NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400 Preview -- #33, Kenny Schrader
29 July 1997
#33 Kenny Schrader, Skoal Bandit Chevrolet Monte Carlo
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Brickyard 400 Advance
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
KENNY SCHRADER NOTES & QUOTES: BRICKYARD 400
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - "I am looking forward to going to the Brickyard.
There is such a great feeling of history and prestige there. We are
utilizing a new car which we tested and it ran awesome." ---Kenny
Schrader, driver of the Skoal Bandit Racing Chevrolet
Schrader is optimistic about heading to Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. He returns to the Midwest where he found much success in
open wheel racing divisions. Although he made the move to stock cars,
Schrader still enjoys running an occasional open wheel race. His
diversity is much like his hero, A.J. Foyt's. It was at the Inaugural
Brickyard 400 where Schrader last raced against Foyt which Schrader
recalls as a "memorable experience."
The Skoal Bandit Racing team is taking a brand new race car, #976, to
Indianapolis for the Brickyard 400. They tested the car at Indy and
feel confident it will perform well. They believe it could be the best
car they have in their Winston Cup stable."
Schrader spent this week in the midwest, getting just a little more
seat time. Schrader raced at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa on
Tuesday, July 22, where he won his heat race, but broke the rear
suspension ending his evening of racing. He then went to Crawford
County Speedway in Denison, Iowa in a dirt modified on Wednesday
night. After that race, Schrader headed to Pike's Peak in Fountain,
Colo., for the NASCAR Winston West race. He started on the pole, but
cut a tire, spun and wrecked. He endured a pit fire during repairs,
lost two laps and made them up to finish second, just 17/100 of a
second behind Michael Waltrip!
The Skoal Bandit Racing team had last week off. Much of the team
caught up on some much deserved R&R. Andy Petree and his wife,
Patrice, went to Ocean Isle to enjoy the sun and surf.
KENNY SCHRADER CUMULATIVE NASCAR WINSTON CUP RECORD
6th- Outside
Starts Wins 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 10th Poles Poles $Won
377 4 9 15 17 14 88 19 14 9,279,299
KENNY SCHRADER INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
YEAR EVENT ST FIN EARNINGS
1996 Brickyard 400 4 16 77,440
1995 Brickyard 400 10 19 69,200
1994 Brickyard 400 23 7 77,400
Starts Wins Top 5's Top 10's Poles Earnings
3 0 0 1 0 224,040
KENNY SCHRADER 1997 WINSTON CUP PERFORMANCE
DATE EVENT ST FIN LC/TL STATUS EARNINGS POS.
2/16 Daytona 500 10 33 173/200 Running 73,379 33rd
2/23 G'Wrench Service 400 6 18 392/393 Running 24,800 28th
3/2 Pontiac Excitement 400 28 35 393/400 Running 18,065 31st
3/9 Primestar 500 35 25 321/328 Running 20,165 32nd
3/23 TranSouth Financial 400 13 8 293/293 Running 26,815 27th
4/6 Interstate Batteries 500 27 18 330/334 Running 70,700 26th
4/13 Food City 500 16 12 500/500 Running 25,390 20th
4/20 Goody's 500 26 10 500/500 Running 30,945 17th
5/4 Save Mart 300 15 31 73/74 Running 31,290 21st
5/10 Winston 500 6 12 188/188 Running 30,215 18th
5/17 Winston Open 21 8 50/50 Running 8,200 18th
5/25 Coca-Cola 600 6 38 231/333 Running 29,100 20th
6/1 Miller 500 11 6 499/500 Running 34,515 16th
6/8 Pocono 500 39 23 199/200 Running 21,680 17th
6/15 Miller 400 30 27 198/200 Running 25,800 19th
6/22 California 500 5 34 219/250 Engine 39,000 20th
7/5 Pepsi 400 14 15 160/160 Running 30,455 19th
7/13 Jiffy Lube 300 1 11 300/300 Running 40,825 18th
7/20 Pennsylvania 500 7 14 200/200 Running 23,690 19th
Starts Poles Wins Top Fives Top 10s DNF Laps Completed Earnings
18 1 0 0 3 1 5169/5353 96% 596,829
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