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close‘Oh, he’s OK, he got out,’ Burton says of wreck commentary, and 'they don’t have a clue'
KEN PETERS
The Associated Press
Sunday, Sep. 02, 2007
Jeff Burton said that, unless a NASCAR driver is pulled out of his car and hauled off on a gurney, everybody assumes he’s completely OK.
“A lot of times we’re hurting more than people ever know about because you don’t want everybody to know you’re hurt,” he said. “I always laugh when I watch a race and a guy takes a big hit and he gets out of the car and someone says, ‘Oh, he’s OK, he got out.’ They don’t have a clue if he’s OK or not.
“So I always find that a little humorous. From the outside looking in, OK sometimes is a relative term, but this is a dangerous sport. Anytime you strap yourself into something that’s propelling down a straightaway at 200 miles an hour, you have the potential to get hurt and that’s just the way it is.”
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: June 20, 1997 First NWCS Race: California 500, June 22, 1997 Qualifying Record: Ryan Newman, 187.432 mph, (38.414 sec.), 4/26/02 Race Record: Jeff Gordon, 155.012 mph, 6/22/97 Owner: ISC President: Bill Miller Phone: (909) 429-5000 Tickets: (909) 429-7223 Shipping Address: 9330 Cherry Ave. Fontana, CA 92335 Mailing Address: 9330 Cherry Ave. Fontana, CA 92335 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 2.0 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 14° Banking on Trioval: 11° Banking on Backstretch: 3º Length of Frontstretch: 2,500 ft. Length of Backstretch: 3,100 ft. Grandstand Seating: 92,000 Miles/Laps: 500 mi. = 250 laps |