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NASCAR Winston Cup Bud at Watkins Glen Preview: #29, Jeff Green

5 August 1997


 #29 Jeff Green, Cartoon Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo     
 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
 The Bud at the Glen Advance
 Watkins Glen International
 
         JEFF GREEN NOTES & QUOTES: THE BUD AT THE GLEN

 
WATKINS GLEN, NY - The #29 Cartoon Network NASCAR Winston Cup Chevrolet Monte 
Carlo that Jeff Green will pilot this weekend is the same car than ran in the 
top 10 last year at Watkins Glen International with Butch Leitzinger as the 
driver. 

Jeff Green and the #29 Cartoon Network team tested at Watkins Glen 
International July 21-22. As a result, Wes Ward and the #29 Diamond Ridge 
team re-built the car and expect positive results.  

This is the first time Jeff Green has competed in a Winston Cup car at Watkins
Glen Raceway, but he ran in two NASCAR Busch Series races at the famed road
course. "Because of the horsepower, there is a big difference between driving
a Winston Cup car and a Busch car on a road course," said Green. "A Busch car
does not have as much power, so you drive into the turns much harder. In a
Winston Cup car you let off the gas earlier going into the turn and get back
in the gas sooner out of the turn. If you try to drive a Winston Cup car like
a Busch car, you will find yourself overshooting the corners."

Jeff Green continues to build his '37 Chevrolet hot rod at the Diamond Ridge
Motorsports shop during his spare time. This week he placed the motor in the
car.

    JEFF GREEN WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RESULTS

      Date      ST   FIN   LC/TL     Earnings     Status       Car #
      6/30/96   11    6    82/82      5,630       Running        3 
      6/25/95    6    5    82/82      6,780       Running        3
      
                 Outside
 Starts   Poles   Poles   Wins   Top 5   Top 10     LC/TL           Earnings
       
   2        0       0       0      1       2       164/164 (100%)    12,410

               JEFF GREEN CAREER WINSTON CUP RESULTS 

Date     Location           ST  FIN   LC/TL    Earnings  Status      Car #
8/2/97   Indianapolis, IN   26   25  159/160    67,735   Running       29
7/20/97  Pocono, PA          8   31  197/200    11,015   Running       29
7/13/97  Loudon, NH         34   32  296/300    19,475   Running       29
6/22/97  Fontana, CA         7    7  250/250    38,450   Running       29
6/15/97  Brooklyn, MI       14   31  197/200    18,310   Running       29
6/8/97   Pocono, PA         29   35  189/200    20,530   Engine        29
6/1/97   Dover, DE          27   37  356/500    15,485   Suspension    29
5/25/97  Charlotte, NC       4   22  332/333    26,175   Running       29

6/16/96  Pocono, PA         33   36   89/200     8,710   Engine        14
7/21/96  Pocono, PA         37   41    2/200     8,125   Accident      14
9/29/96  N.Wilkesboro, NC   36   32  394/400    13,425   Running       29
10/6/96  Charlotte, NC       6   26  328/334    16,615   Running       29

9/10/94  Richmond, VA.      34   36   42/400     6,755   Trans.        95
10/2/94  N.Wilkesboro, NC    5   29  354/400     4,700   Running       95
11/13/94 Atlanta, GA        31   18  321/328     8,815   Running       97
 
                 Outside
 Starts   Poles   Poles   Wins   Top 5   Top 10     LC/TL           Earnings
   15       0       0      0       0       1      3506/4405 (80%)    284,320

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