For the third time this season, Pop-Tarts, Kellogg’s most popular morning food product, will be on the hood of the #5 Chevy during this weekend’s events at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. In its most recent race, the Pop-Tarts/Carquest Chevy finished second in Martin’s 1,000th Sprint Cup start at Bristol. Pop-Tarts will return to the hood for the final time this season at Talladega Superspeedway in two weeks. No driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup history has won more October races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway than Mark Martin. If the #5 team can reach Victory Lane on Saturday, he would break a three-way tie with Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough to become the only driver with four October wins. Martin also would join teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon as the only active drivers with five victories at the intermediate oval. This weekend, Carquest and the #5 team will welcome honorary crew members Matt Krueger and Lyle Wuestenberg. Wuestenberg partnered with Carquest last November to help grant Krueger’s dream. The 19-year-old Krueger, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, got the chance to drive his personal 1999 Chevy Camaro around Lowe’s Motor Speedway.(HMS), see images of the scheme on my #5 Team Schemes page.(10-16-2009)
