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 By Events & Outings, Inc.