Mark narrowly beat the No. 29 car to the checkered flag to seal a forth-place finish in Thursday’s second edition of the Gatorade 125’s at Daytona International Speedway. The finish earned Mark an eighth-place starting nod on the outside of the fourth row for the Viagra® (sildenafil citrate) Racing Team in Sunday’s famed Daytona 500. It was Mark’s second fourth place finish of Speedweeks. Mark finished fourth in Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout, ironically finishing just inches behind the No. 29 car. "I love Pat Tryson and the Viagra® team,” said Mark just moments after climbing out of his Viagra® Ford Taurus. “They gave me a great pit stop when we needed it and the car was good. This is just a preview of 2004 with the new Ford Taurus and the Ford power under the hood and this great race team. We couldn't win it today, but we had a great run. I think if we can find it, it's in that car - if we can just find it." Mark started the Twin 125 tenth, based on his 20th-place qualifying effort on Sunday. Mark was shuffled out of the draft early and dropped to as low as 17th by lap 11, as Mark reported to the crew that the car was handling tight in traffic. The field became segmented into three packs and Mark and Roush Racing teammate Matt Kenseth worked together with the No. 48 car to move back up the field. By lap 22, Mark was running in eighth place. Mark came into the pits just six laps later to take on four tires and fuel, while making air pressure adjustments. A quick stop of 14 seconds helped Mark to beat the No. 17 car out of the pits. Once the field had cycled through all of their stops, Mark was running in sixth place and in the lead pack. The lead pack consisted of eight cars at that point, with Mark running in sixth place with just 10 laps to go in the 50-lap race. Mark broke into the field’s top five just five laps later as be made his way around the No. 01 car and he used a last lap dash to the checkered to take fourth place away from the No. 29 and secure the strong finish. “We had a good car,” added Mark. “The longer we went the stronger we got and that's sort of our trademark. When you throw 500 miles in there maybe we'll be better. "I don't like to predict, but we had a pretty strong car today. We need to do some work if we want to be a contender to win this thing on Sunday, but I think it's there if we can just find it in the car. "Let me tell you something, that 2004 Taurus with that Ford power under the hood is like nothing I ever drove at Daytona. If we can just get it a little bit better, we'll have a chance." “This is just a preview of 2004 with the new Ford Taurus, the Ford power under the hood and this great race team,” said Mark after the strong finish. Sunday will mark the 20th start for Mark in the famed Daytona 500. Mark has finished inside the top-six of the last two 500’s.