TV: FOX, 3:30 p.m. ET

Laps: 112
Track length: 1.949-mile
Race length: 218 miles
Configuration: 10-turn paved road course

Qualifying record: Rusty Wallace, Ford, 99.309 mph, 2000
Race record: Ernie Irvan, 81.412 mph, 1992

DRIVERS TO WATCH

Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- Had a rough time last year at Sears Point finishing 24th; did some testing at the track and expects to show better skills of road racing after also competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona; even though has not reached victory lane yet this year, the team is having an equally good season compared with last year as a rookie; after 15 races, statistics equal or exceed results from 2000 -- three top five finishes in both years, two less top-10 scores this year than last, but has led in 10 races compared to nine last year; also won two poles.

Jeff Gordon -- In a reversal of his victory a week earlier at the KMart 400, he finished second to Ricky Rudd this past Sunday at Pocono Raceway; has finished among the top two for the sixth time in his last seven starts; remained atop of the Winston Cup standings by 36 points ahead of Dale Jarrett; has led 610 of 800 laps raced in the last three races at Dover, Michigan and Pocono (76 percent); and now comes to a track where he has dominated the past three years en route to victories.

Kevin Harvick -- Tops the Rookie of the Year standings by 23 points over Kurt Busch; more impressive is his ninth place position in the overall standings; won first career Winston Cup race at Atlanta in March and has six top-10s.

Dale Jarrett -- In 12 races at Sears Point, he has just one top five finish; did come home in the top 10 the past two years, with sixth in 1999 and seventh last year; by finishing third in the Pocono 500, he did not lose much ground to Jeff Gordon in the standings; is 36 points behind; tied with Gordon for the series lead in wins (3) and poles (3); has nine top-10 finishes in the first 15 points races.

Bobby Labonte -- Has recovered somewhat after a slow start this year; reached the top 10 in the standings two races ago; finished in the top-13 in seven consecutive races; top finishes at Sonoma were fourth in 1998 and again last year.

Sterling Marlin -- Came up short in last year's race at Sonoma by finishing second by a little more than four seconds behind winner Jeff Gordon; it was his best result on a road course; having a solid season with top-10 finishes in his last three consecutive races; finished in the top five in five events and is fourth in the points.

Mark Martin -- Looking forward to racing at one of his best track on the Winston Cup schedule; in 12 starts at Sears Point Raceway road course, he finished in the top-10 an impressive 10 times; has seven top-five finishes, but has only won the race once in 1997 from the pole; last year he finished third behind Sterling Marlin and winner Jeff Gordon; is 93 points out of the top-10 in the series standings; finished in the top 10 in three of the last four races; top finishes are fourth at the Talladega 500 and Coca-Cola 600.

Ricky Rudd -- Last Sunday at Pocono Raceway, the 44-year-old driver ended his 88-race winless streak with a victory in the Pocono 500 (the 21st of his Winston Cup career); his previous win was on September 1998 at Martinsville Speedway; has been one of the most consistent drivers this year; tops the series with 11 top-10 finishes; has not finished lower than 14th in the past eight races; improved from fourth to third in the standings, 130 points behind first-place Jeff Gordon; the victory also marked the first for crew chief Michael McSwain.

Tony Stewart -- Ran well last year passing Scott Pruett on lap 68, but was physically ill due to the high temperature; he managed to complete the 112 laps, but only in 10th place, an improvement of five places from 1999; qualified well for both appearances at Sears Point; finished seventh or better in seven of the last eight points races highlighted by victory at the Pontiac Excitement 400; fifth in the standings.

Rusty Wallace -- Some mediocre results in the last five races have pushed him from third to sixth in the standings; is one of 10 winners this season, recording his 544th career win on April 29 at California Speedway; winner at Sonoma in 1996 and 1990; has eight top-10 finishes in 12 races at the track.