Mayfield is 10th in the Chase for the Championship standings; he’s 216 points behind the leader.

In the span of 25 races this year, Mayfield climbed from a low ranking of 26th after Las Vegas to a career-high Chase ranking of seventh after Dover.

BETTER THAN AVERAGE
Mayfield is tied for the fourth-best average finish (15th) among drivers who have completed all 32 races this season.

The No. 19 Dodge has earned an average start of 15th for the 2005 season. Of the drivers who have competed in all 32 races this year, Mayfield is ranked sixth, in a two-way tie with teammate Kasey Kahne.

MAYFIELD RANKS FIRST
Mayfield’s 99.4% laps completed percentage ranks first among drivers who have competed in every race this year. Mayfield has finished 24 of 32 races on the lead lap, and he has only one DNF in 2005.

2005 CAREER BESTS
Mayfield claimed his fifth NASCAR Nextel Cup victory at the two-mile Michigan Int’l Speedway in August.

Mayfield’s fourth-place finish at Indianapolis was a career-high finish at the historic track. Mayfield also notched a career-best finish at Talladega when he finished fourth in April, and he tied his career-best seventh place finish at Infineon Raceway in June.

MAYFIELD WINS AT MICHIGAN!!!
Mayfield scored his fifth career NASCAR Nextel Cup victory in his 368th career start in the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The victory was Mayfield’s second win at Evernham Motorsports, and his first career win at Michigan.

The win marked the first time in team history that two Evernham Motorsports teammates have each won a Nextel Cup race in the same season. The win was also the first Dodge Charger victory at MIS since Richard Petty drove to the checkered flag in August, 1975.