WCUP: Ken Schrader - Talladega Notes
22 April 1999
KEN SCHRADER
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY
SCHRADER’S THOUGHTS HEADING INTO THE DIEHARD 500:
"Restrictor plate races pose certain challenges for the driver," said
Schrader. "You race flat-footed around the entire track, but you’re always
in a pack of cars. That is the first challenge because you have no room to
slip up like you do on the short tracks. You give the slightest tap at
these tracks and you’re going to cause a 20-car pile up.
"Talladega has been pretty good to me in the past. My first Winston Cup win
came here in 1988, so of course it is one of my favorite tracks. I like
running the fast speeds that Talladega produces, but I am always wary of
running side-by-side with a pack of cars at almost 200 mph. You have to be
if you want to finish this race."
CREW CHIEF SHOP TALK:
"Talladega has been a good track for the Skoal Racing team," said Sam Johns.
"The team has improved on their qualifying performance each time they’ve
returned to Talladega. The team captured the pole position at last fall’s
race. Now, if we can only get our finishes to match the qualifying
performance. I’m certainly optimistic for a solid run after testing here
last week."
SKOAL RACING TEAM NEWS:
The Skoal Racing team will race the same car that sat on the pole at
Talladega Superspeedway last year and finished sixth in this year’s Daytona
500.
Schrader will compete in the Touchstone Energy 300 Busch Series event on
Saturday in the No. 15 Oakwood Homes Monte Carlo.
KEN SCHRADER
CUMULATIVE NASCAR WINSTON CUP RECORD
Outside
Starts Wins 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th-10th Poles Poles Earnings
432 4 9 15 22 14 101 22 15 $12,634,309
-more-TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY CAREER RESULTS
Year Event Start Finish Earnings Event Start Finish Earnings
1998 DieHard 500 4 29 33,835 Winston 500 1 24 43,165
1997 Winston 500 6 12 30,215 DieHard 500 14 4 53,715
1996 Winston 500 17 20 25,730 DieHard 500 26 26 23,060
1995 Winston 500 20 40 15,990 DieHard 500 4 32 20,120
1994 Winston 500 7 5 33,540 DieHard 500 4 4 33,530
1993 Winston 500 8 21 13,810 DieHard 500 28 32 12,630
1992 Winston 500 35 23 15,670 DieHard 500 26 9 18,960
1991 Winston 500 18 7 19,150 DieHard 500 25 40 7,150
1990 Winston 500 2 28 13,735 DieHard 500 24 16 13,500
1989 Winston 500 21 6 24,625 DieHard 500 3 4 28,400
1988 Winston 500 6 5 27,165 DieHard 500* 7 1 67,920
1987 Winston 500 15 8 17,050 DieHard 500 26 18 7,910
1986 Winston 500 33 26 5,785 Talladega 500 35 31 7,010
1985 Winston 500 21 20 6,645 Talladega 500 18 11 9,945
*First NASCAR Winston Cup Victory
Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Earnings
Spring 14 0 2 5 0 282,945
Fall 14 1 4 5 1 347,015
Total 28 1 6 10 1 629,960
1999 NASCAR WINSTON CUP PERFORMANCE
DATE EVENT/LOCATION ST FIN LC/TL STATUS EARNINGS PTS.
2/14 Daytona 500/Daytona Beach, Fla. 7 6 200/200 Running 186,731 7
2/21 Dura Lube 400/Rockingham, N.C. 12 11 392/393 Running 46,325 3
3/7 Las Vegas 400/Las Vegas, Nev. 16 18 266/267 Running 70,740 7
3/14 Cracker Barrel 500/Atlanta, Ga. 38 26 322/325 Running 33,630 12
3/21 TranSouth 500/Darlington,S.C. 25 43 75/164 Running 30,416 17
3/28 Primestar 500/Ft. Worth, Tex. 7 17 333/334 Running 75,900 17
4/11 Food City 500/Bristol, Tenn. 20 20 498/500 Running 40,440 17
4/18 Goody’s 500/Martinsville, Va. 6 9 500/500 Running 40,650 16
4/25 DieHard 500/Talladega, Ala.
5/2 California 500/Fontana, Calif.
5/15 Pontiac 400/Richmond, Va.
5/30 Coca-Cola 600/Charlotte, N.C.
6/6 MBNA 400/Dover, Del.
6/13 Michigan400/Brooklyn, Mich.
6/20 Pocono 500/Pocono, Pa.
6/27 Save Mart 300/Sears Point, Calif.
7/3 Pepsi 400/Daytona Beach, Fla.
7/11 Jiffy Lube 300/Loudon, N.H.
7/25 Pennsylvania 500/Pocono, Pa.
8/7 Brickyard 400/Indianapolis, Ind.
8/15 Frontier at Glen/Watkins Glen, N.Y.
8/22 Pepsi 400/Brooklyn, Mich.
8/28 Goody’s 500/Bristol, Tenn.
9/5 Pepsi Southern 500/Darlington, S.C.
9/11 Exide 400/Richmond, Va.
9/19 New Hampshire 300/Loudon, N.H.
9/26 MBNA Gold 400/Dover, Del.
10/3 NAPA 500/Martinsville, Va.
10/10 UAW-GM 500/Charlotte, N.C.
10/17 Winston 500/Talladega, Ala.
10/24 TBD/Rockingham, N.C.
11/7 Dura Lube 500/Phoenix, Ariz.
11/14 Jiffy Lube Miami 400/Miami, Fla.
11/21 NAPA 500/Atlanta, Ga.
Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 LC/TL %Complete Earnings(incl. non-pt
8 0 0 0 2 2,586/2,683 96% 578,832
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