No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series --- Dover International Speedway
Driver: Jeremy Mayfield
Team Director: Kenny Francis
Crew Chief: Slugger Labbe
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
Chassis: No. 112
Car Info: Raced at both Bristol races and Dover
JEREMY MAYFIELD QUOTES
“You know, for us it's like a breath of fresh air really because we knew that Loudon was our weak link of the top 10 races there. Going to Dover for us really is a challenge in itself, but it's a good challenge. I mean, I like the place, I love going there, I love racing there.
“We have to go to Dover with the attitude of we got to win the race, do the best we can, hopefully leave there with a good, strong top three, if not winning the race, a good top three or top five finish would be great.
“Anywhere we go any more, it's so important to start up front. Everybody's going to every week try to get all they can. That's not to say that you can't win that race or run good there starting in the back. Sooner or later, just about every race we go to, everybody has different strategies and all that stuff going on. You'll find yourself up front, in the back, in the middle of every race just about. Dover is a good place to pass at, you can definitely come from the back to the front there, no problem.
“The number one thing for us is first of all get qualified, get a good pit spot because pit road is so narrow there, they go from there. It's not to say you can't win the race from qualifying bad.”
STATS & FACTS
MAYFIELD AT DOVER
Mayfield will make his 23rd career start at Dover International Speedway this weekend. He has earned three poles, four top-five and seven top-10 finishes at the track.
Mayfield slaughtered the Monster Mile qualifying record in June 2004 with a speed of 161.522 mph and 22.288 seconds, the previous track record was 22.967 seconds at a speed of 156.747 mph.
Mayfield earned his best Dover finish of second in the fall race of 2003. He notched his best qualifying effort at the track when he put the No. 19 on the pole twice in the 2004. He has led 208 laps at Dover. Most recently in June 2004, Mayfield held the top spot for 78 laps.
ONE DOWN—NINE TO GO IN THE CHASE
Mayfield’s current point total of 5,135 is 67 points greater than his total after 27 races in 2004. He is currently ranked eighth in the Chase. Mayfield’s sixth place finish at Richmond secured his place in the NASCAR Nextel Chase for the Cup. Mayfield has climbed from a low ranking of 26th after Las Vegas to a career high eighth-place Chase ranking.
MAYFIELD RANKS FIRST
Leaving nothing on the table, Mayfield ranks first on the Nextel Cup circuit in laps completed (99.4%) among drivers who have competed in every race this year. Mayfield has finished 20 of 27 races on the lead lap, and he has only one DNF in 2005.
RESULTS AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE
After qualifying eighth in the No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger with a 29.285-second lap around the 1.058-mile track at 130.059 mph, Mayfield raced within the top 10 for most of the day.
Mayfield was running fourth, when the caution flag waved and the No. 19 Dodge headed for pit road for four tires and a chassis adjustment. The laps ran down and Mayfield was unable to race back into the top 10.
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.
2005 CAREER BESTS
Mayfield marked up his fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory at the two-mile Michigan Int’l Speedway.
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 there in April, and he tied his career-best seventh place finish at Infineon Raceway in June.
