Round 13 of 36
MBNA RacePoints 400
Dover
Car No.: 20 — Joe Gibbs Racing Home Depot Chevrolet Monte CarloTeammates: Bobby Labonte in the #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet & Jason Leffler in the #11 FedEx Chevrolet
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Primary Team Members |
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| Driver: Tony Stewart |
Crew Chief: Greg Zipadelli |
| Car Chief: Scott Diehl (pronounced "Deal") |
Engine Builder: Mark Cronquist |
| Engine Specialist: Jarrad Egert (pronounced "Egg-ert") |
Spotter: Mark Robertson |
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Over-The-Wall Crew Members |
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| Gas Man: Jeff "Gooch" Patterson |
Front Tire Changer: Ira-Jo Hussey |
| Catch Can: Brian "Shaggy" Larson |
Front Tire Carrier: Tom Dean |
| Windshield: Scott Geerts (pronounced "Gurtz") |
Rear Tire Changer: Todd Foster |
| Jackman: Chuck White |
Rear Tire Carrier: Jody Fortson |
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Other Crew Members |
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| Truck Drivers: Scott "Scooter" Crowell |
Frank Hodel |
| Tire Specialists: Jerold Shires and Bill Byrne |
Brake Specialist: Jason Shapiro |
| Shock Specialist: Ronny Crooks and Dave Hansen |
Engineer: Adam Stevens |
Car History - Chassis No. 100
This was a brand new race car at the spring Atlanta race, and as the 100th chassis built by JGR, it marked a small milestone in the company's 14-year history. Prior to the Atlanta race, Chassis No. 100 saw track time via pre-season tests at Las Vegas (Jan. 31-Feb.1) and California (Feb. 2-3).
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| Year |
Event |
Start |
Finish |
Status/Laps |
Laps Led |
Earnings |
| 2005 |
Atlanta (Spring) |
9 |
17 |
Running/325 |
0 |
$115,861 |
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Team History at Dover International Speedway |
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| Year |
Event |
Start |
Finish |
Status/Laps |
Led |
Earnings |
| 2004 |
MBNA America 400 I |
10 |
2 |
Running/400 |
234 |
$227,978 |
| 2004 |
MBNA America 400 II |
23 |
6 |
Running/400 |
0 |
$117,168 |
| 2003 |
MBNA Armed Forces Family 400 |
11 |
4 |
Running/400 |
67 |
$145,253 |
| 2003 |
%MBNA America 400 |
11 |
3 |
Running/400 |
97 |
$148,408 |
| 2002 |
MBNA Platinum 400 |
25 |
11 |
Running/400 |
0 |
$106,138 |
| 2002 |
MBNA All-American Heroes 400 |
23 |
5 |
Running/400 |
34 |
$115,073 |
| 2001 |
%MBNA Platinum 400 |
6 |
7 |
Running/400 |
2 |
$73,260 |
| 2001 |
MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400 |
11 |
5 |
Running/400 |
3 |
$89,270 |
| 2000 |
MBNA Platinum 400 |
16 |
1 |
Running/400 |
242 |
$152,830 |
| 2000 |
MBNA.com 400 |
27 |
1 |
Running/400 |
163 |
$158,535 |
| 1999 |
MBNA Platinum 400 |
24 |
4 |
Running/399 |
127 |
$63,205 |
| 1999 |
MBNA Gold 400 |
3 |
2 |
Running/400 |
97 |
$88,875 |
% Qualifying canceled due to weather, starting position set via car owner points.
Notes of Interest
The MBNA RacePoints 400 will mark Stewart's 225th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start and his 13th career Nextel Cup start at Dover.
Stewart maintained his sixth-place position in the Nextel Cup point standings despite his 24th place finish last Sunday at Charlotte. With 1,488 points, Stewart trails series leader Jimmie Johnson by 259 markers. At this point last year Stewart was fifth in the standings with 1,587 points, 211 points behind series leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stewart has scored 99 fewer points this year than he did last year heading into the 13th race of the season.
In his 12 previous Nextel Cup starts at Dover, Stewart has finished outside of the top-10 only once. It was an 11th place finish in the 2002 spring Dover race. Overall, he has two wins, nine top-fives, a sixth-place finish and a seventh-place finish. His average finish is fourth.
Of the 4,800 possible laps available at Dover in the past six seasons, Stewart has led 1,066 laps (22.2 percent).
Stewart has led at least two laps in all but two of his 12 Dover starts (2002 spring race where he finished 11th and last year's fall race where he finished sixth).
Stewart has completed 4,799 of the 4,800 laps available at Dover in the past six seasons. The lone race where Stewart finished one lap down was the 1999 spring race, where he still managed a fourth-place result.
Stewart has never recorded a DNF (Did Not Finish) in a Nextel Cup race at Dover.
Stewart has driven an Indy car, a Busch Series car and a Nextel Cup car at Dover.
Stewart swept both Dover races in 2000 en route to becoming the winningest driver on the circuit that year with six total victories. Eight other drivers have swept both Dover races in a single season. They are David Pearson (1973); Bobby Allison (1983); Bill Elliott (1988); Dale Earnhardt (1989); Rusty Wallace (1994); Jeff Gordon (1996); Jimmie Johnson (2002); and Ryan Newman (2003).
Home Depot store #8723, located in Mexico, will be represented on the lower rear quarterpanel of the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet during the MBNA RacePoints 400. Store #8723 was judged to be the outstanding store of the past week, thereby earning its place on the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing machine.
Stewart will make his sixth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start on Friday in the MBNA RacePoints 200 driving the #47 Chevrolet Silverado for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports. It will be his first Truck Series start at Dover. (The Morgan-Dollar team, led by crew chief Randy Goss, won earlier this year at Martinsville Speedway with Stewart's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Bobby Labonte behind the wheel.) In his five previous Craftsman Truck Series starts, Stewart has logged two wins, a third, a 10th and one DNF. Both wins came at Richmond in Chevrolets prepared by Andy Petree Racing (September 2003 and September 2002). The third-place effort came last year at Richmond in Stewart's first start for Morgan-Dollar, while the 10th place effort came in Stewart's first career Truck Series start at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1996 in a Ranier-Walsh Racing-prepared Chevrolet. The lone DNF came at Charlotte two weeks ago, when a failed drive train thwarted Stewart's second race for Morgan-Dollar.Corporate Notes
The Home Depot, in partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) and the national non-profit organization KaBOOM!, announced in April a commitment to build 10 NASCAR-themed playgrounds through "Racing to Play". The program's mission is to bring the excitement of NASCAR to at-risk youth in NASCAR race communities. The "Racing to Play" program will identify and work with 10 organizations in select race markets to build NASCAR-themed KaBOOM! playgrounds in a single day at the organization's site. The program will target organizations that serve children, including those that support at-risk youth and provide positive after-school and learning environments. The initial kick-off build will be June 16 at the Jackson Arts & Technology Academy in Jackson, Mich., prior to the Michigan 400. The next two builds are scheduled for the Daytona Beach Housing Authority (June 30, Daytona Beach, Fla.) and the Carol Murphy Center (July 7, Markham, Ill.). Sites are still being determined for the seven remaining build markets: Indianapolis; Fontana, Calif.; Richmond, Va.; Talladega, Ala.; Kansas City, Kan.; Atlanta; and Phoenix. Stewart, along with fellow JGR drivers and crews, will participate in the builds.
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