38-TIME MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPION – NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
SPRINT UNLIMITED
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 14, 2015
TEAM CHEVY IN NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES (NSCS) COMPETITION:
· Chevrolet has won 38 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Manufacturers’ Championships.
· Team Chevy drivers have scored 738 wins and 665 poles in NSCS competition
CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK—DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY:
· Chevrolet drivers have won 20 of 36 Sprint Unlimited races. Wins by active drivers are:
o Tony Stewart, No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS, has three (3) wins in the Sprint Unlimited (’01, ’02 & ’07)
o Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet SS, has visited Victory Lane three (3) times in the Sprint Unlimited (’09, ’10 & ’13)
o Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS, has two (2) Sprint Unlimited wins (’94 & ’97))
o Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS, has two (2) trophies from the Sprint Unlimited (’03 & ’08)
o Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS, has one (1) Sprint Unlimited win (’05)
o Kurt Busch, No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS, has captured the checkered flag in the Sprint Unlimited once (’11)
· A Chevrolet driver has won seven (7) of the last 10 Sprint Unlimited races
DID YOU KNOW? Only five (5) times since its inception in 1979 has the winner of the Sprint Unlimited gone one to win the Daytona 500. The only Chevrolet driver to complete the feat: Jeff Gordon (1997)
15 CHEVROLET SS DRIVERS WILL MAKE UP THE 25 CAR SPRINT UNLIMITED FIELD IN 2015. THOSE COMPETITORS ARE:
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S CHEVROLET SS
AUSTIN DILLION, NO. 3 DOW CHEVROLET SS
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S/BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 GREAT CLIPS CHEVROLET SS
DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY/TAXACT CHEVROLET SS
CASEY MEARS, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET SS
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/BASS PRO SHOPS CHEVROLET SS
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS
PAUL MENARD, NO. 27 PEAK/MENARDS CHEVROLET SS
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS
KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW CHEVROLET SS
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS
BROADCAST INFORMATION:
TV: Saturday February 14, 2015 on FOX at 8:00 p.m., ET
RADIO: Saturday February 14, 2015 on MRN starting at 8:15 p.m., ET
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