NASCAR Thunder 2004 - Guide/ US Version Version 0.1 (September 25, 2003) Guide by Myke - mykeownz (at) yahoo (dot) com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents 1..............................................................Version History 2.....................................................................Controls 3........................................................................Modes 4.......................................................................Tracks 5......................................................................Drivers 6..........................................................Lightning Challenge 7..............................................................Thunder License 8.....................................................................Sponsors 9..........................................................Secrets and Goodies 10.....................................................................Credits 11...................................................................Copyright ============================================================================== Version History ============================================================================== Feb 16, 2003: Final version, some things updated. Version 0.2 ============================================================================== Controls ============================================================================== Menu Controls -Control Pad/Stick Up/Down -Highlight menu item -Control Pad/Stick Left/Right -Change highlighted item -X Button -Select/Go to next screen -/\Button -Cancel/Return to previous screen Gameplay -Control Stick Left/Right -Steer -X Button -Accelerate -[] Button -Brake -/\ Button -Reverse (when stopped) -O Button -Change view -L1/R1 Button -Shift Up/Down -L2 -Rear-view mirror ON/OFF -R2 -Share Draft -L3 -Toggle Track Map/Damage -SELECT -Toggle HUD ON/OFF -START -Pause game ============================================================================== Modes ============================================================================== Race Now If you just want to do an old fashioned pick up your controller and race, this is the option. Pick your driver and a track to race on after you pass the "Race Now" mode. -Players If you got a friend or two or three with you, toggle the number from 1 to 4. The 3 other controllers have to be plugged in if you are to do 4 players. -Difficulty This affects the difficulty of the speed and your car. There are four difficulties and they are; easy, medium, hard and extreme. Custom is pretty much self-explainable. -Race Length The more percentage you tune up, the more laps you will go. If you want to race in Sharpie 500 at Bristol and you want to go around the track 500 miles (Bristol is a 0.5 mile track), crank the percentage up to 100%. All the percentage does is affects the number of laps you want to go around the track you want to race on. Pick your driver, you can also switch to another paint scheme from the same driver by pressing Left/Right on the control pad or the left analog stick. Like stated above, pick your track and you can change the event from night to day by pressing left/right on the control pad or the left analog stick. However, few tracks don't have night track or day At the track you picked to race on, you will be given some options before you go real NASCAR racing with 42 other AI cars. -Practice There is an old saying - "Practice is the key to success." I really believe that and it works out well here, even if you are racing under EXTREME difficulty. Go around the track a few laps to get the hang of it. If your car doesn't feel right, you can always press START and change some few things in the Car Setup option. -Qualify Turn in 2 good laps to get a good starting spot for the race. Practice can help you out before you qualify. -Happy Hour This is another way of saying Practice, but this occur after you qualify. Basically the same thing as Practice mode, but this is your last practice before you go to race. Make sure you are comfortable with your car and setups before you start your engine for the big race. -Race Here it is, you and 42 other competitors will go real NASCAR racin'! The winner gets to take home an awesome looking trophy and a large check! That winner will be you if you got the car to beat. -Flags Green - When the green flag drops, the race is on. Yellow - The track is in its unsafe condition to race on (single or multiple car wreck OR debris). If the yellow flag drops, race back to the yellow. You are given an option to go in the pit for little adjustment, 4 fresh tires and fuel. White - Final lap of the race make one more lap around to the finish line. Checkered - Race is over... until you go to the next track. SpeedZone This is for those who are new to NASCAR or the racing game. There are four challenges for you to gain experience on and they are: Passing, Drafting, Time Trials and Blocking. -Passing Learn how to pass the cars in front of you. Steer to the left or right if the path is open to pass the car in front of you and do the same for the rest of the cars in front of you. If you happen to ram yourself into an AI car, your will lose some points. There are 3 levels to pass this experience, the last one is Bristol, which is a short and tight track. -Drafting A very simple experience to gain. What is drafting you ask? Drafting is a way to gain interval between you and the next car. The car in front of you will create an "air pocket" and if you are in the car's air pocket, you will be "sucked" in closer to the car, like a big vacuum. So, you need to get behind the car in front of you and press R2 to draft with him. Two cars are faster than one and you use LESS FUEL if you draft. This feature can really help you out at superspeedway tracks like Daytona and Talladega. If you want to "stretch" your fuel, drafting is the most common key to do so. -Time Trials All of the levels in this challenge are on fantasy and official NASCAR road courses. If you are a inexperienced road racer, the challenge is here. -Blocking Its the final lap! You are the leader and you need to keep your position by blocking the car behind you. Simply look at the rear-view mirror or look at the arrow at the bottom of your screen and try to position your car where the tip of the arrow is to block. Lightning Challenge Lightning Challenge is your chance to prove you belong on the track. If you can complete the challenges, you'll earn Thunder Plates which unlock cars, tracks, and drivers. Michael Waltrip, driver of the #15 NAPA Chevrolet, will be your commentator for all of the challenges. To find out what plates you can get from all of the challenges, look under "Thunder Plates." Thunder License Get some experience behind the wheel as you learn every track in the country from "The King," Richard Petty, and other top NASCAR drivers. This is pretty much like the practice mode in "Race Now." Except that you don't have an option to mess with your setups. Season You don't have to win every race to finish the season on top. Compete consistently in a series of races in quest of a NASCAR championship and you might end up with enough points to clutch the cup. Career Work your way through the ranks of NASCAR as you compete for 20 consecutive seasons. Vie for the best crew, try to sign the top sponsors, and incorporate the latest racing technology. If you want to be offered a good sponsor and money for your team, buy new engines, chassis, body and your R&D (reseach and development)... you need to race smarter and finish in a good position to do so. If your starting and finishing position meets your sponsor's expectation, your prestige will raise, and maybe you will be offered better money and sponsorship. ============================================================================== Tracks ============================================================================== These are the tracks you can race on. Events are from the NASCAR Thunder 2003 for each tracks, and for the past winners, I got them from the "The Official NASCAR 2003 Preview and Press Guide" and picked some drivers that have won at the track and not listing all of them. You may see a locked track when you are scrolling through the events. There are two ways you can unlock them. Season or Race Now modes. In Race Now mode, you must win the race (either day or night) under medium or higher difficulty settings. For The Shootout and The All-Star, the only way you can unlock them is if you go through season mode and win both special events. Atlanta Motor Speedway Events: Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500, Georgia 500, Atlanta 500 Where: Hampton, Georgia Type: Speedway Length: 1.54 Mile Banking: 24 degrees (corners), 5 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 124,000 Past Winners: Dale Earnhardt (9), Cale Yarborough (7), Richard Petty (6), Bobby Labonte (5), Bobby Allison (5), Bill Elliott (5), Jeff Gordon (3), Rusty Wallace (2), Mark Martin (2), Ricky Rudd (2), Ken Schrader (1), Jerry Nadeau (1), Kevin Harvick (1), Tony Stewart (1), Kurt Busch (1) Bristol Motor Speedway Events: Food City 500, Sharpie 500 Where: Bristol, Tennessee Type: Short Track Length: 0.533 Mile Banking: 36 degrees (corners), 16 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 147,000 Past Winners: Darrell Waltrip (12), Rusty Wallace (9), Dale Earnhardt (9), Jeff Gordon (5), Cale Yarborough (9), Richard Petty (3), Terry Labonte (2), Mark Martin (2), Alan Kulwicki (2), Bobby Allison (4), Tony Stewart (1), Elliott Sadler (1), Kurt Busch (1) California Speedway Events: Auto Club 500, California 500 Where: Fontana, California Type: Speedway Length: 2.0 Mile Banking: 14 degrees (corners), 11 degrees (front), 3 degrees (back) Capacity: 92,000 Past Winners: Jeff Gordon (2), Mark Martin (1), Rusty Wallace (1), Jeremy Mayfield (1), Jimmie Johnson (1) Chicagoland Speedway Events: Tropicana 400, Chicagoland 400 Where: Joliet, Illinois Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 18 degrees (corners), 11 degrees (front), 5 degrees (back) Capacity: 75,000 Past Winners: Kevin Harvick (2) Darlington Raceway Events: Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Mountain Dew Southern 500, Darlington 400 Where: Darlington, South Carolina Type: Speedway Length: 1.366 Mile Banking: 23-25 degrees (corners), 2 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 65,000 Past Winners: David Pearson (10), Dale Earnhardt (9), Darrell Waltrip (5), Cale Yarborough (5), Bill Elliott (5), Jeff Gordon (6), Harry Gant (4), Ward Burton (2), Dale Jarrett (3), Jeff Burton (2), Sterling Marlin (2) Daytona International Speedway Events: Daytona 500, Pepsi 400, The Shootout Where: Daytona Beach, Florida Type: SuperSpeedway Length: 2.5 Mile Banking: 31 degrees (corners), 18 degrees (front), 3 degrees (back) Capacity: 168,000 Past Winners: Richard Petty (10), Cale Yarborough (8), David Pearson (5), Dale Earnhardt (3), Sterling Marlin (3), Jeff Gordon (4), Bill Elliott (4), Dale Jarrett (4), Michael Waltrip (2), Ward Burton (1), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1) Daytona Beach Course Events: Daytona Beach 500 Where: Daytona Beach, Florida Type: Speedway Length: 2.0 Mile Banking: 15 degrees (corners) Capacity: 136,000 Daytona Infield Road Course Events: Florida 500K Where: Daytona Beach, Florida Type: Road Course Length: 2.175 Mile Corners: 9 Turns Capacity: 136,000 Devil's Canyon Speedway Events: Tumbleweed 300 Where: Mesa, Arizona Type: Road Course Length: 2.0 Mile Banking: 9 Turns Capacity: 121,000 Dockside International Raceway Events: Fisherman's 349 Where: San Bruno, California Type: Road Course Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 7 Turns Capacity: 150,000 Dover International Speedway Events: Delaware 400, MBNA Armed Forces Family 400, Dover 400 Where: Dover, Delware Type: Speedway Length: 1.0 Mile Banking: 24 degrees (corners), 9 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 140,000 Past Winners: Richard Petty (7), David Pearson (5), Jeff Gordon (4), Ricky Rudd (4), Rusty Wallace (3), Bill Elliott (4), Bobby Allison (7), Jimmie Johnson (2), Tony Stewart (2), Harry Gant (4) Homestead-Miami Speedway Events: Ford 400 Where: Homestead, Florida Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 20 degrees (corners), 3 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 72,000 Homestead 2002 Events: Homestead 400 Where: Homestead, Florida Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 6 degrees (corners), 3 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 72,000 Past Winners: Tony Stewart (2), Bill Elliott (1), Kurt Busch (1) Homestead-Miami Infield Road Couse Events: Homestead-Miami 400K Where: Homestead, Florida Type: Road Course Length: 1.45 Mile Corners: 6 Turns Capacity: 72,000 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Events: Brickyard 400 Where: Indianapolis, Indiana Type: Speedway Length: 2.5 Mile Banking: 9 degrees (corners), 0 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 250,000 Past Winners: Jeff Gordon (3), Dale Earnhardt (1), Dale Jarrett (2), Ricky Rudd (1), Bobby Labonte (1), Bill Elliott (1) Infineon Raceway Events: Dodge/Save Mart 350, Sonoma 350K Where: Sonoma, California Type: Road Course Length: 2.0 Mile Corners: 10 Turns Capacity: 98,000 Past Winners: Jeff Gordon (3), Ricky Rudd (2), Rusty Wallace (2), Ernie Irvan (2), Dale Earnhardt (1), Davey Allison (1), Geoffrey Bodine (1), Mark Martin (1), Tony Stewart (1), Kansas Speedway Events: Banquet 400, Kansas 400 Where: Kansas City, Kansas Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 15 degrees (corners), 10 degrees (front) 5 degrees (back) Capacity: 78,000 Past Winners: Jeff Gordon (2) Las Vegas Motor Speedway Events: UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Las Vegas 400 Where: Las Vegas, Nevada Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 12 degrees (corners), 9 degrees (front), 3 degrees (back) Capacity: 126,000 Past Winners: Jeff Burton (2), Jeff Gordon (1), Mark Martin (1), Sterling Marlin (1) Lowe's Motor Speedway Events: UAW-GM Quality 500, Coca-Cola 600, The All-Star Where: Concord, North Carolina Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 24 degrees (corners), 5 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 167,000 Past Winners: David Pearson (4), Junior Johnson (2), Richard Petty (4), Darrell Waltrip (6), Dale Earnhardt (5), Jeff Gordon (4), Mark Martin (4), Dale Jarrett (3), Benny Parsons (2), Bobby Allison (6), Rusty Wallace (2), Jamie McMurray (1) Martinsville Speedway Events: Virginia 500, Subway 500, Martinsville 500 Where: Martinsville, Virginia Type: Short Track Length: 0.526 Mile Banking: 12 degrees (corners) Capacity: 91,000 Past Winners: Darrell Waltrip (11), Richard Petty (15), Fred Lorenzen (6), Cale Yarborough (6), Dale Earnhardt (6), Rusty Wallace (6), Jeff Gordon (3), Ricky Rudd (3), Geoffrey Bodine (4), Bobby Labonte (1), Kurt Busch (1) Michigan International Speedway Events: Sirius 400, Michigan 400, Motor City 400 Where: Brooklyn, Michigan Type: Speedway Length: 2.0 Mile Banking: 18 degrees (corners), 12 degrees (front), 5 degrees (back) Capacity: 136,373 Past Winners: Cale Yarborough (8), David Pearson (9), Bill Elliott (7), Mark Martin (4), Rusty Wallace (5), Davey Allison (3), Bobby Allison (4), Bobby Labonte (3), Dale Jarrett (4), Matt Kenseth (1) New Hampshire International Speedway Events: New England 300, Sylvania 300 Where: Loudon, New Hampshire Type: Speedway Length: 1.058 Mile Banking: 12 degrees (corners), 2 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 91,000 Past Winners: Jeff Burton (4), Jeff Gordon (3), Ricky Rudd (1), Dale Jarrett (1), Rusty Wallace (1), Ernie Irvan (1), Tony Stewart (1), Joe Nemechek (1), Robby Gordon (1), Ward Burton (1), Ryan Newman (1) New York Metro Speedway Events: Rush Hour 350 Where: New York, New York Type: Road Course Length: 2.0 Mile Banking: 9 Turns Capacity: 233,000 North Carolina Speedway Events: Subway 400, Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400, Rockingham 400 Where: Rockingham, North Carolina Type: Speedway Length: 1.017 Mile Banking: 22-25 degrees (corners), 8 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 60,113 Past Winners: Richard Petty (11), David Pearson (5), Dale Earnhardt (3), Rusty Wallace (5), Kyle Petty (3), Jeff Gordon (4), Bill Elliott (4), Cale Yarborough (7), Matt Kenseth (1), Johnny Benson (1) Phoenix International Raceway Events: Checker Auto Parts 500 Where: Avondale, Arizona Type: Speedway Length: 1.0 Mile Banking: 9-11 degrees (corners) Capacity: 76,812 Past Winners: Davey Allison (2), Jeff Burton (2), Bill Elliott (1), Dale Earnhardt (1), Tony Stewart (1), Rusty Wallace (1), Dale Jarrett (1), Ricky Rudd (2), Bobby Hamilton (1), Terry Labonte (1), Mark Martin (1), Matt Kenseth (1) Phoenix Infield Road Course Events: Sandstorm 500K Where: Avondale, Arizona Type: Road Course Length: 1.149 Mile Corners: 6 Turns Capacity: 76,812 Pocono Raceway Events: Pennsylvania 500, Pocono 500 Where: Pocono, Pennsylvania Type: Speedway Length: 2.5 Mile Banking: 6-14 degrees (corners), 1 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 90,000 Past Winners: Tim Richmond (4), Rusty Wallace (4), Jeff Gordon (4), Bobby Allison (3), Geoffrey Bodine (3), Bobby Labonte (3), Dale Earnhardt (2), Bill Elliott (6), Terry Labonte (2), Darrell Waltrip (4), Jeremy Mayfield (2), Dale Jarrett (3) Pocono Infield Road Course Events: Keystone State 500K Where: Pocono, Pennsylvania Type: Road Course Length: 2.068 Mile Corners: 8 Turns Capacity: 90,000 Richmond International Raceway Events: Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond 400 Where: Richmond, Virginia Type: Short Track Length: 0.75 Mile Banking: 14 degrees (corners), 8 degrees (front), 2 degrees (back) Capacity: 100,500 Past Winners: Richard Petty (13), David Pearson (6), Darrell Waltrip (6), Rusty Wallace (6), Dale Earnhardt (5), Terry Labonte (3), Benny Parsons (2), Tony Stewart (3), Bobby Allison (7), Matt Kenseth (1) Sawmill Events: Lumberjack 325 Where: Mill Valley, California Type: Road Course Length: 2.0 Mile Banking: 11 Turns Capacity: 98,000 Talladega Superspeedway Events: EA Sports 500, Aaron's 499, Alabama 500 Where: Talladega, Alabama Type: SuperSpeedway Length: 2.66 Mile Banking: 33 degrees (corners), 18 degrees (front), 2 degrees (back) Capacity: 143,000 Past Winners: Dale Earnhardt (10), Bobby Allison (4), David Pearson (3), Darrell Waltrip (4), Davey Allison (2), Buddy Baker (3), Ernie Irvan (2), Mark Martin (2), Jeff Gordon (2), Bill Elliott (2), Terry Labonte (2), Sterling Marlin (2), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (3) Talladega Infield Road Course Events: Dixieland 500K Where: Talladega, Alabama Type: Road Course Length: 2.163 Corners: 8 Turns Capacity: 150,000 Texas Motor Speedway Events: Samsung/Radioshack 500 Where: Fort Worth, Texas Type: Speedway Length: 1.5 Mile Banking: 24 degrees (corners), 5 degrees (front & back) Capacity: 154,861 Past Winners: Jeff Burton (1), Mark Martin (1), Terry Labonte (1), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1), Dale Jarrett (1), Matt Kenseth (1) Texas Infield Road Course Events: Texas 500K Where: Fort Worth, Texas Type: Road Course Length: 1.374 Mile Corners: 6 Turns Capacity: 154,861 Tiburon International Speedway Events: Tiburon 500 Where: Orlando, Florida Type: SuperSpeedway Length: 3.0 Mile Banking: 40 degrees (corners), 15 degrees (front), 20 degrees (back) Capacity: 150,000 Watkins Glen International Events: Sirius At The Glen, Thunder Road 220 Where: Watkins Glen, New York Type: Road Course Length: 2.454 Mile Corners: 11 Turns Capacity: 87,000 Past Winners: Jeff Gordon (4), Mark Martin (3), Rusty Wallace (2), Ricky Rudd (2), Steve Park (1), Geoffrey Bodine (1), Kyle Petty (1), Ernie Irvan (1), Tim Richmond (1), Buck Baker (1), Billy Wade (1), Marvin Panch (1), Tony Stewart (1) ============================================================================== Drivers ============================================================================== (in alphabetical order) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Allison (LEGEND) #12 - Piper Aircraft Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Dodge Intrepid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanton Barrett Jr. (BUSCH) #60 - OdoBan Owner: Jack Roush Hometown: Bishop, CA Team: Roush Racing Birthdate: December 1, 1972 Make: Ford Taurus Paintjobs: 2003 OdoBan Stanton finally got a full-time ride, or not? So far into the 2003 season, Barrett got 2 poles (qualifying was rained out) and grabbed four top 10 finishes. He is also a stuntman for movies like Spiderman, Batman, Jurassic Park, and few others. BUSCH STATS- ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99th | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105th | | 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72nd | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119th | | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64th | | 1997 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59th | | 1998 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49th | | 1999 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48th | | 2001 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74th | | 2002 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46th | | 2003 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Johnny Benson #10 - Valvoline Owner: Jim Rocco, Nelson Bowers Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI Team: MBV Motorsports Birthdate: June 27, 1963 Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Rookie Year: 1996 Paintjobs: 2003 Valvoline 2003 Eagle One 2003 Valvoline Test Car 2002 Valvoline 2002 Muppets 2002 MLB 2002 MaxLife 2002 Zerex 2002 Eagle One 2001 Valvoline 2001 Eagle One 2001 MaxLife Johnny Benson have been racing in the Winston Cup series for 7 years and he finally grabbed his first win at The Rock in 2002. Jack Roush used to be his owner when Johnny was driving the #26 Cheerios, he is currently driving in the #10 Valvoline Pontiac. Benson was the 1995 Busch Rookie of the Year and he won the champion for the same division the year after. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1996 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21st | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th | | 1998 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th | | 2000 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 11th | | 2002 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 29th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Biffle #16 - Grainger Owner: Geoff Smith Hometown: Vancouver, WA Team: Roush Racing Birthdate: December 23, 1969 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 2003 Paintjobs: 2003 Grainger 2003 Grainger Test Car Biffle is one of the rookie candidates for the NASCAR 2003 season and he will be piloting the #16 Grainger Ford. After winning the Busch series in 2002, Biffle will try to win the Raybesto's Rookie of the Year award and win the championship the following year like he did for the Craftsman Truck Series and the Busch Series. ______________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2002 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48th | | 2003 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Bliss (BUSCH) #20 Rockwell Automation Owner: Joe Gibbs Hometown: Milwaukee, OR Team: Joe Gibbs Racing Birthdate: April 5, 1965 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Paintjobs: 2003 Rockwell Automation BUSCH STATS- ______________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84th | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98th | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142nd | | 2003 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 10th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brett Bodine #11 - Hooters Owner: Brett and Diane Bodine Hometown: Chemung, NY Team: Birthdate: January 11, 1959 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 1986 Paintjobs: 2003 Hooters 2003 Hooters Memorial A native from New York, and the middle son of the three Bodine brothers. Brett has only one win in 16 years of racing in Winston Cup. Brett is probably the only driver left that is single car owner/driver. He is piloting the #11 Hooters Restaurant Ford. At one of the races, he had a special paintjob with a large shield on the hood that tribute memory to Alan Kulwicki who died in a plane/helicopter crash in 1993. If you didn't know, Alan won the championship in 1992 with Hooters as their sponsor and this is 10 years after his death. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1987 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1988 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20th | | 1989 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19th | | 1990 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12th | | 1991 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19th | | 1992 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15th | | 1993 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20th | | 1994 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19th | | 1995 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20th | | 1996 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th | | 1997 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29th | | 1998 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | | 1999 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | | 2000 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th | | 2002 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | | 2003 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52nd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Burton (BUSCH) #9 - Uh-Oh! Oreo Owner: Jack Roush Hometown: South Boston, VA Team: Roush Racing Birthdate: June 29, 1967 Make: Ford Taurus Jeff has only ran 3 races in the Busch series, but never in this car. Greg Biffle drove this paint scheme when he needed more track time to improve his skills in the Winston Cup series. Biffle drove this car to a 12th place finish, from starting 12th at Lowe's. BUSCH STATS- ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2001 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 33rd | | 2002 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 31st | | 2003 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Burton #99 - CITGO Owner: Jack Roush Hometown: South Boston, VA Team: Roush Racing Birthdate: June 29, 1967 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 1994 Paintjobs: 2003 CITGO 2003 BassMaster 2003 Muscle Team 2003 Peelout-Reelin 2003 CITGO Test Car 2002 CITGO 2002 Peelout-Reelin 2001 CITGO A native from South Boston, Virginia, the youngest Burton brothers, rookie of the year in 1994, what else? Jeff Burton has proved himself to be one of the best racers in the Winston Cup series. His first win came in Texas in 1997, he finished 4th in point standings that year, until the career best, 3rd, in 2000. Last year, Jeff did not win a race and that isn't what he wanted to see but he finished 12th in point standings. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1994 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24th | | 1995 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32nd | | 1996 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13th | | 1997 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4th | | 1998 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 5th | | 1999 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 5th | | 2000 | 34 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 3rd | | 2001 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 10th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ward Burton #22 - Caterpillar Owner: Bill Davis Hometown: South Boston, VA Team: Bill Davis Racing Birthdate: October 25, 1961 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1994 Paintjobs: 2003 Caterpillar 2003 ACERT 2003 CAT Rental Store 2003 Caterpillar Test Car 2002 Caterpillar 2002 Flames 2001 Caterpillar 2001 Wildlife Foundation 2002 Daytona 500 winner, Ward Burton, had an up-and-down season this year, most of them are engine problems. Ward can take the car to the front if it wasn't for those. A native from South Boston and an older brother to Jeff. Ward's first win came in 1995 at The Rock (Rockingham) and he added 4 more after that. Look for Ward in a new team for the 2004 season as he and Bill Davis terminated the contract for the #22. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1994 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 35th | | 1995 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22nd | | 1996 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33rd | | 1997 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24th | | 1998 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 9th | | 2000 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10th | | 2001 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14th | | 2002 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 25th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21st | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kurt Busch #97 - Sharpie Owner: Georgetta Roush Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Team: Roush Racing Birthdate: August 4, 1978 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 2001 Paintjobs: 2003 Rubbermaid/Sharpie 2003 Blue Ice 2003 Rubbermaid Commercial 2003 Irwin Paint 2003 Sharpie 2003 Rubbermaid/Sharpie Test Car 2002 Rubbermaid/Sharpie 2002 Rubbermaid 2002 Sharpie 2002 Little Tikes 2001 Sharpie/Rubbermaid Kurt started back in 2000 in the #97 car sponsored by John Deere. He was one of the rookie candidates in 2001 and grabbed 3rd place in rookie standings and 27th in point standings. Kurt's 2002 season has improved alot and I MEAN alot. His first win came at Bristol spring race and then won 3 of the last 5 races of the 2002 season and ended up 3rd place in points standings. Kurt hoped to perform better this year for him and the #97 team. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48th | | 2001 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27th | | 2002 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 3rd | | 2003 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 11th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ricky Craven #32 - Tide Owner: Cal Wells III Hometown: Bangor, ME Team: PPI Motorsports Birthdate: May 24, 1966 Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Rookie Year: 1995 Paintjobs: 2003 Tide 2003 Tide with Bleach 2003 Tide Test Car The first NASCAR Thunder game doesn't have Ricky Craven, but he is in the second one though! I'm sure the fans of Craven are very happy and will be able to use him as their driver. A native from Maine joined PPI Motorsports and the #32 car back in 2001, which is the year Ricky won his first Winston Cup race in Martinsville. Ricky did not add any more win in the 2002 season but finsihed 15th in standings with 3 top 5s and 9 top 10s. In the 2003 season, the first half of the season, Ricky was having a spectacular run and was inside the top 10 in points. He also had a win at Darlington as what was to be the most memorable race and the shortest margin from 2nd place of .002 second. Craven beat Busch by an inch to the finish line after a wild few laps towards the end of the race. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1995 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24th | | 1996 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20th | | 1997 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 19th | | 1998 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46th | | 1999 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st | | 2000 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th | | 2001 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21st | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15th | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 27th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale Earnhardt (Legend) #3 - GM Goodwrench Owner: Richard Childress Team: RCR Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Paintjobs: Legacy GM Goodwrench GM Goodwrench Plus Coca Cola GM Goodwrench Silver Bass Pro Shops Wrangler Oreo The Man in Black, The Intimidator, Ironhead, whatever you call him, Dale is one of the greatest racers of all time in NASCAR history. A native from Kannapolis, North Carolina was known for his rough racing style and his sly grin. He won 76 times, which placed him 6th in the all time win list. He died in the final turn of the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1978 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 43rd | | 1979 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 7th | | 1980 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 1st | | 1981 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 7th | | 1982 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12th | | 1983 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 8th | | 1984 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 4th | | 1985 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8th | | 1986 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 1st | | 1987 | 29 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 1st | | 1988 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 3rd | | 1989 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2nd | | 1990 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 1st | | 1991 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 1st | | 1992 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 12th | | 1993 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 1st | | 1994 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 1st | | 1995 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 2nd | | 1996 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 4th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 5th | | 1998 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 8th | | 1999 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 7th | | 2000 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 2nd | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (BUSCH) #8 - Nabisco Owner: Richard Childress Team: RCR Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale Earnhardt Jr. #8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Owner: Teresa Earnhardt Hometown: Mooresville, NC Team: DEI Birthdate: October 10, 1974 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 2000 Paintjobs: 2003 Dale Jr. 2003 Dale Jr. Test Car 2002 Dale Jr. 2001 Dale Jr. The son of the late Dale Earnhardt and half brother of Kerry Earnhardt. When Dale Sr. died in the Daytona 500, Dale Jr. came back to the same track in the night race and won the race, it was one of the most memorable races. Junior looks to be the dominator of restrictor plate races now along with teammate Michael Waltrip. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1999 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | | 2000 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16th | | 2001 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8th | | 2002 | 36 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 11th | | 2003 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 3rd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Elliott #9 - UAW/Dodge Dealers Owner: Ray Evernham Hometown: Dawsonville, GA Team: Evernham Motorsports Birthdate: October 8, 1955 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1976 Paintjobs: 2003 Dodge Dealers 2003 Brickyard 400 2003 Dodge Dealers Test Car 2002 Dodge Dealers 2002 Muppets 2001 Dodge Dealers Awesome Bill from Dawsonville! Bill has been in the Winston Cup series for a long time and he has been voted NASCAR's most popular driver 15 times. In 2001, Bill got his first win since 1994, and finished up 15th in point standings. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1976 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1977 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | | 1978 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ? | | 1979 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ? | | 1980 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ? | | 1981 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ? | | 1982 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 25th | | 1983 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 3rd | | 1984 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 3rd | | 1985 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 2nd | | 1986 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 4th | | 1987 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 2nd | | 1988 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 1st | | 1989 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6th | | 1990 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 4th | | 1991 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11th | | 1992 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2nd | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 8th | | 1994 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 10th | | 1995 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8th | | 1996 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 8th | | 1998 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21st | | 2000 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21st | | 2001 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15th | | 2002 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13th | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 9th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christian Fittipaldi #43 - Cheerios Owner: Richard Petty Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Team: Petty Enterprises Birthdate: January 18, 1971 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 2003 Paintjobs: 2003 Cheerios 2003 Cheerios Berry Burst Cheerios 2003 Box Tops for Education 2003 Pillsbury 2003 Cheerios Test Car 2002 Cheerios 2002 Grands 2002 Honey Nut Cheerios 2002 Chex 2001 Hamburger Helper ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2003 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coy Gibbs (BUSCH) #18 - MBNA Owner: Joe Gibbs Team: Joe Gibbs Racing Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Paintjobs: 2003 MBNA Son of the former football coach, Joe Gibbs. Coy will be one of the rookie candidates for the 2003 season and he is having an good season so far. He is driving the #18 MBNA Chevrolet in the Busch Series. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2002 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61st | | 2003 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Gordon #24 - DuPont Owner: Rick Hendrick Hometown: Vallejo, CA Team: Hendrick Motorsports Birthdate: August 4, 1971 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1993 Paintjobs: 2003 Dupont 2003 Looney Tunes 2003 Pepsi 2003 First Flight 2003 DuPont Test Car 2002 Looney Tunes 2002 DuPont 200th 2001 Looney Tunes The Wonder Boy has 61 wins and 5 championships and still counting, even though he is just in his 10th year in the Winston Cup series. Most of the people know who drive the #24 DuPont and the color scheme thats on it, Jeff decided to add the flame for the 2001 year. DuPont has reached its 200th year and Jeff ran a special paint scheme for the 2002 Daytona 500, oh yeah, and he was the 1997 and 1999 Daytona 500 winner! ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 14th | | 1994 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 8th | | 1995 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 1st | | 1996 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 2nd | | 1997 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 1st | | 1998 | 33 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 1st | | 1999 | 34 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6th | | 2000 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 9th | | 2001 | 36 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1st | | 2002 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 4th | | 2003 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 4th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robby Gordon #31 - Cingular Wireless Owner: Richard Childress Hometown: Cerritos, CA Team: RCR Birthdate: January 2, 1969 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1997 Paintjobs: 2003 Cingular Wireless 2003 FDNY 2003 Cingular Reverse-Out 2003 Cingular Wireless Test Car 2002 Looney Tunes 2002 Reverse-Out A talented road racer with 3 wins, two of them came at both road courses in the 2003 season, came in late in the 2001 season to fill in for Mike Skinner. During that season, Robby won the New Hampshire race that was postponed to the last race of the season. In 2003, Robby has proved himself that he isn't just a road racer and that he can drive on oval and tri-oval tracks. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55th | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94th | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76th | | 1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57th | | 1997 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40th | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67th | | 2000 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 43rd | | 2001 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20th | | 2003 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tina Gordon (BUSCH) #22 Tina Gordon Owner: ? Hometown: Team: ? Birthdate: Make: Paintjobs: 2003 Tina Gordon A surprise addition to this year's roster, Tina Gordon. So far, Tina has only raced twice, one in 2001 and another in 2003. She got a 10th place effort at the spring Talladega 2003 race. ______________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151st | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 110th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Green (BUSCH) #37 Owner: Clarence Brewer Team: Brewco Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Paintjobs: 2003 Timberwolf The 1994 Busch Series champion, David Green, will be behind the wheel of the #37 Timberwolf Pontiac for the 2003 season. He looks to be having an impressive season so far. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96th | | 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85th | | 1991 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13th | | 1993 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 3rd | | 1994 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 1st | | 1995 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12th | | 1996 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 2nd | | 1998 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26th | | 1999 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 27th | | 2000 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9th | | 2001 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13th | | 2002 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 40th | | 2003 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 2nd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Green #1 - Pennzoil Owner: Teresa Earnhardt Hometown: Owensboro, KY Team: DEI Birthdate: September 6, 1962 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1997 Paintjobs: 2003 Pennzoil 2003 Pennzoil Test Car 2002 Pennzoil 2001 Pennzoil Green, the 2000 Busch Series champion, came into the 2002 with a full-time ride under Childress to pilot the #30 Chevrolet. Halfway into the 2003 season, Jeff got released from the #30 AOL, just a couple hours after Steve Park got released from his #1 Pennzoil ride and they both "swapped" rides. Jeff is the youngest of the three Green brothers. David (the oldest) was the 1994 Busch Series champion and he is the driver of the #37 Timberwolf in the Busch Series. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51st | | 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49th | | 1997 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 39th | | 1998 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60th | | 2001 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17th | | 2003 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Grubb #26 - Dr. Pepper Owner: Dave Carroll Hometown: Mechanicsville, VA Team: Carroll Racing Birthdate: April 19, 1978 Make: Dodge Intrepid Paintjobs: 2003 Dr. Pepper ______________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1997 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79th | | 1998 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 35th | | 1999 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17th | | 2000 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13th | | 2001 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14th | | 2002 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 24th | | 2003 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Harvick #29 - GM Goodwrench Owner: Richard Childress Hometown: Bakersfield, CA Team: RCR Birthdate: December 8, 1975 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 2001 Paintjobs: 2003 GM Goodwrench 2003 Shootout 2003 Snap On 2003 GM Goodwrench Test Car 2002 GM Goodwrench 2002 Looney Tunes 2002 Now Sell Tires! 2001 GM Goodwrench 2001 Looney Tunes 2001 America Online Taking over the seat for the late Dale Earnhardt, Harvick has proved that he was the dominant rookie in the 2001 season with 2 wins (the 1st was on his 3rd race) and finished 9th in the point standings. In the 2002 season, Kevin Harvick was in a sophomore slump and finished 21st in point standings, but at least he got a win. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2001 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 9th | | 2002 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21st | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 5th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Harvick (BUSCH) #21 - Payday Owner: Richard Childress Team: RCR Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo In 2003, Kevin Harvick will share the driving duty for the #21 Payday Chevrolet with Johnny Sauter. Johnny Sauter is piloting both this #21 and the #43 Channellock for the Busch series. BUSCH STATS- ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2001 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 1st | | 2002 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64th | | 2003 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 16th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Hornaday #2 - AC Delco Owner: Richard Childress Team: RCR Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Ron Jr. gets the driving duty for the #2 AC Delco for the 2003 season. He is known to be the king of restarts and he can pass a few cars at every restart he is in. Hornaday looks to be having an impressive season so far in the Busch Series as he is sitting in the top 5 in points. BUSCH STATS- ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61st | | 1999 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68th | | 2000 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5th | | 2001 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 36th | | 2002 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18th | | 2003 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 3rd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale Jarrett #88 - UPS Owner: Robert Yates Hometown: Conover, NC Team: RYR Birthdate: November 26, 1956 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 1987 Paintjobs: 2003 UPS 2003 Early Season UPS 2003 UPS Test Car 2002 UPS 2002 Muppets 2001 UPS Flames DJ has been in the Winston Cup series for almost 20 years, plus, he is a second generation driver. His dad, Ned, has 50 wins and Dale has 31 as of the end of 2003 season. Dale got his first win in Michigan back in 1991 in the Wood Brothers #21 car. Dale is currently driving the #88 UPS truck, I mean, CAR! ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1987 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26th | | 1988 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd | | 1989 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24th | | 1990 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 25th | | 1991 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17th | | 1992 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19th | | 1993 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 4th | | 1994 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16th | | 1995 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 13th | | 1996 | 31 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 3rd | | 1997 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 2nd | | 1998 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3rd | | 1999 | 34 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 1st | | 2000 | 34 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 4th | | 2001 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5th | | 2002 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 9th | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 26th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jimmie Johnson #48 - Lowe's Home Impovement Owner: Rick Hendrick & Jeff Gordon Warehouse Team: Hendrick Motorsports Hometown: El Cajon, CA Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Birthdate: September 17, 1975 Rookie Year: 2002 Paintjobs: 2003 Lowe's 2003 Power of Pride 2003 Lowe's Test Car 2002 Lowe's 2002 Looney Tunes 2002 Power of Pride One of the rookie candidates for the 2002 season, Jimmie Johnson has proved himself a better racer than Gordon, just joking. Although, it surprised me that Johnson got as high as 2nd place in standings and he is still hanging in the top 5s in the point standings. As of the end of 2002 season, Jimmie won 3 times with 6 top 5s and 21 top 10s and he ended up 5th in point standings... but he lost the Rookie of the Year award to Ryan Newman. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52nd | | 2002 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 5th | | 2003 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 2nd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Junior Johnson (LEGEND) #3 - Junior Johnson Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Kenseth #17 - DeWalt Power Tools Owner: Mark Martin Hometown: Cambridge, WI Team: Roush Racing Birthdate: March 10, 1972 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 2000 Paintjobs: 2003 DeWalt 2003 Million Dollar Challenge 2003 DeWalt Test Car 2002 DeWalt 2002 AT&T 2002 Million Dollar Challenge 2001 DeWalt The #17 team is known to have the world's fastest pit crew but he isn't in the Pit Point Standings because of sponsorship, he would probably easily win it if it wasn't for the sponsor. Matt was the 2000 Rookie of the Year and his best season came in 2002 where he tallied up 5 wins and finished 8th in point standings. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49th | | 1999 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57th | | 2000 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13th | | 2002 | 36 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8th | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 1st | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Kulwicki (LEGEND) #7 - Alan Kulwicki Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Ford Taurus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Labonte #18 - Interstate Batteries Owner: Joe Gibbs Hometown: Corpus Christi, TX Team: Joe Gibbs Racing Birthdate: May 8, 1964 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1993 Paintjobs: 2003 Interstate Batteries 2003 Hulk 2003 Interstate Batteries Test Car 2002 Interstate Batteries 2002 Muppets 2001 Interstate Batteries 2001 Jurassic Park 3 2001 Coca-Cola Polar Bear 2000 MLB All-Star Game 2000 Frankenstein 1999 NASCAR Racers 1998 Small Soldiers The younger brother of Terry also won a championship, he did it back in 2000, with 4 wins, 19 top 5s and 24 top 10s. Bobby entered the 2003 season with a new paint scheme and a new car, and so did his teammate, Tony Stewart and their owner is the former football head coach, Joe Gibbs. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10th | | 1994 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21st | | 1995 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 10th | | 1996 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11th | | 1997 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 7th | | 1998 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 6th | | 1999 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 2nd | | 2000 | 34 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 1st | | 2001 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 6th | | 2002 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16th | | 2003 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 8th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Terry Labonte #5 - Kellogg's Owner: Rick Hendrick Hometown: Corpus Christi, TX Team: Hendrick Motorsports Birthdate: November 16, 1956 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1979 Paintjobs: 2003 Kellogg's 2003 Cheez-It 2003 Got Milk? 2002 Looney Tunes 2001 Mini Wheats 2001 Looney Tunes Texas Terry Labonte is a two-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, one in 1984 and another in 1996. Terry was the NASCAR Winston Cup record holder for consecutive starts with 655 which ended in 2000. He is currently driving Tony the Tiger orange stripped #5 car, he used to drive the yellow and red Corn Flakes car for a while. Another one of his nicknames is "The Iceman." ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1978 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 39th | | 1979 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10th | | 1980 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 8th | | 1981 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 4th | | 1982 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 3rd | | 1983 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 5th | | 1984 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 1st | | 1985 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 7th | | 1986 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12th | | 1987 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 3rd | | 1988 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 4th | | 1989 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10th | | 1990 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15th | | 1991 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18th | | 1992 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 8th | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18th | | 1994 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7th | | 1995 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6th | | 1996 | 31 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 1st | | 1997 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 6th | | 1998 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 9th | | 1999 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12th | | 2000 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23rd | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24th | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elmo Langley (LEGEND) #64 - Elmo Langley Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Ford Taurus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ashton Lewis Jr. (BUSCH) #46 - Civil Air Patrol Owner: William Lewis Team: Lewis Motorsports Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Another one of the Busch Series regulars, Ashton is entering his 2nd season with Civil Air Patrol in the #46 Chevrolet. Last year, Lewis finished 17th with 4 top 5s and 11 top 10s. BUSCH STATS- ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97th | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85th | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84th | | 1998 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53rd | | 2000 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51st | | 2001 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20th | | 2002 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17th | | 2003 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tiny Lund (LEGEND) 55 - Tiny Lund Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Dodge Intrepid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sterling Marlin #40 - Sterling Marlin Owner: Chip Ganassi Hometown: Franklin, TN Team: Chip Ganassi Racing Birthdate: June 30, 1957 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1983 Paintjobs: 2003 Sterling Marlin 2003 Sterling Marlin Test Car 2002 Sterling Marlin 2001 Sterling Marlin Sterling has been around in the Winston Cup series for quite a long time and he is still as good as he can be. He has never won a championship but finished 3rd twice. A two-time Daytona 500 winner (back-to-back in 1994 and 1995) collected 2 wins in the 2002 season and would probably have won his first championship if it wasn't for a devastating crash at Kansas Speedway that ended his season. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | | 1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1980 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | | 1981 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1983 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th | | 1984 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37th | | 1985 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | | 1986 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 36th | | 1987 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11th | | 1988 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 10th | | 1989 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12th | | 1990 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14th | | 1991 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 7th | | 1992 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 10th | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15th | | 1994 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14th | | 1995 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 3rd | | 1996 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25th | | 1998 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16th | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19th | | 2001 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 3rd | | 2002 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Martin #6 - Pfizer Owner: Jack Roush Hometown: Batesville, AR Team: Roush Racing Birthdate January 9, 1959 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 1982 Paintjobs: 2003 Pfizer 2003 Kraft 2003 Reverse 2003 Pfizer Test Car 2002 Pfizer 2002 Kraft Tombstone Mark Martin has never won a championship, but came 2nd 4 times. Mark leads the Busch Series in wins with 45, but he has never won a championship there either, when will he win one? ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1981 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42nd | | 1982 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14th | | 1983 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30th | | 1986 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48th | | 1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1988 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15th | | 1989 | 29 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 3rd | | 1990 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 2nd | | 1991 | 29 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 6th | | 1992 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 6th | | 1993 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 3rd | | 1994 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 2nd | | 1995 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 4th | | 1996 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 5th | | 1997 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 3rd | | 1998 | 33 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 2nd | | 1999 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 3rd | | 2000 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 8th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12th | | 2002 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 2nd | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeremy Mayfield #19 - Dodge Dealers Owner: Ray Evernham Hometown: Owensboro, KY Team: Evernham Motorsports Birthdate: May 27, 1969 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1994 Paintjobs: 2003 Dodge Dealers 2003 Mountain Dew 2003 Dodge Dealers Test Car 2002 Dodge Dealers 2002 Muppets 2002 Mountain Dew Beside his funny commercials, Jeremy is a good racer with 3 wins in his career. He got released from the #12 car late in the 2001 season. Jeremy is also from Owensboro, Kentucky where the Green and the Waltrip brothers are from. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1994 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | | 1995 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31st | | 1996 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13th | | 1998 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 7th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11th | | 2000 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24th | | 2001 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 35th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 26th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 19th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jamie McMurray #42 - Havoline Owner: Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Hometown: Joplin, MO Team: Chip Ganassi Racing Birthdate: June 4, 1976 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 2003 Paintjob: 2003 Havoline 2003 Havoline Test Car ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2002 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Casey Mears #41 - Target Owner: Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Hometown: Bakersfield, CA Team: Chip Ganassi Racing Birthdate: March 12, 1978 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 2003 Paintjobs: 2003 Target 2003 Target Test Car 2002 Muppets Kind of surprised to see the car owner picked Casey Mears to pilot the #41 Target car. Casey was a former Indy driver and so was his uncle Rick Mears. Mears has never raced in a Winston Cup and he was just in his first full season last year in the Busch series where he finished 21st in point standings. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chase Montgomery (BUSCH) #27 - Trim Spa Owner: Clarence Brewer Hometown: ? Team: Brewco Motorsports Birthdate: ? Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Paintjobs: 2003 Trim Spa Chase only ran several races for this team before another driver took over because of a deal he was offered for the 2003 season. He posted a top 10 at the first race of his Busch career at Daytona. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2003 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41st | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerry Nadeau #01 - U.S. Army Owner: MB2 Motorsports Hometown: Danbury, CT Team: MB2 Motorsports Birthdate: September 9, 1970 Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Rookie Year: 1998 Paintjobs: 2003 U.S. Army 2003 USG 2003 U.S. Army Camo 2003 U.S. Army Test Car Jerry Nadeau got released from the #25 car early in the 2002 season (Nemechek is the driver now). He has only one win in his career and it first came in Atlanta in 2000 fall race, he almost won at the same place in 2001 but he ran out of fuel in the final lap. Jerry is currently driving the #01 U.S. Army Pontiac owned by the MB2 Motorsports Recently, Jerry was in a devastating wreck during practice at Richmond that put him in a hospital. Mike Wallace will be substituting for Nadeau while Nadeau is trying to recover as quickly as possible to get back in racing again. Boris Said will take care of the road courses and Mike Skinner who just got released form the #4 Kodak will handle some races and Joe Nemechek will be behind the wheel for the remaining 4 races. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54th | | 1998 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34th | | 2000 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17th | | 2002 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37th | | 2003 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Nemechek #25 - UAW-Delphi Owner: Rick Hendrick Hometown: Lakeland, FL Team: Hendrick Motorsports Birthdate: September 26, 1963 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1994 Paintjobs: 2003 UAW-Delphi 2003 Looney Tunes 2003 Uncle Kracker 2002 Looney Tunes Joe got the ride in the #25 after team owner released Nadeau from the car in 2002. Nemechek will try to turn the #25 car around and bring it to the front as best as he can and so far in the 2003 season, he has done it in the first several races. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1993 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th | | 1994 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27th | | 1995 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28th | | 1996 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34th | | 1997 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28th | | 1998 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 26th | | 1999 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30th | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15th | | 2001 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28th | | 2002 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34th | | 2003 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 25th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ryan Newman #12 - ALLTEL Owner: Roger Penske Hometown: South Bend, IN Team: Penske Racing Birthdate: December 8, 1977 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 2002 Paintjobs: 2003 Alltel 2003 Mobil 2003 Sony 2003 Alltel Test Car 2002 Mobil 1 2002 Sony Wega 2002 ALLTEL Ryan is the 2002 Rookie of the Year, The Winston, and the fall New Hampshire race winner. As of the end of the 2002 season, Ryan tallied 14 top 5s that made him the Rookie of the Year and 22 top 10s with that. Newman and the #12 ALLTEL Dodge finished 6th in point standings last year. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70th | | 2001 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49th | | 2002 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 6th | | 2003 | 36 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Park #30 - America Online Owner: Richard Childress Hometown: East Northport, NY Team: RCR Birthdate: August 23, 1967 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1998 Paintjobs: 2003 America Online 2003 Looney Tunes 2003 America Online Test Car 2002 America Online 2002 Looney Tunes 2001 Looney Tunes Beside the horrible accident and the long recovery he went through, Steve is a good racer with several wins with him (first one came at Watkins Glen). Halfway into the 2003 season, Steve got released from the #1 Chevrolet and fill in the open seat for the #30 AOL Chevrolet not too long after Jeff Green got released from that ride. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51st | | 1998 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14th | | 2000 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11th | | 2001 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 32nd | | 2002 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33rd | | 2003 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32nd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benny Parsons (LEGEND) #50 - TNT Owner: NBC/TNT Sports Team: ? Make: Pontiac Paintjobs: 2003 NBC Sports 2003 TNT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kyle Petty #45 - Georigia Pacific/Brawny Owner: Pattie Petty Hometown: Randleman, NC Team: Petty Enterprises Birthdate: June 2, 1960 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1980 Paintjobs: 2003 Georgia Pacific 2003 Brawny 2003 Georgia Pacific Test Car 2002 Sprint PCS 2002 Charity Ride 2001 Charity Ride A 3rd generation driver with a famous last name, Kyle has never won a championship, but he has 8 wins in his career. He lost his son and he has been going through tough time through the 2000 and 2001 season, he came back in the 2002 season with some strong finishes and the 2003 season looks to be good again for him. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1979 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37th | | 1980 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28th | | 1981 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12th | | 1982 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15th | | 1983 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13th | | 1984 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16th | | 1985 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 9th | | 1986 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10th | | 1987 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7th | | 1988 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13th | | 1989 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 30th | | 1990 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11th | | 1991 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31st | | 1992 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 5th | | 1993 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5th | | 1994 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15th | | 1995 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 30th | | 1996 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15th | | 1998 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th | | 1999 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26th | | 2000 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41st | | 2001 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22nd | | 2003 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Petty (LEGEND) #43 - STP Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Dodge Intrepid Paintjobs: 2003 STP 2002 Petty Dodge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ricky Rudd #21 - Motorcraft Owner: Glen Wood, Eddie Wood, Len Wood Hometown: Chesapeake, VA Team: Wood Brothers Racing Birthdate: September 12, 1956 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 1977 Paintjobs: 2003 Motorcraft 2003 Motorcraft Test Car 1977 Rookie of the Year, Ricky Rudd came so close to winning his first championship in 2001. With 22 wins in his career, can Ricky have another successful season and win his first championship soon? Ricky Rudd will be piloting the #21 Motorcraft Ford with a new paintjob and the car is owned by the famous Wood Brothers. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1975 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | | 1976 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | | 1977 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17th | | 1978 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ? | | 1979 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 9th | | 1980 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ? | | 1981 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 6th | | 1982 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 9th | | 1983 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 9th | | 1984 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 7th | | 1985 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 6th | | 1986 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 5th | | 1987 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6th | | 1988 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11th | | 1989 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 8th | | 1990 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 7th | | 1991 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 2nd | | 1992 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 7th | | 1993 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 10th | | 1994 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 5th | | 1995 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 9th | | 1996 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 6th | | 1997 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17th | | 1998 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22nd | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 31st | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 5th | | 2001 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 4th | | 2002 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 23rd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elliott Sadler #38 - M&M's Owner: Robert Yates Hometown: Emporia, VA Team: RYR Birthdate: April 30, 1975 Make: Ford Taurus Rookie Year: 1999 Paintjobs: 2003 M&M's 2003 M&M's Test Car With a little driver exchange from Ricky Rudd to the #21 and Sadler to the #38, Sadler will be with Yates in the #38 Ford with M&M's as their sponsor. Elliott has only one career win, which came in Bristol spring race in 2001. He have a brother, Hermie, who will be in a some races this year. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th | | 2000 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th | | 2001 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 23rd | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 22nd | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hermie Sadler #02 - Go Team VA Owner: Hermie Sadler Hometown: Emporia, VA Team: Sadler Motorsports Birthdate: April 24, 1969 Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Rookie Year: 2002 Paintjobs: 2003 Go Team VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ken Schrader #49 - BAM Racing Owner: Elizabeth Morganthau Hometown: Fenton, MO Team: BAM Racing Birthdate: May 29, 1955 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1985 Paintjobs: 2003 BAM 2003 CALL ATT Schrader is behind the wheel of the #49 BAM Racing, but he hasn't had a win in a long time. Schrader has 4 wins and came as far as finishing 4th in point standings, but that was back in 1994, will he will able to finish in the top 10 in points again? ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1984 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53rd | | 1985 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16th | | 1986 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16th | | 1987 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10th | | 1988 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 5th | | 1989 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 5th | | 1990 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 10th | | 1991 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 9th | | 1992 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17th | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 9th | | 1994 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 4th | | 1995 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17th | | 1996 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10th | | 1998 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15th | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th | | 2001 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | | 2003 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Skinner #4 - Kodak Max Films Owner: Mark McClure & Tim Morgan Team: Morgan-McClure Motorsports Make: Pontiac Monte Carlo Paintjobs: 2003 KODAK MAX Film 2003 Easy Share 2002 KODAK MAX Film 2002 Looney Tunes Skinner was the first Craftsman Truck Series champion, he took the championship in 1995 and he has 16 wins in the series as well. He started racing full-time in the Winston Cup series back in 1997. His best year came in 1999 when he has no win, but 5 top 5s and 14 top 10s. He has never won a race, but several non-point races. Skinner and the #4 car will be driving a Pontiac Grand Prix for the 2003 season and a new paintjob for them as well. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1986 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1996 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47th | | 1997 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30th | | 1998 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 21st | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10th | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12th | | 2001 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31st | | 2003 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack Sprague #0 - NetZero Owner: Gene Haas Howntown: Spring Lake, MI Team: ? Birthdate: August 8, 1964 Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Paintjobs: 2003 NetZero Jack will be the driver of the #0 NetZero Pontiac for the 2003 season and he is also one of the rookie candidates. Jack has raced in the Winston Cup before and he finished 5th in Busch Series point standings last year. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 2003 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Stewart #20 - Home Depot Owner: Joe Gibbs Hometown: Rushville, IN Team: Joe Gibbs Racing Birthdate: May 20, 1971 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1999 Paintjobs: 2003 Home Depot 2003 Declaration 2003 Home Depot Test Car 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion 2002 Home Depot 2002 Snoopy (Peanuts) 2001 Home Depot 2001 Jurassic Park 3 2001 Coca-Cola Polar Bear 2000 Kid's Workshop 1999 Habitat for Humanity Tony is known for his temper, but he is a great racer with 15 wins in just 4 years. Tony and the #20 Home Depot team switched to Chevrolet this year along with teammate Bobby Labonte and his #18 team. Tony was the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup champion! ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1999 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 4th | | 2000 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6th | | 2001 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 2nd | | 2002 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 1st | | 2003 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 7th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Vickers (BUSCH) #5 - GMAC Owner: Ricky Hendrick Hometown: Thomasville, NC Team: Hendrick Motorsports Birthdate: October 24, 1983 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Paintjobs: 2003 GMAC Brian Vickers is only 19-year old and he got one of the top rides in the Busch Series. He took over the #5 GMAC Chevrolet owned by Ricky Hendrick. The owner retired last year after a wreck he was involved in and that got him injured for weeks and forced him to retire at an early age. ______________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2001 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72nd | | 2002 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30th | | 2003 | 34 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 1st | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kenny Wallace #23 - Stacker 2 Owner: Gail Davis Hometown: St. Louis, MO Team: Bill Davis Racing Birthdate: August 23, 1963 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1993 Paintjobs: 2003 Stacker 2 The youngest of the three Wallace brothers who all hailed from St. Louis, Missouri. Kenny, a comical guy, got a full-time ride to pilot the #23 Stacker 2 Dodge for Bill Davis Racing. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1991 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23rd | | 1994 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 40th | | 1995 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | | 1996 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th | | 1997 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33rd | | 1998 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31st | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22nd | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26th | | 2001 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 39th | | 2002 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rusty Wallace #2 - Team Rusty Owner: Roger Penske Hometown: St. Louis, MO Team: Penske Racing Birthdate: August 14, 1956 Make: Dodge Intrepid Rookie Year: 1984 Paintjobs: 2003 Team Rusty 2003 Team Rusty Test Car 2002 Team Rusty 2002 Elvis 2002 Harley-Davidson Rusty was the 1984 Rookie of the Year. He got 54 wins and 1 championship in his long racing career. Rusty also have 2 younger brothers, Mike and Kenny. Mike is currently driving in the #14 Conseco owned by A.J. Foyt and Kenny will be in the #23 Stackers next year (full-time). At the end of 2002, his 16-year winning streak ended, but Rusty remained as one of the top drivers in NASCAR. Rusty and the #2 Miller Lite switched over to Dodge for the 2003 season along with teammate Ryan Newman and his #12 team. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1980 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | | 1981 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | | 1982 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1984 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14th | | 1985 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19th | | 1986 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6th | | 1987 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 5th | | 1988 | 29 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 2nd | | 1989 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1st | | 1990 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 6th | | 1991 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 10th | | 1992 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13th | | 1993 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 2nd | | 1994 | 31 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 3rd | | 1995 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 5th | | 1996 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 7th | | 1997 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 9th | | 1998 | 33 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 4th | | 1999 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 8th | | 2000 | 34 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 7th | | 2001 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 7th | | 2002 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 7th | | 2003 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Waltrip #15 - NAPA Owner: Teresa Earnhardt Hometown: Owensboro, KY Team: DEI Birthdate: April 30, 1963 Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rookie Year: 1986 Paintjobs: 2003 NAPA 2003 Nilla 2003 Stars and Stripes 2003 NAPA Test Car 2002 NAPA 2002 Stars & Stripes 2001 NAPA A native from Owensboro and the younger brother of Ol' DW (Darrell Waltrip). Mikey has been racing in the Winston Cup series for a long time and his first win came in the 2001 Daytona 500 in his first race in the #15 NAPA owned by the late Dale Earnhardt, he did it again in the 2002 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) race. Michael looks to be a restrictor plate dominator along with teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. and is always a threat at the plate race. ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 1985 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | | 1986 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th | | 1987 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th | | 1988 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18th | | 1989 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th | | 1990 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16th | | 1991 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15th | | 1992 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23rd | | 1993 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17th | | 1994 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12th | | 1995 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12th | | 1996 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14th | | 1997 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th | | 1998 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17th | | 1999 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29th | | 2000 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27th | | 2001 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 24th | | 2002 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14st | | 2003 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15th | |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Waltrip (BUSCH) #99 - Aaron's Owner: Elizabeth (Buffy) Waltrip Team: Michael Waltrip Racing Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Wawak (LEGEND) #36 - Bobby Wawak Owner: ? Team: ? Make: Chevrolet Monte Carlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott Wimmer (BUSCH) #23 - Stacker 2 Owner: Gail Davis Hometown: Wassau, WI Team: Bill Davis Racing Birthdate: January 26, 1976 Make: Pontiac Grand Prix Paintjobs: 2003 Stacker 2 Wimmer is entering in his 3rd season with Bill Davis Racing. He won 4 races in the last 8 events last year and that made him finish 3rd in point standings. Scott is hoping to perform better in 2003. BUSCH STATS- ____________________________________________________________________ | Year | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Pt. Standings | | 2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78th | | 2001 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11th | | 2002 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 3rd | | 2003 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9th |____________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cale Yarborough (LEGEND) #28 - Cale Yarborough Owner: Team: Make: Ford Taurus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fantasy Drivers #56 - EA SPORTS #121 - Barney Hall #127 - Joe Moore #130 - Buster Auton ============================================================================== Lightning Challenge ============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rookie ---------------- Hold 'em off (Rookie) Subway 500 Martinsville Speedway Kurt Busch Johnny Benson was all over Kurt Busch's bumper in the closing laps of the 2002 Martinsville race, but could not make the pass giving Busch the win. Hold off Benson with 6 to go for the win. [ ] Stay above 10th or better [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You have to play defense here at the short "paper clip" track. Johnny Benson will be right on your back bumper and you have to keep him behind you. If you can't hold him off for the first several laps, try to finish in the top 10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kissing the bricks (Rookie) Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Bill Elliott Bill Elliott passed Rusty Wallace late in the 2002 Indianapolis race and went onto win for the second straight week. With 2 to go, can you get past Rusty and Matt Kenseth to win Indy? [ ] Finish 1st [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay on the track [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: You can try and press "R2" to draft with Rusty Wallace or Matt Kenseth who are up in front of you on the back straightway. If you passed them both on the 1st/2nd turn, then just have a nice and steady ride one more time around the track. Try to brake frequently entering the 1st turn and 3rd turn from leaving the two long straightaways. If you do not brake frequently, your car may skid out of track and you ending up not beating this challenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chrome Horn (Rookie) Sharpie 500 Bristol Motor Speedway Jeff Gordon During the final 3 laps of the 2002 Sharpie 500, Jeff Gordon bumped his way past Rusty Wallace to take the lead. Once again, be agressive to get by Rusty and win the race. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You got 3 laps left, so make your move and try to get Rusty Wallace lose in the turns and drive under him to pass him. You may also battle some lapped/about to be lapped cars, so try not to make a wrong move like slowing down greatly which could cause Wallace to catch you and may pass you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Out in clean air (Rookie) Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington Raceway Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon easily won the 2002 Darlington race with almost a 2 second leasd over Ryan Newman. Starting with a caution restart on lap 238, take the lead by lap 240 to win the challenge. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You will start off on a double-file restart. Try to draft with Ryan Newman on the first lap or if you are clear low and you are right on Newman's bumper, you can drive down and go to the inside of him. Once you get clear off him, run around the track one more time with the lead lap cars behind you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Every drop counts (Rookie) Tropicana 400 Chicagoland Speedway Kevin Harvick A fuel mileage gamble during the final caution paid off by moving Kevin Harvick up 8 spots on his way to a 2002 Tropicana 400 win. Survive the final 3 laps and win without running out of fuel. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: I am not totally sure how old the tires are, but I seemed to be fine that I beat the challenge. You will be driving as Kevin Harvick with very low fuel and you will have to run around the Chicagoland track 3 times. I doubt you will be out of gas towards the last lap unless you were using the gas a lot. Brake frequently when entering turn 1 and 3, and since Chicagoland has a long and wide corners, you can step on the accelerator after you slowed down entering the turns. Try to keep Jeff Gordon and co. behind you as you go for the win. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Second time's a charm (Rookie) UAW-GM Quality 500 Lowe's Motor Speedway Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray made history by winning the 2002 Lowe's race and became the quickest winner in the modern NASCAR era. Hold off Bobby Labonte's charge with 2 laps to go to take the win again. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: This is one of the memorable races where Sterling Marlin was hurt and Jamie McMurray was a substitute driver and Lowe's being his 2nd career cup race and he won it. Bobby Labonte will be right on your tailgate while you go around this track two times. Try to make 2 good quick laps around the track while holding off B. Labonte and J. Gordon and give Jamie his 2nd win. You may have trouble exiting Lowe's Turn 4 because you will be on the gas coming out of the turn and the wall will be right there to your right, so keep the steering wheel to the left as far as you can to avoid making contact with the wall. If you make contact with that Turn 4 wall, it could reduce your speed and Bobby Labonte will take the win and not you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So close... (Rookie) Dodge Save Mart 350 Infineon Raceway Jerry Nadeau Jerry Nadeau was in position to win the 2002 Infineon race when the rear-end broke with 3 laps remaining. This time the car will hold together. Hold off Ricky Rudd with one to go for the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Remember, Infineon is a road course track and you may be inexperienced or have raced on this track the previous games. Every turns on this tracks are dangerous, so you will be using the brake a lot and you also will be jerking the wheel left and right. You have a huge lead, plenty of time for you to make your way around each turn and you will probably lose a lot of time at the last and VERY sharp turn of the track before you cross the finish line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Defending Champ (Rookie) EA Sports 500 Talladega Superspeedway Ryan Newman Ryan Newman won the 2002 EA SPORTS NASCAR Thunder Challenge by defeating Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick. Adding Jeff Gordon to the lineup you get 2 laps to defend his title. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You are driving as Ryan Newman, trying to eliminate the Chevrolets from being the dominant car in restrictor-plate racing. Show Dodge and your team that you can win this race. Drafting is the important key here, or else you will have a hard time trying to catch the 1st place car while going around the track 2 times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do-Over (Rookie) Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway Ricky Rudd For the second week in a row, Ricky Rudd blew a tire while leading with only a few laps left. This time the tire will not blow and Ricky will have to pass Jeff Burton with 2 laps left for the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: You may not have to worry about drafting if you are a skilled driver at Pocono. However, this isn't a drafting game and try to dive down low and get under J. Burton on the 1st turn of this track. If you successfully pass him, maintain a good couple laps around the track. The only part you may have trouble with is the 2nd corner of the track where the outside wall is is where you may make contact with. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41st to 1st (Rookie) Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler stayed calm after starting the 2002 Daytona 500 in 41st place and drafted his way to a 2nd place finish. With one more lap can you get around Ward Burton for the win? [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 12th or better Key: The AI cars are smarter in this version of game than last year's. At superspeedway, you don't want to jerk your wheel hard or you'll lose time and you may just spin off the track. Tilt your control stick steady and try to take some draft off W. Burton and go up high to the right a little bit and he will try to block you off to the right. Once you get close enough to him on the right, jerk to the left (not too hard) and get underneath him and pass him into turn 1 and 2 of this track. Keep all of the competitors behind you while you give Elliott another win. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eye on the prize Ford 400 '02 Homestead-Miami Speedway Tony Stewart Tony Stewart came from a lap down and secured the 2002 championship with an 18th place finish in Miami. Jump out in front of the leaders on the restart and get Tony's lap back by lap 227. [ ] Stay on lead lap [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 25th or better Key: You will be racing on the 2002 Homestead track, the flat one. Tony Stewart was a lap down and somehow he managed to get on the lead lap and won the championship after the race. You will be piloting the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet at the restart, but a lap down. Try to get on the lead lap by passing the first lapped car in front of you and the leader at the 1st and 2nd turn. Since the 2002 Homestead is a flat track, brake easily into the corners and you can accelerate coming out of the corners. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nope, it's my turn Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip won the 2002 Pepsi 400 under caution after Dale Earnhardt Jr. could not find drafting help to pass him. This time the race will finish under green and Jr. will have some help. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: Get in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr. who is in the red #8 car to your right. Make sure he is behind you (it doesn't HAVE to be him) and have him help you draft one time around this track to the finish line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eight tires are better than 4 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Darlington Raceway Ricky Craven In a spectacular finish, Ricky Craven beat Kurt Busch by mere inches to win the 2003 Darlington race. It's the last lap and you will have to make the pass on Busch to get the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: With one lap to go, you will be able to catch Kurt Busch on the back straightway or before you cross the finish line. Try to make a good speed around the 1st and 2nd turn of the track and if you are able to track down Kurt Busch on the back straightway, you will have no problem passing him to win the race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Texas 2-step Texas Motor Speedway Ricky Rudd Luck was on Ricky Rudd's side as he managed to avoid countless wrecks in the 2003 Texas race. Get Rudd through one more with no damage to pass the challenge. [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No car damage [ ] Stay above 30th or better Key: You will be around the wide 3rd and 4th turn of the track. The wreck will occur in front of you and you can slow down and look for a clear spot to go through. Sometimes that clear spot isn't too clear because there are other cars around you and you have to beat this challenge without ahy damage on your car. Don't try to slam on your brake too hard, because if there is a car behind you, he could collide into the back of you. Try to finish 30th or higher to beat this challenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rain or Shine, I'll take it (Veteran) Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Michael Waltrip With the help of teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michael Waltrip went on to win his second Daytona 500. With Dale's help, let's see if you can pull away from the pack and win the race. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: Get in front of your teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. who is driving the red #8 car. Once you get him behind you, have him help you draft around the track until you get to the finish line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Segment One (Veteran) The All-Star Lowe's Motor Speedway Jeff Burton Jeff Burton's strategy of pitting on the last lap almost got him the win in the All-Star race at Lowe's. This time Burton pitted with the rest of the field and is in 4th with 3 laps to go. Get Burton the win! [ ] Stay above 14th or better [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You will be using draft more in veteran difficulty than you did in rookie difficulty. You do not have to pit in this challenge as to what happened with J. Burton in the real race. You have to catch draft from either Bill Elliott or Jimmie Johnson who are in front of you if you pass Jeremy Mayfield in the first or second turn of the track. So, this is more like a drafting challenge than anything else. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ah, but I can go Thirty-EIGHT (Veteran) Subway 400 Talladega Superspeedway Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. went 38 laps on a single fuel load to win the 2002 EA SPORTS 500. With the lead and low fuel, block and lift to stretch your fuel 3 more laps to win the race. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay on the track [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: Another one of these superspeedway and drafting challenge. The only difference is the speed of the AI from the rookie challenges. Keep the competitors behind you and have one of them help you draft to the finish line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time to go? (Veteran) SIRIUS at the Glen Watkins Glen International Robby Gordon A slow restart by Ryan Newman made it impossible for Robby Gordon to catch Tony Stewart for the 2002 Watkins Glen race win. Restarting in third, get past Stewart and Newman for the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 13th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: The only good key I can give you is to turn in good time at all of the turns. Braking frequently before each turn really brought me closer and closer to the leader, that is if you successfully pass the 2nd place car at the 1st turn of the track or the uphill "S" turns after the 1st turn. The only tough part of the track to get through is probably the 4 turns after the straightway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slicing and Dicing (Veteran) Sharpie 500 Bristol Motor Speedway Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick made it through a huge pile-up untouched when Robby Gordon and Jimmie Johnson got together. Maneuver the #29 Chevrolet through the wreck with no damage. [ ] No car damage [ ] Stay on the track [ ] Stay above 12th or better Key: Remember, this is much like the Ricky Rudd and Texas challenge in the rookie diffculty. The difference is that this is under veteran difficulty, the AI cars has a little more speed with it and you are on a short track. Short track meaning no room to go around and a LITTLE tap to another car or the wall will fail you. When it gets to go green, slow down, because the wreck will occur in front of you and somehow I managed to go through the outside through the traffic and ended up 6th. Look for any opening and gun through it and try to go easy around the Bristol track, because if you scrape the wall, you will fail this challenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A green win (Veteran) Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway Bobby Labonte On lap 499 of the 2002 Virginia 500, two cars spun and Bobby Labonte won under caution. This time no cars will spin. Hold off teammate Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth for the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You will be racing on a flat short track, so that means you will have to take it slow around the corners. Not that slow, but enough for you to steer along the bottom line and step on the accelerator out of the turns. You will do this for at least 4 laps and keep the other competitors behind you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Worst to first (Veteran) Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Darlington Raceway Sterling Marlin A pre-race engine change and a 43rd starting spot could not keep Sterling Marlin from winning the 2002 Darlington race. Go from 43rd to 35th in 4 laps to start your charge to the front. [ ] Finish 35th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Darlington is an irregular racetrack as one end of the track is smaller than the other. The smaller side of the track will get you to use the brake a little more than the long side. Using another car's draft is the key to get to 35th position or better for this challenge and also good time around both ends of the track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spin Cycle (Veteran) Michigan 400 Michigan International Speedway Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett overcame a spin on lap 11 in the 2002 Michigan race for his 30th career win. Starting 11th, stay on the lead lap after a spin in turn 4, and make it to to 32nd within 3 laps. [ ] Finish 32nd or better [ ] Stay on lead lap Key: This has got to be the toughest challenge under veteran difficulty. You will be driving in the #88 UPS Ford and you will be expected to spin automatically around the front straightway. You can either let the car spin until it stops and gas yourself to the line or try to gain control of the car from spinning and go to the line. You have an option to pit or not to pit. If you refuse, you will have a hard time getting control of your car around the turns. I would pit if I was you and get 4 new fresh tires. Once the green flag drops, catch the draft from another car and go around the turns as smooth and carry as much speed as you can. Once in the while there will be a minor accident by one of the AI cars halfway down the field and cause 10-15 other AI cars behind them to slow down and you will be easily be able to pose a 25-32nd place finish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Big Show (Veteran) Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Casey Mears Casey Mears made it past Matt Kenseth just before the finish line to make it into the biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500. With 2 laps left, can you make it into the Big Show? [ ] Finish 15th or better [ ] Stay above 25th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Drafting to a 15th place or better position is the key here. There is not much else I can give you. Sometimes the cars ahead of you will try to block you, but you can go up high and then jerk back down to the low side and pass them on the inside. If you make a mistake at one part, like hitting the wall slightly, don't fall back to 26th or worst. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slipping and Sliding (Veteran) Subway 400 North Carolina Speedway Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett and Kurt Busch fought hard on worn tires in the closing laps of the 2003 Subway 400. Jarrett passed Busch twice to get the win. You have 2 laps to make a pass on Busch for the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: The #88 Ford and the #97 Ford both got old tires, so you and that car will be having a hard time to control the car. The only part you will have a hard time is entering turn 1 and 3 with old tires on. Go cautiously with some brake into those turns, if you just tap the brake lightly, you'll go up hit and probably hit the wall. If you hit the brake harder than you think, your car will just spin out of control and you will most likely slide down the track and result you out of the track. Go easy into the corners and keep the competition behind you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excuse me, coming through (Veteran) Bass Pro Shops/MBNA 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Bobby Labonte After a slow start on the final caution restart Bobby Labonte nudged Jeff Gordon out of the way to win the 2003 Atlanta race. With 2 laps to go make the pass on Gordon to get the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: Catching draft from Jeff Gordon's car and getting a good first lap is the key to get up to his rear bumper. He will probably try to block you, so go to the right side and once he goes to the right, jerk to the left and dive down low to the inside of him. Once you are inside him, gun your car and head for the finish line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Texas Shootout Samsung Radioshack 500 Texas Motor Speedway Ryan Newman Ryan Newman battled with Dale Earnhardt Jr., barely getting by him for the win. Make the pass on Jr. once again to get the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 11th or better Key: The first two laps, you want to put in good lap time to be able to get good draft off Dale Earnhardt Jr. and catch him. On the final lap, you can play a passing game on him whether you go low or high, go for the finish him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Run with the big dogs (Legend) Georgia 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Greg Biffle Greg Biffle notched a top five finish in Saturday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Let's see if you can get the win from 5th place with 4 laps to go against the big dogs on Sunday. [ ] Stay above 15th or better [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: You will be racing on the fastest track, Atlanta. You will also be racing under legend difficulty and that means the speed will be cranked up from the veteran difficulty. Braking easily before entering the wide turn 1 and 3 of the track will give you good speed to step on the gas coming out of turn 2 and 4. Drafting will also help you here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New England 5 (Legend) New England 300 New Hampshire International Speedway Ward Burton After a huge win in Daytona, Ward Burton won his second race of the season in the New Enland 300. Starting 3rd, you will only have 2 laps to repeat Ward Burton's win. [ ] Stay above 13th or better [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: New Hampshire is another one of those flat tracks and that means you'll have to use the brake a little more than you used at banked tracks. You may think that the two cars ahead of you are too far away, but you can gain a lot of time going in and if you can step on the gas early coming out of turn 2 and 4, you'll have no problem winning this race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If only... (Legend) Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Darlington Raceway Ricky Craven Polesitter Ricky Craven's hopes of winning the 2002 Darlington race were spoiled by an early wreck. This time Ricky will have made it through the crash. Get the win from 5th with 5 laps to go. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 15th or better Key: Darlington is nicknamed "Too Tough To Tame" because of the irregular track shape. One side of the track is shorter in length than the other side but both of the straightways are about the same in length. At the short end of the track is where you will use your brake a little more. The long side of the track is not all that difficult to get through, but if you carry big speed around it, watch out for the outside wall because it will be right there when you exit out of turn 2. If you hit that wall, you will get a "Darlington Stripe," a famous term for those who hit that wall and give it a black stripe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I just had a few more laps (Legend) Chevy Rock N Roll 400 Richmond International Raceway Jeff Green Jeff Green finished the 2002 Richmond race in 3rd, but thought he could have won with a few more laps. With 4 laps to go, get around Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth to get him the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 13th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Richmond is a short track and has little banks in the turns. Brake early before entering turn 1 and 3 and as your car float around the bottom, gun it out of turn 2 and 4. If you keep doing this, you will be able to catch Newman's draft on the 3rd or 2nd to last lap. The margin between 1st and 2nd is short enough for you to pass both cars on one lap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Smoke Screen (Legend) Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Mayfield survived a 14 car wreck triggered by Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton during the 2002 Pepsi 400. Like Jeremy, get through the wreck with no damage to complete the challenge. [ ] No car damage [ ] Stay above 17th or better [ ] Stay on the track Key: Like the "avoid-the-wreck" challenge in rookie and veteran, get through the pile with no damage to your car. You will be racing on Daytona and of course, you will be going at high speed. The wreck will occur at Turn 1 of the track. Slow down and follow the undamaged car in front of you and draft with him to the finish line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Who needs tires? (Legend) Food City 500 Dover International Speedway Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson stayed out during the final caution of the Dover race and went on to win on worn tires. The lead lap cars have pitted, so you will need to hold off Bill Elliott with worn tires to get the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Old tires means less control of your car. The rear end of your car will most likely try to drift itself up the track. Go on the throttle early and gun out of turn 2 and 4 as quick as you can. You will have to brake easily into turn 1 and 3 because of the tires and remember to keep the competition behind you because they got fresh tires. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm staying out (Legend) Dodge Save Mart 350 Infineon Raceway Terry Labonte Terry Labonte's decision to finish the 2002 Infineon race on worn tires scored him a 3rd place finish. It's the final lap! You're on worn tires and will need to at least finish in 3rd place. [ ] Finish 3rd or better [ ] Stay above 13th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: This has to be the easiest Legend challenge, even on worn tires if you are a skilled road racer. It is very hard to pass on road courses because of multiple turns and narrow road. The only time you can pass is if you have a fast car and you see a gap that you can dive into. Anyway, you are on the restart and you'll be in first position, try to take it slow around the track and don't worry about the competitors behind you, as long as you shut the door on the INSIDE part of the corner, they won't be able to pass you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aero Push! (Legend) MBNA Armed Force Family 400 Dover International Speedway Mark Martin Mark Martin challenged for the lead with 5 laps to go, but due to poor handling he could not make the pass. The problem is fixed and you have the chance to get the win as you approach lap traffic. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 11th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: By the way, I was at this race at the exit of 4th turn. Anyway, Jimmie Johnson is your leader and you are racing as Mark Martin. You will be facing some lapped cars, but as long as you turn in 3 good laps to get rid of the lapped cars and you are on the #48's rear bumper, you are good to make a move on the last lap. Brake easily into turn 1 and 3, but the corners are wide enough for you to get back on gas as soon as you can to chase down the leader. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nothing to show for it (Legend) Ford 400 '02 Homestead-Miami Speedway Joe Nemechek Joe Nemechek dominated the 2002 Ford 400, but a slow pitstop caused him to lose valuable spots and he wound up finishing second. Here's another chance at the win, starting in 9th with 6 laps to go. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 19th or better [ ] No reckless driving Key: Let me give you one hint, you don't have to stay on track. Good thing it said that because the 2002 Homestead track is so flat that it requires some brake to get around the tight corners. You are able to drive down under the white line (along the grass) and gun for 1st position. Remember, you are starting 9th and you'll have to go around the track 5 times, plenty of time for you to chase down and catch the leader. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One more chance (Legend) Chevy Rock N Roll 400 Richmond International Raceway Steve Park Steve Park picked up 27 positions by the end of the 2002 Richmond race, but thinks he could win it if given another shot at it. Starting 8th with 5 laps to go, take Steve's cornering advice and get the win. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 18th or better Key: Exactly like the one for Jeff Green in this challenge. The only difference is that you will start 8th and you get 5 laps around this track. Go around Richmond's semi-banked corners as smooth as you can and then get on the throttle as early as possible to catch down the cars in front of you. You will also need to brake early before entering these turns, but not too hard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hot for a win (Legend) Checker Auto Parts 500 Phoenix International Raceway Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace nearly kept his winning streak alive in the 2002 Phoenix race. He came up a bit short finishing 2nd to Matt Kenseth. Move up from 3rd to 1st with 4 laps to go to keep it alive. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 13th or better Key: Phoenix is also a flat track, but it doesn't require as much brake as you needed for the other flat track you've raced on. Catch some draft from the 2nd place car in front of you to gain some ground on him and the leader on the first 2 or 3 laps. You may be able to pass into 2nd position on one of the early laps. Go easy into the corners and just step on the gas as soon as possible and you won't have to worry about hitting into the wall because of Phoenix's tri-oval track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Rock Pop Secret 400 North Carolina Speedway Mike Skinner Mike Skinner had a strong car all day in the 2002 North Carolina race, but fell just short of a top 5 finish. We're going to give you 5 more laps to see if you can earn him a trip to victory lane. [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 15th or better Key: Rockingham is not a friendly track at all. Turn 1 of the track is probably the only turn where you will have the most trouble on. That turn is the sharpest on the track and you will have to slow down or use the brake softly before entering the turn to have a nice smooth ride around turn 1 and 2. Do this at least 4 more laps and you will have no problem catching the leader and maybe you could grab 1st place on the 3rd lap and go around 2 more times to the finish line! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's about time Pop Secret 400 North Carolina Speedway Johnny Benson With low fuel and worn tires, Johnny Benson edged out his old teammate for his first win in 226 starts. Conserve tires and fuel in order to have enough to hold off Mark Martin for the win. [ ] Stay above 10th or better [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Many people seems to be having problem conserving fuel for challenges like this one. To conserve fuel, let go off the gas EARLY and try not to use the brake entering the corner because of worn tires. With old tires on, you will have trouble controlling the car in the turns. Yes, this is the hardest challenge yet, but don't use brake or else you will wear out your tires some more, so let go off the gas into the turns and punch it after you leave Turn 2 and 4, this way you will be able to conserve fuel and save tires. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On second thought... Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. got out of line to pass Michael Waltrip and was hung out to dry, a decision he regretted. This time, do whatever it takes to get DEI a 1-2 finish. Any order will win the challenge. [ ] Finish 2nd or better [ ] Ally Must Finish 2nd or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay above 10th or better Key: It is all about drafting here at Daytona. The track is long and wide enough to do a lot of drafting. The important thing is you have to keep Michael Waltrip #15 in front of you and help him draft to the finish OR have him behind you and draft you to the finish. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, its a DEI 1-2 finish. Just as long as #8 and #15 are in the top 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 new Eagles SIRIUS 400 Michigan International Speedway Dale Jarrett Even with four fresh tires, Dale Jarrett lost the battle for the win with Matt Kenseth in the 2002 Michigan race. Can you fight through the pack from 10th to get Jarrett the win with 5 laps to go? [ ] Finish 1st [ ] Stay above 19th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving Key: Michigan is another one of those track where you'll have to use some of the draft to bring yourself to the front. Michigan's 1st and 3rd turn requires one little tap on your brake to be able to get around the corners without losing control or drifting up the track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lapper Chevy Rock N Roll 400 Richmond International Raceway Matt Kenseth At one point Matt Kenseth was 2 laps down, but still pushed hard to win his fourth race of 2002 in Richmond. Stay on the lead lap before the caution drops and finish 25th in 3 laps to win the challenge. [ ] Finish 25th or better [ ] Stay above 30th or better [ ] Stay on the track [ ] No reckless driving [ ] Stay on lead lap Key: You'll have to beat 2 challenges in this one. One is to get your lap back by passing the nearest car in front of you and stay on the lead lap until a caution comes out. After the caution, you can pit or not, it doesn't matter because you were the last car on the lead lap and even if you pit, you'll still be the last car. When the green flag drops, go around the track 3 times and try to finish 25th or higher to beat this challenge. ============================================================================== Thunder Plates ============================================================================== You can get at least 2 or 1 card from completing a Lightning Challenge in Race Modes option. Just pick a challenge and accomplish it to get a card or two, and it can be a Legend driver, Busch driver, Sponsor, or Paint Scheme. If you go in the Race Now mode and when you go pick a driver, tilt your control stick to the left or right and you'll see that there are other paintjobs you can race with, some has the Muppets or the Looney Tunes on them. Half of the paintjobs on there are locked and the only way to get them is if you win at a track with a driver (say like.. Ryan Newman) and you will get a new paintjob (it can be his 2003 Sony/Wega scheme or something else). One thing is that you can't win at the same track with the same driver or else you won't get a new paintjob, but YOU CAN go to the same track at a DIFFERENT TIME (Bristol day and night, etc.) and this has to be done under MEDIUM, HARD, and EXTREME difficulty. --------- You also get a Thunder Plate from beating a challenge in Thunder Challenges under Race Modes. You _MAY_ get these Thunder Plate in order: 1st challenge: Coca-Cola (Create-A-Car, Sponsor) 2nd challenge: Ashton Lewis (Busch) 3rd challenge: Richard Petty Driving Experience (Create-A-Car) 4th challenge: Shock (Create-A-Car, Template) 5th challenge: Coy Gibbs (Busch) 6th challenge: Dale Earnhardt (Legend), Veteran challenges 7th challenge: Alan Kulwicki (Legend) 8th challenge: Stanton Barrett (Busch) 9th challenge: Ron Hornaday (Busch) 10th challenge: Sawmill Speedway (Fantasy Track) 11th challenge: Homestead (2002, Classic Track) 12th challenge: Vampire (Create-A-Car, Template) 13th challenge: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Busch) 14th challenge: Kevin Grubb (Busch) 15th challenge: Chase Montgomery (Busch) 16th challenge: EA SPORTS Car (Fantasy) 17th challenge: Elmo Langley (Legend) 18th challenge: McDonald's (Create-A-Car, Sponsor) 19th challenge: Spider (Create-A-Car, Template) 20th challenge: Barney Hall (Fantasy), Legend challenges 21st challenge: NBC Sports (Create-A-Car) 22nd challenge: Scott Wimmer (Busch) 23rd challenge: Buster Auton (Pace Car) 24th challenge: Cale Yarborough (Legend) 25th challenge: Richard Petty (Legend) 26th challenge: Tiburon International Speedway (Fantasy Track) 27th challenge: Mike Bliss (Busch) 28th challenge: Home Depot (Create-A-Car, Sponsor) 29th challenge: Bobby Wawak (Legend) 30th challenge: David Green (Busch) 31st challenge: Flames (Create-A-Car, Template) 32nd challenge: Brian Vickers (Busch) 33rd challenge: Tina Gordon (Busch) 34th challenge: Safari (Create-A-Car, Template) 35th challenge: Jeff Burton (Busch) 36th challenge: Tiny Lund (Legend) 37th challenge: Michael Waltrip (Busch) 38th challenge: Junior Johnson (Legend) 39th challenge: Joe Moore (Fantasy), Bonus Challenges 40th challenge: Benny Parsons (Legend) 41st challenge: Kevin Harvick (Busch) 42nd challenge: Bobby Allison (Legend) --------- Here is the list of Thunder Plates in order from page 1 to 19, left to right: Page 1-------------(Qualifying Position)(Rookie/Veteran/Legend) Atlanta Bristol California Chicagoland Darlington Daytona Dover Homestead-Miami Indianapolis Page 2-------------(Qualifying Position) Infineon Kansas Las Vegas Lowe's Martinsville Michigan New Hampshire North Carolina Phoenix Page 3-------------(Qualifying Position and Night Tracks) Pocono Richmond Talladega Texas Watkins Glen Atlanta (Night) California (Night) Chicagoland (Night) Darlington (Night) Page 4------------- Daytona (Road Course) Dover (Night) Homestead (Classic) Homestead (Road Course) Infineon (Night) Kansas (Night) Las Vegas (Night) Martinsville (Night) Michigan (Night) Page 5------------- North Carolina (Night) Phoenix (Road Course) Pocono (Road Course) Richmond (Day) Sawmill Speedway Talladega (Night) Texas (Road Course) Tiburon (Fantasy) Watkins Glen (Night) Page 6-------------(Legend Drivers) The Shootout (Event) The All-Star (Event) Drafting Car Passing Car Time Trial Car Blocking Car Buster Auton Bobby Allison Page 7-------------(Legend Drivers) Junior Johnson Alan Kulwicki Elmo Langley Tiny Lund Benny Parsons Richard Petty Bobby Wawak Cale Yarborough Dale Earnhardt Page 8-------------(Fantasy and Busch Drivers) Joe Moore Barney Hall Ron Hornaday Brian Vickers Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jeff Burton Coy Gibbs Mike Bliss Kevin Harvick Page 9-------------(Busch and Fantasy Drivers) Tina Gordon Scott Wimmer Kevin Grubb Chase Montgomery David Green Ashton Lewis Stanton Barrett Michael Waltrip EA SPORTS Car Page 10------------(Alternate Paint Schemes) #1 '02 Pennzoil #01 USG #01 U.S. Army Camo #2 '02 Team Rusty #2 '02 Elvis #2 '02 Harley Davidson #4 '02 Kodak Max #4 '02 Looney Tunes Page 11------------(Cont.) #5 Cheez-It #5 Got Milk? #6 '02 Pfizer #6 '02 Kraft #9 Brickyard 400 #9 '02 Muppets #10 Eagle One #10 '02 Muppets #10 '01 Valvoline Page 12------------(Cont.) #11 Hooters Memorial #12 Mobil 1 #12 Sony/Wega #12 '02 Mobil 1 #12 '02 Sony/Wega #12 '02 ALLTEL #15 '02 NAPA #15 '02 Stars & Stripes #15 '01 NAPA Page 13------------(Cont.) #17 Mil. Dollar Chal. #17 '02 AT&T #18 The Hulk #18 '02 Interstate Bat. #18 '02 Muppets #19 Mountain Dew #19 '02 Dodge Dealers #19 '02 Muppets #19 '02 Mountain Dew Page 14------------(Cont.) #20 '02 Champion Car #20 '02 Home Depot #20 '02 Peanuts #20 '01 Home Depot #20 '01 Coca-Cola Bear #22 ACERT #22 CAT Rental Store #22 '02 Caterpillar #22 '02 CAT Flames Page 15------------(Cont.) #24 Looney Tunes #24 Pepsi #24 First Flight #25 Looney Tunes #25 Uncle Kracker #29 '02 GM Goodwrench #29 '02 Looney Tunes #30 Looney Tunes #31 FDNY Page 16------------(Cont.) #31 Reverse-Out #31 '02 Looney Tunes #32 Tide with Bleach #40 '02 Sterling Marlin #41 '02 Muppets #43 Berry Burst #43 Pillsbury #43 '02 Grands! #43 '02 Chex Page 17------------(Cont.) #45 '02 Sprint PCS #45 '02 Charity Ride #48 Power of Pride #88 '03 UPS (Early) #88 '02 UPS #88 '02 Muppets #97 Rbrmd Commercial #97 Sharpie #97 '02 Rbrmd/Sharpie Page 18------------(Create-A-Car Sponsors and Templates) #97 '02 Sharpie #99 '02 CITGO #99 '02 Peelout-Reelin Coca Cola The Home Depot McDonald's NBC Sports Petty Driving Exp. Shock Page 19------------(Create-A-Car Templates) Vampire Spider Flames Safari CAC Paint Schemes CAC Sponsors All Alt. Paint Schemes Cameos ============================================================================== Sponsors ============================================================================== Create-A-Car -76 -Official Fuel of NASCAR -Aaron's Rent -Furniture rental by Aaron's -Academy Sports -Sporting store -Advance Auto -Auto parts store -ALLPRO -Auto part stores -CarQuest -Auto parts store -Chevrolet -Car make -Cintas -Uniform company -Coca-Cola -Soft drink -Craftsman -Tools -Dodge -Car make -EasyCare -Auto parts store -Food City -Food market -Food Lion -Food market -Ford -Car make -Georgia Power -Electric supplier for state of GA. -Goodyear -Official Tires of NASCAR -Goodyear Blimp -Blimp advertising Goodyear -Hills Bros. -Coffee -Home Depot -Home improvement warehouse -KMart -Retail store -Kroger -Food & retail store -Little Trees -Car freshener -Maxwell -Photography manufacturer -MBNA -Financial service -McDonald's -Official Fast Food of NASCAR -Monte Carlo -Car make -Motorola -Electronic components manufacturer -NAPA -Auto parts store -NASCAR Thunder -EA Sports's NASCAR title -NASCAR.com -Official NASCAR website -NBC -Television program -Nikon -Photography manufacturer -O'Reilly -Auto parts store -Outback Steakhouse -Restaurant -Pontiac -Car make -Quality Plus Ford Dealers -Ford dealerships -Richard Petty -RP Driving Experience -Safety Kleen -Environment cleaner -theglen.com -Official Watkins Glen website -UAW -United Auto Workers -Waste Management -Waste/Recycling service -Western Auto -Auto part stores -Whitetails -Racing team (?) -Wincraft -Sports souvenirs Driver's Sponsors Here they are, all of sponsors from the Winston Cup Series and the Busch Series and a small description of each one. -Team Number -Description of and Sponsor Sponsor -#0 -NetZero -Internet Service -#01 -U.S. Army -United States Military -USG -Building Materials for Constrution -#02 -Go Team VA -Winston Cup car promoting four of Virginia's best schools. Colleges included James Madison University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Virginia Commonwealth University. -#1 -Pennzoil -Lubricants for vehicles. -#2 -Team Rusty -Real sponsor is Miller Lite, beer. -Elvis -A singer -Harley Davidson -Motorcycle manufacturer. -#4 -Kodak MAX -Photography manufacturer -Easy Share -Promoting digital camera/printing system. -'02 Looney Tunes - -#5 -Kellogg's -Breakfast foods. -Cheez-It -Baked Snack Crackers. -Got Milk? -Slogan for a dairy product, Milk. -'02 Looney Tunes -'01 Mini Wheats -One of Kellogg's breakfast cereals. -'01 Looney Tunes -#6 -Pfizer -Pharmaceutical manufacturer. -Kraft -Cooking Foods -Kraft/Tombstone -Cooking Foods/Pizza -#8 -Dale Jr. -Real life sponsor is Budweiser, beer. -#9 -Dodge Dealers -Automobile make/model. -Brickyard 400 -Promoting the famous Indiana track. -'02 Muppets -Promoting the Muppets, #9 ran the Swedish Chef, one of the Muppet characters. -#10 -Valvoline -Lubricants for vehicles. -Eagle One -Detail kits for vehicles. -'02 Muppets -Promoting the Muppets, #10 ran the Fozzie Bear, one of the Muppet characters. -'02 MLB -Promoting the opening (first) day for Major League Baseball (MLB). -'02 MaxLife -Higher mileage products for vehicles. -'02 Zerex -Cooling system chemicals for vehicles. -#11 -Hooters -Restaurant. -Hooters Memorial -Restaurant honoring Alan Kulwicki. -#12 -ALLTEL -Wireless service. -Mobil 1 -Motor oil products. -Sony -Electronic products. -#15 -NAPA -Automotive parts store. -Nilla -Vanilla Wafer cookie. -#16 -Grainger -Industrial distributor of products. -#17 -DeWalt -Power tools/accessories manufacturer. -Million Dollar Challenge -Contest for DeWalt. -'02 AT&T -Telecommunication service. -#18 -Interstate Batteries -Battery for vehicles. -Hulk -Promoting The Hulk, a movie. -'02 Muppets -Promoting the Muppets, #18 ran the Pepe the King Prawn, one of the Muppets characters. -'01 Jurassic Park 3 -Promoting Jurassic Park 3, a movie. -'01 Coca-Cola Polar Bear -Soft Drink. -'00 MLB All-Star Game -Advertising the Major League Baseball All-Star game for year 2000. -'00 Frankenstein -Promoting Universal Monsters, #18 ran the Frankenstein, one of the monster cars. -'99 NASCAR Racers -Promoting NASCAR Racers, a cartoon television series. -'98 Small Soldiers -Promoting Small Soldiers, a movie. -#19 -Dodge Dealers -Automobile make/model. -Mountain Dew -Soft Drink. -'02 Muppets -Promoting the Muppets, #19 ran the Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker, one of the Muppets characters. -#20 -Home Depot -Home improvement warehouse. -Declaration -Special car celebrating Declaration of Independance. -'02 Champion Car -Fantasy car made by EA Sports for the 2002 champion, Tony Stewart. -'02 Peanuts -Promoting Peanuts, the comic strips. -'01 Jurassic Park 3 -Promoting Jurassic Park 3, a movie. -'01 Coca-Cola Polar Bear -Soft Drink. -'00 Kid's Workshop -Promoting workshop for kids by Home Depot. -'99 Habitat for Humanity -A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. -#21 -Motorcraft -Parts for Ford, Mercury and Lincoln. -#22 -Caterpillar -Heavy equipment and engine manufacturer. -CAT ACERT -Advertisement for truck engines by Caterpillar. -CAT Financial Store -Financial store for CAT equipments. -'02 CAT Dealers -Dealerships for CATerpillar. -'01 Wildlife Foundation -Promoting Ward Burton's Wildlife Foundation. -#23 -Stacker 2 -Weight loss supplement. -#24 -DuPont -Multi-national chemicals and health care company. -Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #24 will run with Yosemite Sam in 2003. -Pepsi -Soft drink. -First Flight -Special car for 100th year of aviation. -'02 Looney Tunes -'02 Dupont 200th -Special car for DuPont's 200th Year Anniversary. -'01 Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #24 ran Bugs Bunny, one of the Looney Tunes characters. -#25 -UAW-Delphi -UAW is United Auto Workers, Delphi is mobile electronics and transportation components and systems technology. -Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #25 will run with Bugs Bunny in 2003. -Uncle Kracker -Promoting the band, Uncle Kracker. -'02 Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #25 ran Speedy Gonzales, one of the Looney Tunes characters. -#29 -GM Goodwrench -Service for GM makes/models. -Snap On -Tools for vehicle repairment. -'02 Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #29 ran Tazmanian Devil, one of the Looney Tunes characters. -'02 Now Sell Tires! -Promoting Goodwrench selling tires. -'01 Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #29 ran Tazmanian Devil, one of the Looney Tunes characters. -'01 America Online -Internet service. -#30 -America Online -Internet service. -Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #30 ran Sylvester and Tweety, two of the Looney Tunes characters. -'02 Looney Tunes -" " -'01 Looney Tunes -" " -#31 -Cingular Wireless -Wireless telecommunication service. -FDNY -Honoring the Fire Departments of New York. -'02 Looney Tunes -Promoting the Looney Tunes, #31 ran Pepe Le Pew, one of the Looney Tunes characters. -#32 -Tide -Laundry detergent. -Tide With Bleach -Promoting Tide with bleach. -#38 -M&M's -Chocolate candy. -#40 -Sterling Marlin -Real sponsor is Coors Light, beer. -#41 -Target -Retail store. -'02 Muppets -Promoting the Muppets, #41 ran the Animal, one of the Muppets characters. -#42 -Havoline -Lubricants for vehicles. -#43 -Cheerios -Breakfast cereal. -Cheerios Berry -Promoting Cheerios Berry Burst, breakfast cereal. -Box Tops For Education -Fundraising activity. -Pillsbury -Cooking foods. -'02 Grands -Promoting Pillsbury's Grands biscuit. -'02 Honey Nut Cheerios -Promoting Honey Nut Cheerios, a breakfast cereal. -'02 Chex -Snack mix. -'01 Hamburger Helper -Cooking foods/recipes. -#45 -Georgia Pacific -Manufacturers and distributors of building materials. -Brawny -Paper towels and napkins. -'02 Sprint PCS -Wireless telecommunication service. -'02 Charity Ride -Promoting Kyle Petty's motorcycle rides for charities. -'01 Charity Ride -Promoting Kyle Petty's motorcycle rides for charities. -#48 -Lowe's -Home improvement warehouse. -Power Of Pride -A patriotic scheme with tie-ins to Lowe's giveaways -'02 Looney Tunes - -#49 -BAM -BAM Racing team. -CALL ATT -Telecommunication carrier. -#57 -CLR -Calcium/Lime/Rust remover. -#88 -UPS -United Postal Service. -'02 Muppets -Promoting the Muppets, #88 ran Kermit and Miss Piggy, two of the Muppets characters. -#97 -Rubbermaid/Sharpie -Home products/Markers. -Blue Ice -Ice pack manufactured by Rubbermaid. -Irwin -Industrial tools. -Sharpie -Markers. -'02 Little Tikes -Toys for tikes. -#99 -CITGO -Gasoline/Petroleum for vehicles. -Bass Master -Promoting the worldwide authority on Bass fishing. -Muscle Team -A scheme to raise money for muscular dystrophy research. -Peelout-Reelin -A scheme that ties in with a Citgo contest -#2 (Busch) -AC Delco -Automotive parts. -#5 (Busch) -GMAC -Financial services for General Motors. -#8 (Busch) -Nabisco -Cookies and crackers. -#9 (Busch) -Uh-Oh! Oreo -Promoting Uh-oh! Oreo. -#18 (Busch) -MBNA -Financial services. -#20 (Busch) -Rockwell Automation -Electronic controls and communications company. -#21 (Busch) -Payday -Caramel and Peanuts Candy Bar. -#22 (Busch) -Tina Gordon -Various sponsors. -#23 (Busch) -Stacker 2 -Weight loss supplement. -#26 (Busch) -Dr. Pepper -Soft drink. -#27 (Busch) -Trim Spa -Weight loss supplement. -#37 (Busch) -David Green -Real sponsor os Timberwolf, a chewing tobacco. -#46 (Busch) -Civil Air Patrol -U.S. Air Force Auxilary. -#60 (Busch) -OdoBan -Cleaning and deodorizing control. -#99 (Busch) -Aaron's -Retails store. -#3 (Legend) -Legacy -Dale Earnhardt Legacy (part of tribute) -GM Goodwrench -Service for GM makes/models. -GM Goodwrench Plus -Service for GM Goodwrench. -Coca Cola -Soft drink. -Bass Pro Shops -Promoting gears for fishing, hunting and outdoor. -Wrangler -Clothing Jeans. -Oreo -Cookies. -#7 (Legend) -Alan Kulwicki -1992 Champion. 5 wins. -#12 (Legend) -Piper Aircraft -Manufacturers of a wide range of propeller-driven aircraft for business and personal flying. -#28 (Legend) -Cale Yarborough -1976, 1977, 1978 champion. 83 wins. -#36 (Legend) -Bobby Wawak -A legend known for his frightening crash. -#43 (Legend) -STP -Fuel chemicals. -Petty -1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979 champion. 200 wins. -#50 (Legend) -NBC Sports -A sport program on NBC television program. -TNT -Television program. -#55 (Legend) -Tiny Lund -2 wins. -#64 (Legend) -Elmo Langley -2 wins. ============================================================================== Secrets AND Goodies ============================================================================== To view more cameos (when you start the game, people will say "EA Sports, It's in the game" before you go to the main menu). Create a new driver and name him Seymore Cameos (first and last) and you will get a new Thunder Plate called Cameos. To view the cameos, look in EA SPORTS EXTRA. Once you turn on the Playstation 2 with NASCAR Thunder 2003 inside, they always have a little clip of real people saying "EA Sports, It's in the game", here are the list of people that said it. -Johnny Benson -Greg Biffle (2 times) -Ward Burton -Kurt Busch -Ricky Craven -Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2 times) -Bill Elliott -Jeff Gordon (2 times) -Robby Gordon (2 times) -Jeff Green -Kevin Harvick -Matt Kenseth -Bobby Labonte (2 times) -Terry Labonte -Dale Jarrett -Jimmie Johnson (2 times) -Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon -Sterling Marlin -Mark Martin -Jeremy Mayfield (2 times) -Casey Mears (2 times) -Jerry Nadeau (2 times) -Joe Nemechek (2 times) (one with his mother) -Ryan Newman -Ricky Rudd -Elliott Sadler (2 times) -Mike Skinner -Tony Stewart (2 times) -Rusty Wallace -Michael Waltrip -#29 Pit Crew (2 times) -#32 Pit Crew (2 times) -#38 Pit Crew -#41 Crew Chief (Jimmy Elledge) -#48 Crew Chief (2 times)(Chad Knaus) -#10 Nesquik (Scott Riggs) -3 U.S. Army soldiers -Goodyear Guy -Winston Cup Official ============================================================================== Credits ============================================================================== Sony - For making the Playstation 2 so that this game can be playable with it. EA Sports - for developing and publishing this game. Big thanks to JayWag for letting me use some information from his website: [- http://thunder.breakthetrend.com/site/index.php -] NASCAR Thunder 2004 board - thanks for giving me some more information and keep me entertained, the guide wouldn't be made if it weren't for you guys. Especially to ROUSHMARTIN6, Toad2, and Team Ragnarok. Warhawk - for some missing thunder plates Charles - for telling me what O'Reilly (sponsor) is. A. Stewart - for telling me what ALLPRO and EasyCare (sponsors) are. [ ? ] - this could be you if you care to help me out on anything in this document. You'll receive a big pat on the back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright This document is Copyright (c)2003 Myke. This guide is for personal use. If you use any information from this NASCAR Thunder 2004 for Sony Playstation 2 document, please give me full credit, do not alter my information in any way, shape, or form. This document/guide can only AND ONLY be found at www.GameFAQs.com, www.NeoSeeker.com, and www.IGN.com, if you find this guide somewhere else, IMMEDIATELY notify me. This game is (c) 2003 Electronic Arts Inc. This game is rated (E) Everyone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -END OF DOCUMENT-