Green looks to continue success at Daytona

Eddyville, Ky. – Mark Green will attempt to qualify in his tenth consecutive event behind the wheel of the #23 Vassarette Chevrolet this weekend. Green has qualified in 14 of his 16 career attempts while driving for Keith Coleman Racing.

In four events at Daytona International Speedway, Green has made a habit of moving up through the pack. With an average finish of nearly 20 positions better than his qualifying effort, he has shown the patience necessary to compete on NASCAR’s biggest stage.

“I don’t always start where I want, but it seems like I’ve had pretty good luck there,” said Green. “The restrictor plate races are fun because you can really make some noise, if you can stay out of trouble.”

Green will be driving the same car he piloted to a 11th place finish in the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega SuperSpeedway earlier this year. It was the back-up car and the team was forced to pull it off the hauler an hour before qualifying began when a problem was found with the primary car’s roof flaps.

The car was made ready to qualify in short order and Green put it in the field without the benefit of a practice lap. He started 39th and moved as high as sixth before a couple of late cautions reshuffled the pack.

"It was a great car for us at Talladega,” Green said. “To be able to pull the car off the truck, qualify and then race as well as we did showed us how good of a car it was. Thankfully I was able to bring in out in one piece so we can run it again this week.”