Sam's Town 300

March 6, 2004
Las Vegas, NV

Derrike will be driving the #49 Advil Liqui-Gels Taurus in Las Vegas.

In the first practice, Derrike was 34th fastest with a time of 32.880 and speed of 164.234.

In qualifying, Derrike produced a lap of 32.647 with speed of 165.406. This put the #49 Taurus in 34th position where it will start the race.

In Happy Hour, Derrike was 33rd fastest with a time of 33.477 and speed of 161.305.

Derrike started the race in 34th position and finished in 27th position.

Derrike commented on Saturday’s Busch finish. "First, we were pleased that we got into the race on speed with the Advil Ford. That is a goal for our team. Probably our chassis setup was too conservative and as a result the car was tight throughout the race. The car ran hot during the race. To address that, we had to remove tape from the nose which then compounded the handling problem. For our next run we will be working on improving our pit stops and developing more aggressive setups."