This weekend will mark a career milestone for Jeff Green, as he is scheduled to make his 250th NEXTEL Cup Series start at New Hampshire International Speedway. Green made his Cup series debut on September, 10, 1994, at Richmond International Raceway, when he was 31 years old. Driving the Sadler Brothers’ No. 95 Ford, Green completed just 42 of 400 laps before transmission troubles ended his day.
In all, Green has 483 total starts in NASCAR’s three national series heading into this weekend (249 NEXTEL Cup Series starts, 253 NASCAR Busch Series starts, and one NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start).
Jeff Green: “Someone asked me how I feel about making my 250th Cup start. I guess it’s kind of a big deal, but when you look at guys like Ricky Rudd and Terry Labonte and how many starts they have, 250 is just a drop in the bucket.
“I will say I feel very blessed to have been given the opportunity to compete at this level long enough to get to 250 starts. I pinch myself when I think that I’m just a kid from Owensboro, KY., that gets to race cars for a living. Michelle (Green, Jeff’s wife) and I are very lucky people. This sport has been great to us.”
Q&A With Driver Jeff Green
What do you think of New Hampshire International Speedway, now that it’s been a few years since they’ve done some paving work to the facility?
“Well, it’s not nearly as bad as it used to be. Still, when they run the other series with different tires on the same weekends we’re there, the first 10 (Nextel) Cup cars that go out during qualifying are going to be sliding all over the place. It’s tough to get grip in the tires when the other rubber is down. Other than that, I like racing here.”
Since you raced a lot on shorter tracks earlier in your career, do you enjoy the tracks like New Hampshire?
“Yeah, I do like the shorter tracks. It seems like when we go slower, we race harder, if you can believe that.”
Jeff Green: “We’re getting down to the final days for fans to be able to go to Best Buy stores or to BestBuy.com and donate to the Fisher House. We’re running a Haas Automation paint scheme this weekend, but the team wanted to keep the awareness going, so we’re running the decal on our ‘C’ post. I’m very proud to help the troops anyway we can, so this has been a really rewarding fundraiser for myself and the team.”
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