WCUP: Ken Schrader - Talladega Notes
22 April 1999
KEN SCHRADER TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY SCHRADER’S THOUGHTS HEADING INTO THE DIEHARD 500: "Restrictor plate races pose certain challenges for the driver," said Schrader. "You race flat-footed around the entire track, but you’re always in a pack of cars. That is the first challenge because you have no room to slip up like you do on the short tracks. You give the slightest tap at these tracks and you’re going to cause a 20-car pile up. "Talladega has been pretty good to me in the past. My first Winston Cup win came here in 1988, so of course it is one of my favorite tracks. I like running the fast speeds that Talladega produces, but I am always wary of running side-by-side with a pack of cars at almost 200 mph. You have to be if you want to finish this race." CREW CHIEF SHOP TALK: "Talladega has been a good track for the Skoal Racing team," said Sam Johns. "The team has improved on their qualifying performance each time they’ve returned to Talladega. The team captured the pole position at last fall’s race. Now, if we can only get our finishes to match the qualifying performance. I’m certainly optimistic for a solid run after testing here last week." SKOAL RACING TEAM NEWS: The Skoal Racing team will race the same car that sat on the pole at Talladega Superspeedway last year and finished sixth in this year’s Daytona 500. Schrader will compete in the Touchstone Energy 300 Busch Series event on Saturday in the No. 15 Oakwood Homes Monte Carlo. KEN SCHRADER CUMULATIVE NASCAR WINSTON CUP RECORD Outside Starts Wins 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th-10th Poles Poles Earnings 432 4 9 15 22 14 101 22 15 $12,634,309 -more-TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY CAREER RESULTS Year Event Start Finish Earnings Event Start Finish Earnings 1998 DieHard 500 4 29 33,835 Winston 500 1 24 43,165 1997 Winston 500 6 12 30,215 DieHard 500 14 4 53,715 1996 Winston 500 17 20 25,730 DieHard 500 26 26 23,060 1995 Winston 500 20 40 15,990 DieHard 500 4 32 20,120 1994 Winston 500 7 5 33,540 DieHard 500 4 4 33,530 1993 Winston 500 8 21 13,810 DieHard 500 28 32 12,630 1992 Winston 500 35 23 15,670 DieHard 500 26 9 18,960 1991 Winston 500 18 7 19,150 DieHard 500 25 40 7,150 1990 Winston 500 2 28 13,735 DieHard 500 24 16 13,500 1989 Winston 500 21 6 24,625 DieHard 500 3 4 28,400 1988 Winston 500 6 5 27,165 DieHard 500* 7 1 67,920 1987 Winston 500 15 8 17,050 DieHard 500 26 18 7,910 1986 Winston 500 33 26 5,785 Talladega 500 35 31 7,010 1985 Winston 500 21 20 6,645 Talladega 500 18 11 9,945 *First NASCAR Winston Cup Victory Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Earnings Spring 14 0 2 5 0 282,945 Fall 14 1 4 5 1 347,015 Total 28 1 6 10 1 629,960 1999 NASCAR WINSTON CUP PERFORMANCE DATE EVENT/LOCATION ST FIN LC/TL STATUS EARNINGS PTS. 2/14 Daytona 500/Daytona Beach, Fla. 7 6 200/200 Running 186,731 7 2/21 Dura Lube 400/Rockingham, N.C. 12 11 392/393 Running 46,325 3 3/7 Las Vegas 400/Las Vegas, Nev. 16 18 266/267 Running 70,740 7 3/14 Cracker Barrel 500/Atlanta, Ga. 38 26 322/325 Running 33,630 12 3/21 TranSouth 500/Darlington,S.C. 25 43 75/164 Running 30,416 17 3/28 Primestar 500/Ft. Worth, Tex. 7 17 333/334 Running 75,900 17 4/11 Food City 500/Bristol, Tenn. 20 20 498/500 Running 40,440 17 4/18 Goody’s 500/Martinsville, Va. 6 9 500/500 Running 40,650 16 4/25 DieHard 500/Talladega, Ala. 5/2 California 500/Fontana, Calif. 5/15 Pontiac 400/Richmond, Va. 5/30 Coca-Cola 600/Charlotte, N.C. 6/6 MBNA 400/Dover, Del. 6/13 Michigan400/Brooklyn, Mich. 6/20 Pocono 500/Pocono, Pa. 6/27 Save Mart 300/Sears Point, Calif. 7/3 Pepsi 400/Daytona Beach, Fla. 7/11 Jiffy Lube 300/Loudon, N.H. 7/25 Pennsylvania 500/Pocono, Pa. 8/7 Brickyard 400/Indianapolis, Ind. 8/15 Frontier at Glen/Watkins Glen, N.Y. 8/22 Pepsi 400/Brooklyn, Mich. 8/28 Goody’s 500/Bristol, Tenn. 9/5 Pepsi Southern 500/Darlington, S.C. 9/11 Exide 400/Richmond, Va. 9/19 New Hampshire 300/Loudon, N.H. 9/26 MBNA Gold 400/Dover, Del. 10/3 NAPA 500/Martinsville, Va. 10/10 UAW-GM 500/Charlotte, N.C. 10/17 Winston 500/Talladega, Ala. 10/24 TBD/Rockingham, N.C. 11/7 Dura Lube 500/Phoenix, Ariz. 11/14 Jiffy Lube Miami 400/Miami, Fla. 11/21 NAPA 500/Atlanta, Ga. Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 LC/TL %Complete Earnings(incl. non-pt 8 0 0 0 2 2,586/2,683 96% 578,832 Skoal Racing is a service mark of United States Tobacco Sales and Marketing Company Inc.