Morgan-McClure Motorsports (MMM)
No. 4 Lucas Oil Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Race 35 of 36 – Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil
Phoenix International Raceway (PIR)
Last week:
Hard driving and persistence rewarded the team with its second 25th place finish at Texas Motor Speedway, keeping the team 39th in NASCAR Owner Points Standings.
Morgan-McClure Ride
Chassis No.: Primary: 84 Back-Up: 86
Chassis 84 was last used at Martinsville, where brake problems forced a 26th-place finish.
Chassis 84 was used at Richmond where it qualified 6th.
Ward Burton Quotes:
“We have to get the nose to turn at Phoenix. It’s the same issues we have at Martinsville where we have to be able to point the nose of the car and turn it. I don’t have a great record there [at Phoenix] but if we get the car right I will learn to like it! I’m looking forward to another weekend with these guys [Morgan-McClure].”
Lucas Oil Racing Notes of Interest:
Driver: Ward Burton
Ward Burton will be attempting to qualify for his 349th NASCAR Nextel Cup race on November 12, 2006 at Phoenix International Raceway
Burton will be attempting to start in his 12th NASCAR Nextel Cup event at Phoenix International Raceway. His career-best start at the one-mile oval raceway is 14th (1998) and his best finish is 12th (2001)
Burton will be driving the same car he drove in Martinsville when made his come-back to NASCAR Nextel Cup racing three weeks ago.
Burton will have to qualify based on time for the Subway 500, as Morgan-McClure Motorsports is 39th in owner’s points.
Morgan-McClure Motorsports Racing
The Morgan-McClure No. 4 car has competed in 19 events at Phoenix International Raceway
Morgan-McClure Motorsports has three (3) top 10 finishes at Phoenix
Morgan-McClure has one pole at the one-mile oval, coming with Sterling Marlin in Nov. 1994, and a best finish of third (3rd), coming in the same event.
