Pennsylvania 500 - Mike Bliss Notes

Mike Bliss/NetZero Best Buy Racing Pocono Fast Facts

Mike Bliss, driver of the NetZero Best Buy Chevrolet, will make his 55th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start when the green flag drops for the Pennsylvania 500 Pocono (Penn.) International Raceway Sunday.

BLISS ON POCONO... "I know we've got a good car for this week's race because it's the same one we raced in the NEXTEL Open as well as in the first Pocono race. Heading into the weekend we've got everything we need for a strong finish. Obviously horsepower is important in Pocono because the track has such long straightaways and our Hendrick engines have plenty of that. Pocono is all about compromise. You'll almost never get the car handling the way you want it throughout all three turns, so you have to decide which corners are the most important to you, figure out how to get the car handling as well as possible through those and then do the best you can with whatever you have left. Our NetZero Best Buy Chevrolet was really good right off the truck back in June. We qualified well and were poised to have a good race. Obviously I got out of the car early and Brendan had some problems not too long after, so it turned out to be a long afternoon, but we knew we had a good car as soon as we got there and I feel pretty good about what we'll be able to do this weekend. I'm looking forward to getting there and seeing what we've got."

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