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NASCAR BGN Series Jiffy Lube Miami 300 Preview: # 34, Mike McLaughlin

5 November 1997

 
 #34 Mike McLaughlin, Royal Oak Charcoal Chevrolet Monte Carlo
 NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division
 Jiffy Lube Miami 300 Advance
 Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex
 
          MIKE MCLAUGHLIN NOTES & QUOTES: JIFFY LUBE MIAMI 300
 
HOMESTEAD, FL - McLaughlin has four top-10 finishes in the last six races.  
They include a second-place finish at Darlington, tenth at Dover, ninth at 
Fontana and seventh at Rockingham.

 - After a top-ten finish at North Carolina Motor Speedway, McLaughlin 
remains fourth in the NASCAR Busch Series point standings with 3517 points.

 - McLaughlin will finish in the top 10 in the point standings for the third
consecutive season.

 - The #34 Royal Oak Charcoal Chevrolet that McLaughlin will drive this
weekend is the same car that finished ninth at the California Speedway. It is
also one of the cars that Team 34 Racing tested at Homestead in September. 

 - McLaughlin and teammate Todd Bodine were the first two drivers to test on
the new track in Homestead, Fla. By performing a tire test for Goodyear, Team
34 Racing prepared for their season-ending race at Metro-Dade Homestead
Motorsports Complex.

 - "I really like what they have done to the track," said McLaughlin of the
newly renovated Homestead track. "Not only is it smooth, but it is fast. From
a driver's and fan's standpoint it will allow for better racing." 

 - "When we tested at Homestead we took two cars," explained crew chief Gary
Cogswell. "We are actually going to race the car that we ran the least. We
felt that it was faster with less effort."

   Mike McLaughlin's Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex Statistics

             Date     St  Fin    LC/TL    Status        $ Won
             11/3     38   27   193/200   Running       11,950
             11/5     12   24   193/200   Running       10,900

         Mike McLaughlin's Career NASCAR Busch Series Statistics     

            Starts   Poles   Wins   Top 5   Top 10     $Won      
             127       2       3      27      48     1,259,672 

         Mike McLaughlin/Team 34 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Results

   Date  Location          St Fin   LC/TL    Compl.  $Won      Status

   2/15  Daytona Bch, FL   2   33   81/120    67.5  16,412     Engine
   2/22  Rockingham, NC    4    8  197/197   100.0   9,260     Running
   3/1   Richmond, VA      7   27  245/250    98.0   8,126     Running
   3/12  Atlanta, GA      25   17  196/197    99.4  10,355     Running
   3/16  Las Vegas, NV    14   24  194/200    97.0  16,550     Running
   3/22  Darlington, SC   25   33  134/147    91.1   6,825     Running
   3/29  Hickory, NC      20   10  300/300   100.0   8,945     Running
   4/5   Ft. Worth, TX    11    5  200/200   100.0  32,025     Running
   4/12  Bristol, TN       2    2  250/250   100.0  25,010     Running
   4/19  Nashville, TN     1   13  320/320   100.0   7,775     Running
   4/26  Talladega, AL     5   35   57/117    48.7   9,780     Running
   5/10  Loudon, NH       12    1  200/200   100.0  34,150     Running
   5/18  Nazareth, PA     19    8  200/200   100.0   8,262     Running
   5/24  Charlotte, NC    30   33  131/200    65.5   6,737     Running
   5/31  Dover, DE        22   23  197/200    98.5   8,800     Running
   6/13  S. Boston, VA    15    8  300/300   100.0   8,090     Running
   6/29  Watkins Glen, NY  6    1   82/82    100.0  36,987     Running
   7/6   Milwaukee, WI    33   13  249/250    99.6  12,075     Running
   7/12  Myrtle Beach, SC 17    2  250/250   100.0  17,325     Running
   7/26  Madison, IL      20    5  240/240   100.0  24,150     Running
   8/1   Indianapolis, IN  2   37  129/200    64.5   6,725     Accident
   8/16  Brooklyn, MI     34   13  100/100   100.0  10,745     Running 
   8/22  Bristol, TN       9   16  249/250    99.6   8,730     Running
   8/30  Darlington, SC   11    2  147/147   100.0  22,125     Running 
   9/5   Richmond, VA     39   32  234/250    93.6   8,425     Running
   9/20  Dover, DE        13   10  200/200   100.0  11,185     Running
   10/4  Charlotte, NC    21   13  200/200   100.0  12,448     Running
   10/19 Fontana, CA      23    9  149/150    99.3  19,500     Running
   10/25 Rockingham, NC    9    7  197/197   100.0  10,150     Running

                  Outside
 Starts   Poles    Poles    Wins   Top 5   Top 10     LC/TL (%)        $Won
   29       1        3        2      7       14    5628/5914 (95.1)  417,672

 
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