NASCAR Winston Cup Series UAW-GM Quality 500 Preview: #29, Jeff Green
1 October 1997
#29 Jeff Green, Cartoon Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR Winston Cup Series UAW-GM Quality 500 Advance Charlotte Motor Speedway JEFF GREEN NOTES & QUOTES: UAW-GM QUALITY 500 CONCORD, NC - In his two previous Winston Cup starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Jeff Green has two top-10 starts on the 1.5-mile oval. Green hopes to make that three top-10 starts when he returns to the track this weekend for the UAW-GM Quality 500. The spring race at CMS marked Green's full-time entrance in Winston Cup, driving the No. 29 Cartoon Network Chevrolet for Diamond Ridge Motorsports. - "I think I've progressed a lot since I first got in the car at Charlotte, and I really think we've learned a lot as a team," Green said. "This track has always been good to me, both in Winston Cup and Busch. I always look forward to racing at Charlotte." - The No. 29 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Green will pilot this weekend is a different car than they utilized in the spring. The car has two other starts this year, both at Michigan Speedway, where Green qualified in the top 15 on both occasions. Green and crew chief Wes Ward feel the change in cars will make a definite improvement under racing conditions. - The Kentucky Headhunters are coming to Charlotte. This particular group isn't the country music ensemble you may be familiar with. Instead, it is a group of Green's friends from his hometown of Owensboro, Ky. Green spends as much time as possible with his five closet friends, especially during the winter when they frequent a hunting cabin they own in Kentucky. The Kentucky Headhunters will be staying with Jeff and his wife, Michelle, for the race weekend. - Green will attend the unveiling of the new NASCAR Monopoly game on Thursday, October 2 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. JEFF GREEN TOTAL CAREER NASCAR WINSTON CUP RESULTS Outside Starts Poles Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 LC/TL Earnings 23 0 0 0 0 1 5702/7162 (79%) 415,135 JEFF GREEN 1997 NASCAR WINSTON CUP RESULTS Date Location ST FIN LC/TL Earnings Status Car # 9/28/97 Martinsville, VA 33 30 464/500 12,015 Running 29 9/21/97 Dover, DE 42 40 166/400 13,305 Steering 29 9/14/97 Loudon, NH 36 38 287/300 22,400 Running 29 9/6/97 Richmond, VA 25 31 394/400 15,280 Running 29 8/31/97 Darlington, SC 42 39 104/367 12,270 Electrical 29 8/23/97 Bristol, TN 30 21 493/500 19,985 Running 29 8/17/97 Brooklyn, MI 13 18 199/200 21,265 Running 29 8/10/97 Watkins Glen, NY 42 30 89/90 14,295 Running 29 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 JEFF GREEN 1997 NASCAR WINSTON CUP RESULTS Outside Starts Poles Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 LC/TL Earnings 16 0 0 0 0 1 4172/4900 (85%) 347,990 JEFF GREEN PREVIOUS NASCAR WINSTON CUP RESULTS Date Location St Fin LC/TL Earnings Status Car# 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 By Events & Outings, Inc.