Mark Green GEICO Racing Pre-Race Notes

Mark Green on Daytona:

“We want to win at Daytona,” explained Mark Green.  “And I think we can.  But the bigger picture is to get a solid top-15 finish just to get our point situation started in the right direction.  We’ll be disappointed with anything other than a top-10, but if we’ve got a 15th place car we need to get that 15th.  We don’t want to run 15th all day and end up 30th.  We don’t want to give up anything on the racetrack since the point situation is so critical nowadays.  We want to get as many points as we possibly can and accumulate those through the first five races.  Daytona, of course, is the first step to that.  A top-10 would be good and a win would be perfect.  Anything less than that would be disappointing.”

Mark Green on his New Team:

“At Biagi Bros. Racing, we have the equipment that we need to be competitive and competent employees that know what they’re doing and have the desire to win.  They’re not just here for a paycheck.  They want to do well and they want to succeed.  We have all the little pieces that we need to run well.  We just have to put them together and hopefully have the racing luck to go along with it.”

Mark Green on Testing at Daytona:

“Testing went good,” explained Green after returning from NASCAR’s mandatory test session at Daytona International Speedway on January 21st through 23rd.  “Drafting went good too,” he explained.  “That’s the most important thing at Daytona.  Our single car runs were not as good as they needed to be, but we don’t have to rely on single car runs since we have a guaranteed starting spot for the race.”  Green continued, “Our Dodge drives good and it drafts good, too.  We’ve got good motors from Ilmor Engineering so I’m excited and anxious for the season to start.  More so than I have ever been before.”

Jon Wolfe on Their Daytona Dodge:

“We’re taking chassis No. 12 to Daytona,” explained Crew Chief, Jon Wolfe.  “It only has one race on it.  Mark’s brother Jeff drove this car for Biagi Bros. last July where he finished 11th.  S&S Performance Fabrication hung the body on it, and with great engines from Ilmor Engineering, we’re confident that we’ll have a great car at Daytona.”

Mark Green on His Off-Season Activities:

Through The Green Brothers Celebrity Golf Tournament, brothers Mark and Jeff Green donated over $55,000 to several charities in December.  “We handed out quite a bit of money to all the organizations that we support,” explained Mark.  “We support The Victory Junction Gang Camp because we knew Adam (Petty).  Jeff and I were both good friends with him.  It’s nice to be able to help Patty and Kyle Petty and help the kids as well.  That’s one of our main concerns; we want to help the kids.  We also support MRO, muscular dystrophy, and several organizations back home in Owensboro, Ky.”

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