#41-Casey Mears is the only Raybestos Rookie to complete all 6 races this season without a DNF (did not finish) . This weekend’s race at Texas will mark Bill Elliott’s 702nd career Winston Cup Series start. If he continues to start every race of the 2003 season, Elliott will surpass Bobby Allison to rank sixth on the all-time start list in the August race at Michigan Int’l Speedway. Bill Elliott is scheduled to drive the #9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge that sat on the outside pole at Atlanta this year, and qualified fourth and finished 11th in the June 2002 race at Michigan.( PR’s )(3-27-2003)
