2002 Media Release

Contact: David Pepper 
615-754-6868  dnpracing@aol.com

2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Point Standings

Personal Info:
Birthdate - April 8, 1959 (43)
Wife - Gina   Children - Coleman, Shelby
Residence - Asheville, NC

Robert Pressley-Fast Facts
NASCAR Career (1984-2002)
Winston Cup - 205 Starts, 0 wins 
Busch Grand - 205 Starts, 10 wins

2002 Truck Series Season
Starts - 8  Poles - 0  Wins - 1  Top fives - 3  Top tens - 4  Earnings - $ 190,690
Laps Led - 90 of 1424  Races Led - 3 of 8  DNF's - 1

Truck Series Career Statistics
Starts - 8  Poles - 0  Wins - 1 (Tied for 24th all-time)  Top fives - 3  Top tens - 4
Earnings - $ 190,690

Performance Record: Milwaukee Mile
Busch Grand National Series - three starts with no top five or top ten finishes, best career finish at Milwaukee 21st place in 1997

Topics of Interest

Looking for Consistency: The No. 18 Bobby Hamilton Racing Robert Pressley team has been one of the teams to beat all year, but for some reason, the team finds themselves searching for consistency. They started the year off by winning the Daytona event, then finished second at Darlington. Then they had a horrifying month of May, finishing 14th, 31st and 30th. Things turned around at Dover with a second place finish and then a strong sixth place showing at Texas. But once again, the team struggled and finished 12th at Memphis.

"We have just not got in our grove so to speak," said Pressley. "We have had a hard time maintaining any momentum. We know we can win any week, but
we just have had some bad luck."

The team enters this week's race in eighth position in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points standings, just 148 points behind the leader, with 14 races left in the season.

No. 18 Past History: The No. 18 Team has competed in three events at The
Milwaukee Mile, with a best finish of sixth place last year. In 2000, the
team recorded a 24th place finish after an engine problem, and in 1999, the
team finished in the 15th position. Joe Ruttman ran all three of the races
for the team. The team has, however, never started worse than sixth place
for the event. (starting positions 1999-6th, 2000-5th, and 2001-2nd)

Owner/Crew Chief in Milwaukee: Bobby Hamilton will take over as crew chief of
the No. 18 Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge team for the Milwaukee Mile event.
This will be the second time Hamilton has served as crew chief in Milwaukee.
Last Year, he oversaw the No. 8 effort for his driver at the time, Willy T.
Ribbs. At that event, Ribbs finished in the 18th position.

"I have the week off and I feel like I can help Robert (Pressley) run good at the race, so why not give it a try," said Hamilton. "We're still looking for a full-time crew chief for the No. 18 truck, but as I said before, we're in no hurry to make a decision. Todd (Myers) had done us a great job the last two weeks and he will probably be back with us in the coming races as his schedule and ours permits. The big thing is to take the time that we need to find a person that will fit in with us."

This Week's Truck: Pressley will be racing the same truck that he ran at Memphis Motorsports Park last week. It is the same truck that Joe Ruttman raced to a sixth place finish at Milwaukee last year.
 
Performance Chart: Angel
DATE RACE START/FINISH DRIVER
4-7-01 Martinsville 3 15 Bobby Hamilton
5-12-01 Darlington 5 5 Joe Ruttman
5-20-01 Pikes Peak 2 1 Joe Ruttman
6-1-01 Dover 4 8 Joe Ruttman
6-30-01 Milwaukee 2 6 Joe Ruttman
7-7-01 Kansas 6 24 Joe Ruttman
7-21-01 Loudon 3 8 Joe Ruttman
8-3-01 IRP 3 4 Bobby Hamilton
9-6-01 Richmond 16 7 Bobby Hamilton
10-14-01 Las Vegas 13 8 Joe Ruttman
11-3-01 California 15 16 Joe Ruttman
4-13-02 Martinsville 17 14 Robert Pressley
5-5-02 St. Louis 7 31 Robert Pressley
5-19-02 Pikes Peak 10 30 Robert Pressley
6-22-02 Memphis 7 12 Robert Pressley

Pressley Quotes   "I'm pretty excited about Bobby (Hamilton) being at the track this week making the calls. We went testing at Nashville Fairgrounds last week, and it just seemed like we didn't even have to talk. He knows what I need because he knows what I want by being a driver himself. I think it will be a lot of
fun and heck, maybe we can get him to do it again this year, if we get a good
finish."

"This Truck Series is way more competitive that a lot of people think. There are some really aggressive guys over here, and they don't care what anybody thinks about them. I think we've had a different winner about every week. I know the fans have to be loving this races."

Pressley's 2002 Craftsman Truck Series Event Results
Location Start Finish Laps Status Money Won
Daytona 10 1 100 of 100 Running $ 81,635
Darlington 3 2 147 of 147 Running 25,875
Martinsville 17 14 248 of 250 Running 7,365
St. Louis 7 31 141 of 160 Running 7,985
Pikes Peak 10 30 152 of 200 Engine 8,590
Dover 9 2 200 of 200 Running 32,875
Texas 3 6 167 of 167 Running 15,500
Memphis 7 12 200 of 200 Running 10,865
Milwaukee (Next Event)

Totals 1299 of 1424 (91.2%) $ 190,690

Pressley's 2002 Craftsman Truck Series Event Results click here

Best Start: 3rd @ Darlington Speedway 3-15-02 & Texas Motor Speedway 6-7-02
Best Finish: 1st @ Daytona International Speedway 2-15-02
Biggest Purse: $ 81,635 @ Daytona International Speedway 2-15-02

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