Jeremy Mayfield Bristol Pre-Race Report

BRISTOL, TENN. (March 12, 2008) – Jeremy Mayfield and the No. 70 Haas Automation team are ready to put the troubles they experienced last week at Atlanta behind them and face the challenge that is Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s running of the Food City 500.

“Despite our troubles at Atlanta I feel as though we really learned a lot as a team,” Mayfield said. “That’s the important thing – when you face adversity you have to learn from it, have to take something positive away.”

The No. 70 team currently sits in the 34th position in the owner points standings making Sunday’s run at Bristol all the more critical. Following the Bristol race guaranteed starting positions for the rest of the season will go to the Top-35 cars based on 2008 owner points, whereas for the first five races the locked-in cars are set by last season’s final owner points standings.

“I think the points situation is just going to make us better,” Mayfield said. “We’re at a critical point in the season but I’m confident the team, myself included, are up to the challenge. Last week was a bad week for us, but you’ll have those kind of weeks. Other than that a blown tire at California is all that’s kept us from being more comfortably in the Top-35,” he added. “I’m excited about Bristol – ready to get after it.”

In 25 starts at Bristol Motor Speedway Mayfield has posted two Top-5 and five
Top-10 finishes, his best being a 3rd-place finish in March 2001. During his career Mayfield has an average starting position of 21st, an average finish of 20th at Bristol and is credited with 370 laps lead.

Sunday’s running of the Food City 500 will be broadcast live on Fox beginning at 2 p.m. and on local PRN affiliates.