EDDY MCKEAN FINISHES 3rd AND MOVES INTO THE POINTS LEAD

(Bakersfield, Calif.)– Eddy McKean and McKean Motor Sports finished 3rd in Saturday night's (April 6, 2002) Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring Rialto Concrete Products 125 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Eddy's 3rd place finish put him at the top of the points in the Southwest Series.

Eddy McKean was the second fastest in qualifying with a time of 18.420 but due to the inversion he started the race in the 8th position. Although he started 8th he didn't stay there long he worked his way up into 4th and continued to run there for most of the race but, as luck would have it Eddy McKean managed to finish in 3rd place.

The entire team is very happy with their 3rd place finish, they never ran under 19 seconds all day during practice. "Crew Chief, Marc Lundgren made some major changes right before qualifying and we landed second fastest." "What a surprise, but we didn't know what the long run would do to us, we had a 6th or 7th place car but with some luck we landed 3rd." "Just enough to slide by Burney Lamar for the points lead." "I couldn't have done this well without the help of Victory Circle, HPS Mechanical and especially all the hard work by the entire team." McKean said.

Eddy McKean said he plans to enjoy the points lead while he can, the top 4 are very close and you just never know how things may change from week to week. Right now the team is getting ready for Stockton they had a real good test there and can't wait to get to the race.