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	Earnhardt Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
His season struggles continued at the Brickyard 400 where he finished 22nd after starting third; in the last 10 races, he has scored only two top-10s; won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, one of his five top-five results this season; nearly made it into the top 10 at Watkins Glen last year, but fell short by two spots after starting 27th; won Busch race at the track in 1999; was not a factor in the circuit's only other road course event at Sonoma on June 23, finishing 30th.

Bill Elliott
The veteran is sizzling in the Winston Cup series, winning two straight races at Pocono and Sunday's Brickyard 400; won at Indianapolis by a little more than a second after passing another veteran, Rusty Wallace, with 10 laps remaining; one of six drivers with more than one win this year; made jump from ninth to sixth in the standings, 210 points out of first place; hopes to carry momentum at Watkins Glen in his 16th visit to upstate New York; posted a handful of good results at the track in his career, but has yet to drive to victory lane; was eighth at the road course event in Sonoma.

Jeff Gordon
One of the best Winston Cup drivers on road courses over the years; won six consecutive road-course events until Steve Park won at Watkins Glen in 2000; Gordon won four of the last five races at the track including last year from starting 13th; in eight starts at the 2.45-mile track, Gordon has one pole, four wins, six top-fives and seven top-10s, and has led 159 laps; winless in 29 races, the longest drought of his career; remained fourth in the standings, closing the gap to 125 points behind Sterling Marlin; before heading towards Watkins Glen, he will make his third appearance as co-host on the popular daytime talk show, "Live with Regis and Kelly" on Thursday, August 8.

	Jarrett

Dale Jarrett
Starting from the pole at Watkins Glen last year, he led the first 17 laps before spinning out and landing in one of the tricky road course's sand traps; looking for redemption, Jarrett will use the same car he won the pole with last year; also hopes to improve on the 15th place finish put together in June at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California; best career finish at Watkins Glen was fourth in 1999 and placed among the first 10 in 1998 and 2000; although he has put together four straight good results, still unable to break into the top 10 in the standings; has been stuck in 11th for the past six races.

Jimmie Johnson
His 35th place finish at the road course in Sonoma was just one of three results of 30th or lower; looks to improve his perfomance on the second road event on the circuit; the rookie driver moved up to second place in the standings, 93 points behind Sterling Marlin; recorded five top-five finishes and 13 top-10s; has been the highest finishing rookie 11 times this year; leads Ryan Newman, 288-281 in the Rookie of the Year battle.

Bobby Labonte
Shows signs of perhaps turning around a disappointing season, having finished 11th twice and 13th in the last three races; has just three top fives all season including victory at the Virginia 500 and is 18th in the points standings; was 13th at the road event at Sonoma and ninth at Watkins Glen last year; in 2000, he led three times but finished fifth in New York.

	Marlin

Sterling Marlin
Despite a 27th place finish at the Brickyard 400, the 26-year veteran reamined in first place for the 20th consecutive race (Rockingham-Indianapolis); has a 93-point lead over rookie Jimmie Johnson; the result at Indianapolis was just his fourth outside the top 20 this season; his worst finish was last at Sonoma in June when the engine on his Dodge failed after 19 laps of competition.

Mark Martin
A bit of a setback with the 28th place finish at the Brickyard 400, dropping to third place in the series points championship; it was only his fifth finish lower than 21st this season; tied with Jimmie Johnson for most top 10 finishes at 13 each; winless here since he captured three straight from 1993-95; in the past six years since his last win, he has finished in the top-five four times, including runner-up to Steve Park in 2000

Steve Park
The New York native recorded his first career NASCAR Winston Cup victory at his home track in 2000; held off Mark Martin to lead the final 26 laps; missed four races this year due to injury an has posted only one top 10.

Ricky Rudd
The win at Sonoma in June was the 23rd of his career and should be a boost of confidence at this track; has not finished lower than fourth in the past three road course events including at Watkins Glen last year (4th); one of 14 winners on the circuit this year; has eight top-10 finishes and is eighth in the points standings.

	Stewart

Tony Stewart
Is just as adept at turning right as he is in turning left on the ovals of the Winston Cup circuit; proved that with a victory at Sonoma in 2001 and also the second place finish last June at t he facility; also was sixth in two starts at Watkins Glen (1999-2000); was in contention at the Brickyard 400 for much of the race until the car faded back late in the race to 12th; was quite upset about the outcome afterwards that he was involved in a physical confrontation with a photographer; winner of two racs this year, two poles, with eight top-fives and 11 top-10s; those good results have been countered with five DNFs and eight finishes of 15th or worse; seventh in the standings.

Rusty Wallace
Another driver who performs well on road courses; has six career victories on this type of configuration, including two at Watkins Glen in 1987 and 1989; most recent top finish was in 1999 when he started from the pole and was third behind Jeff Gordon and Ron Fellows; no victories this year yet, but has been runner-up in two of the past five races including last Sunday at the Brickyard 400.