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NASCAR BGN Advance Auto Parts 250 Preview -- #34, Mike McLaughlin

11 July 1997

 #34 Mike McLaughlin, Royal Oak Charcoal Chevrolet Monte Carlo
 NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division
 Advance Auto Parts 250 Advance
 South Boston Speedway

        MIKE McLAUGHLIN NOTES & QUOTES: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS 250


 
MYRTLE BEACH, SC - "During last year's race at Myrtle Beach, we had a real 
good car in the beginning," said McLaughlin. "At one point I thought that we 
could win the race. Unfortunately, we lost our set-up on the last set of 
tires and wound up finishing sixth."

"There are so many rumors out there, you don't know which ones to believe or
where they came from," McLaughlin said about the Myrtle Beach Speedway track
conditions. "All I know is that we tested there approximately three weeks ago
and the surface was fine."

The #34 Royal Oak Charcoal Chevrolet that McLaughlin will drive this weekend
is the same one that finished 27th in Richmond, 10th in Hickory, 13th in
Nashville, eighth in South Boston and 13th in Milwaukee this season.

"We have been working on this particular car all season long," explained
McLaughlin. "We have made numerous adjustments, and hope that we can get the
race set-up we need in order to put the #34 Royal Oak Charcoal Chevrolet in
victory lane at Myrtle Beach."

Team 34 Racing owner, Frank Cicci, has one win at Myrtle Beach Speedway. It
occurred in 1989 when his driver, Jimmy Spencer, took the checkered flag in
the Carolina Pride/Bud 200.  Spencer was driving a Buick.

           Mike McLaughlin's Myrtle Beach Speedway Results

            Date     St  Fin   LC/TL     Status     $Won
            6/22/96  26    6  250/250    Running    6,350
            6/10/95  14    8  249/250    Running    4,150
            6/11/94  21   31  139/250    Engine     2,630

       Mike McLaughlin's Career NASCAR Busch Series Statistic
      Starts     Poles     Wins     Top 5     Top 10     $Won
       116         2        3         24        42     1,108,164

      MIKE McLAUGHLIN/TEAM 34 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Results
 
                                           % Laps
  Date  Location          St Fin   LC/TL    Compl.  $Won      Status
 
  2/15  Daytona Bch, FL   2   33   81/120    67.5  16,412     Engine
  2/22  Rockingham, NC    4    8  197/197   100.0   9,260     Running
  3/1   Richmond, VA      7   27  245/250    98.0   8,126     Running
  3/12  Atlanta, GA      25   17  196/197    99.4  10,355     Running
  3/16  Las Vegas, NV    14   24  194/200    97.0  16,550     Running
  3/22  Darlington, SC   25   33  134/147    91.1   6,825     Running
  3/29  Hickory, NC      20   10  300/300   100.0   8,945     Running
  4/5   Ft. Worth, TX    11    5  200/200   100.0  32,025     Running
  4/12  Bristol, TN       2    2  250/250   100.0  25,010     Running
  4/19  Nashville, TN     1   13  320/320   100.0   7,775     Running
  4/26  Talladega, AL     5   35   57/117    48.7   9,780     Running
  5/10  Loudon, NH       12    1  200/200   100.0  34,150     Running
  5/18  Nazareth, PA     19    8  200/200   100.0   8,262     Running
  5/24  Charlotte, NC    30   33  131/200    65.5   6,737     Running
  5/31  Dover, DE        22   23  197/200    98.5   8,800     Running
  6/13  S. Boston, VA    15    8  300/300   100.0   8,090     Running
  6/29  Watkins Glen, NY  6    1   82/82    100.0  36,987     Running
  7/6   Milwaukee, WI    33   13  249/250    99.6  12,075     Running

                  Outside
 Starts   Poles    Poles    Wins   Top 5   Top 10     LC/TL (%)        $Won
   18       1        2        2      4        8    3533/3730 (94.7)   266,164

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