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CAT team heads to Texas

"I think Texas is a very fast and competitive race track. Texas has it's own uniqueness compared to other 1-mile tracks. It has a lot of grip and is faster than the others." - Tommy Baldwin, Crew Chief of Caterpillar Dodge TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ...

Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM

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"I think Texas is a very fast and competitive race track. Texas has it's own uniqueness compared to other 1-mile tracks. It has a lot of grip and is faster than the others." - Tommy Baldwin, Crew Chief of Caterpillar Dodge

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY HARRAH'S 500

BALDWIN ON TEXAS
"We certainly feel like we have had a strong car there the last couple of years. We had some shock problems last year during the race, but we feel like we have solved that [problem and shouldn't need to worry about it again.

"We're bringing a brand new car this year and feel like it should be pretty competitive. Ward really gets around Texas real well. He had a problem during practice and wrecked the primary car, but our back-up car was just as good. We should have had a better finish had we not had a bad shock."

BALDWIN ON BRISTOL
"The car handled real well last week. We had good pit stops and a good car. It was just an all around good day for the CAT team. We feel like we got our rhythm back and should be able to pick up this week where we left off at Bristol.

"We took a chance on putting two tires on there at the beginning and it turned out to be a great call. It gave Ward the track position that he needed and the tires held up surprisingly well. The times were very consistent and didn't fall off substantially like they used to. That new tire had great performance and reliability. The one thing we did notice is that there wasn't a second groove like there normally is. You really had to work at getting past cars, but once you did you could almost guarantee staying in front of them."

FAST FACTS
* Tom Hubert is testing in Lakeland, Fla., Wednesday and Thursday with the Bill Davis racing's Research and Development team. It is the first official test for that department and Bill Davis Racing is looking forward to positive results from that test session, which they can apply to the race at Martinsville Speedway. Hubert will test Burton's No. 22 that is planned to compete next week at Martinsville Speedway.
* The Caterpillar Racing team is also planning to test at Talladega Superspeedway on Tuesday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 11. <pre> Year Event ST FIN Earnings 2000 DirecTV 500 9 14 93,525 1999 Primestar 500 5 16 90,800 1998 Texas 500 3 15 78,900 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 12 7 89,000

Starts Wins Top Five Top 10 Poles Earnings Total 4 0 0 1 0 350,525

2001 PERFORMANCE DATE EVENT START FINISH LC/TL STATUS EARNINGS PTS. POS. Feb. 18 Daytona 10 33 173/200 Accident 165,019 33 Feb. 25 Rockingham 11 16 392/393 Running 74,495 25 March 4 Las Vegas 13 21 266/267 Running 95,410 26 March 11 Atlanta 14 11 324/325 Running 74,425 21 March 18 Darlington 21 12 293/293 Running 70,930 17 March 25 Bristol 18 5 500/500 Running 100,580 11

STARTS POLES WINS Top 5 Top 10 LC/TL     % Complete Earnings
6      0     0    1     0      1948/1978 98%        580,859

CUMULATIVE RESULTS Races Wins 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6-10th Poles Outside Poles Money Won TOTAL 220 2 5 3 3 3 42 6 7 10,020,478

-CAT Team

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