DAN MARINO SR. GETS BEHIND THE WHEEL AT MIAMI-DADE HOMESTEAD MOTORSPORTS COMPLEX HOMESTEAD, Fla. (Jan. 27, 1999) - Dan Marino Sr. was in the driver's seat at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex on Wednesday, at the wheel of a NASCAR Winston Cup-style stock car as part of the Richard Petty Driving Experience.

Replicas of famous NASCAR Winston Cup stock cars are put to work by The Richard Petty Driving Experience.

The father of the Miami Dolphins quarterback took eight laps around the 1.5-mile Homestead oval, hitting speeds of 130 mph, driving a replica of the No. 23 stock car campaigned by fellow Pennsylvanian Jimmy Spencer.

"That was excellent," Marino said. "I was just getting used to it when I had to come in. It was an outstanding experience."
       
The Richard Petty Driving Experience ranges from three-lap high-speed rides given by professional drivers (in replicas of NASCAR Winston Cup stock cars driven by Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon), to the 30-lap "Experience of a Lifetime." The Richard Petty Driving Experience
will be at Homestead through Sunday. For additional information, call 1-800-BE PETTY.