No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
Daytona International Speedway --- Pepsi 400
Driver: Jeremy Mayfield
Team Director: Kenny Francis
Crew Chief: Slugger Labbe
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
Chassis: No. 111
Car Info: Finished 24th at Daytona,
Finished fourth at Talladega
JEREMY MAYFIELD QUOTES
”I think Daytona is going to be a good weekend for us. Our speedway program has done a 180. It’s been improving for the last couple of years, but even more so this year with Slugger Labbe. I’m excited for all the guys who have worked on it. I feel really good about it. I like speedway racing.
“Slugger has made a big difference, but this whole program is built off a little bit of everyone’s input. You see things that everyone has brought to the table and Slugger has definitely brought some new things. He certainly has helped our program. We’re still looking for the win yet, but we’ve been running better on the big tracks.
“Anytime you race under the lights it’s fun. For some reason the racing is more exciting and the cars look better. In the daytime, it’s just hot and slick and the cars are sliding around. In the nighttime it’s really fast.
“We’re running a special paint scheme for the Pepsi 400 to promote the Bad News Bears. That’s one of the movies I used to watch growing up. I thought they were really cool, and the new one should be good with Billy Bob Thorton as the coach. I didn’t really play baseball growing up, but the guys I used to hang out with were certainly the Bad News Somethings! It’s really cool to have them on the car and represent the movie.”
STATS & FACTS
JEREMY MAYFIELD AT DAYTONA
This weekend will mark Mayfield’s 24th career start at Daytona International Speedway. He has earned two top fives, six top 10s, and has led four races for a total of 10 laps led.
Mayfield earned his best finish of third in the 1998 Daytona 500 after starting 13th. He earned his best start of sixth in the 1999 Daytona 500.
Mayfield started 24th and finished 23rd in this year’s Daytona 500, leading one lap in the process.
2006 ANNOUNCEMENT ON FRIDAY
Ray Evernham will make an announcement with news about the 2006 season at the Daytona infield media center, Friday, July 1, at 3:15 (EST).
EVERNHAM MOTORSPORTS IN GOOD HANDS
Evernham Motorsports announced a multi-year associate sponsorship deal with Allstate. Jeremy Mayfield, Kasey Kahne, Bill Elliott and Evernham Motorsports crew members will all wear the Allstate logo on their uniforms. Allstate will also work with members from Evernham Motorsports’ driver development program, including Tommy Lane and Erin Crocker, on a broader diversity program with NASCAR.
LEAVING NOTHING ON THE TABLE
Jeremy Mayfield ranks third on the NASCAR circuit in laps completed (99.1%) among drivers who have competed in every race this year. Mayfield has finished 10 of 16 races on the lead lap, and has only one DNF in 2005.
GAINING POINTS
After racing at Infineon, Mayfield gained ground in his race into the top 10, moving to 11th. He is now only 21 points away from breaking into the 10th spot, and he’s just 110 points outside of the top five.
LAST WEEKEND AT INFINEON
Mayfield’s seventh-place finish at Infineon Raceway tied his career best finish at the track. Mayfield also earned a career-best finish at Talladega this year when he finished fourth in May.
