NASCAR BGN Advance Auto Parts 250 Preview -- #37 Mark Green
11 July 1997
#37 Mark Green, Timber Wolf Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division Advance Auto Parts 250 Advance Myrtle Beach Speedway MARK GREEN NOTES & QUOTES: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS 250 Mark Green's Myrtle Beach Speedway NASCAR Busch Series Results DATE START FINISH MONEY WON REASON LAPS 6/22/96 2 10 $ 3,200 Running 250 of 250 (100%) MYRTLE BEACH, SC - Mark Green and the Timber Wolf/Brewco Motorsports team return to the Myrtle Beach Speedway, the site of their career best start (2nd) and first top 10 finish, anxious to prove just how strong they have been running lately. In the last three races, Green has finished no better than 15th, but only after late race adversity set him back. "We dropped a cylinder near the end in South Boston, ran out of gas with one lap to go in Watkins Glen and had a miscue in the pit and got a stop-and-go penalty in Milwaukee, all while running in the top 10," explained the Owensboro, Kentucky native. "It's got to get better soon. As a team, we know that if we keep doing everything right, the results will come." Following the Advance Auto Parts 250, Mark Green and the Timber Wolf/Brewco Motorsports team will head to Madison, Illinois to test at the Gateway International Raceway. The July 14 test is in preparation for the Gateway 300 NASCAR Busch Series race on July 26. With a lap of 119.091 mph in qualifying for last week's race at the Milwaukee Mile, Mark Green set two track records. He bettered the track qualifying record, set by Tim Fedewa in first-round qualifying, and recorded the fastest lap by a stock car, previously held by Rusty Wallace driving an ASA car in 1984. Had Green not experienced engine trouble and turned his fast lap in first round qualifying, he would have started from the pole position. Instead he lined up in the 26th position. Food Chief Food Stores, headquartered in Latta, South Carolina, is an associate sponsor on the No. 37 Timber Wolf Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Advance Auto Parts 250 at the Myrtle Beach Speedway. The convenience store chain has 30 locations in South Carolina. Mark Green's 1997 Busch Series, Grand National Division Results LOCATION START FINISH MONEY WON STATUS LAPS Daytona 44 8 $ 17,850 Running 120 of 120 Rockingham 31 14 4,355 Running 196 of 197 Richmond 37 12 4,820 Running 248 of 250 Atlanta 11 13 5,615 Running 196 of 197 Las Vegas 7 25 14,400 Running 180 of 200 Darlington 10 19 5,855 Running 146 of 147 Hickory 8 9 5,845 Running 300 of 300 Texas 29 34 10,900 Engine 152 of 200 Bristol 14 40 4,000 Accident 49 of 250 Nashville 31 21 4,375 Running 314 of 320 Talladega 17 24 9,430 Running 115 of 117 Loudon 15 22 6,040 Running 193 of 200 Nazareth 23 14 5,087 Running 200 of 200 Charlotte 28 19 5,917 Running 200 of 200 Dover 12 24 6,525 Running 197 of 200 South Boston10 23 4,515 Engine 237 of 300 Watkins Glen40 15 6,562 Out of gas 81 of 82 Milwaukee 26 15 10,500 Running 249 of 250 TOTALS $ 132,391 3373 of 3730 (90.4%) Mark Green's NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division Career Results STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 MONEY WON 30 0 0 0 3 $ 178,471 Best Start: 2nd - Myrtle Beach, SC (June 1996) Best Finish: 8th - Daytona Beach, FL (February 1997) Biggest Purse: $ 17,850 - Daytona Beach, FL (February 1997) By Brewco Motorsports Public Relations