CONCORD, N.C. (May 25, 2002) –Todd Bodine and the Excedrin Racing team collected their third top-five finish of the season during the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway last Saturday. The top five was the 141st of Bodine’s NASCAR Busch Series career.

Bodine was the 12th of 48 competitors to take to the track during qualifying on Friday afternoon.  Bodine ran a speed of 180.608 miles per hour around the 1.5-mile oval, which placed him in fifth place on the starting grid.

“That was pretty good,” said Bodine after his run.  “It was about a tenth faster than what we ran in practice and that’s pretty good for this time of the day.  This effort really shows the character of this team since this is a brand new car that had never turned a lap before practice this morning.  Right off the truck, this car was good.  For the crew to put a car together like they did and it comes out and runs as fast as it did is pretty impressive to me.”

The green flag flew on Saturday afternoon and it wasn’t long before the caution flags began to fly.  Bodine was in sixth place when the first yellow flag was thrown, and without hesitation, he radioed to his crew chief, Tony Liberati, that the No. 92 Excedrin Chevrolet was tight.  The team made plans to insert a spring rubber in the right rear spring and made an air pressure adjustment to the tires.  Bodine drove into the pits to the attention of his crew on lap 44. It became apparent that more changes needed to be made to the car and Bodine once again made a pit stop during a caution period on lap 63.  

Changes were made to the car throughout the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 to remedy both tight and loose handling conditions.  Bodine broke back into the top 10 just after the halfway mark of the race and remained there for most of the remainder of the event.  The ninth and final caution flag of the day came out on lap 193 and Bodine and Liberati made the decision to pit for four fresh tires.  Bodine entered the pits in ninth place – one of 10 cars on the lead lap - and returned to the track in 10th after the majority of the leaders remained on the track.  The green flag flew on lap 197 and in less than three laps, Bodine picked up five spots to take the checkered flag in fifth place.

The NASCAR Busch Series heads to Dover (Del.) Downs International Speedway next weekend for the running of the MBNA Platinum 200 on Saturday afternoon.  The event will be broadcast live on FX television and MRN radio at 1:00 p.m. EDT.  Qualifying for the race will take place on Friday, May 31 at 12:15 p.m. EDT. 

For more Excedrin Racing information log onto www.excedrin.com. Excedrin is a family of non-prescription pain relievers for safe and effective pain relief for a range of headache types.  Excedrin is produced by Bristol-Myers Squibb, a leading diversified worldwide health and personal care company, whose principle businesses are medications, nutritionals and medical devices.

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Prepared by: Michelle Marckwardt - Excedrin Racing/Eclipse Management Co.