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7th place - Trouble finds Truex, team
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Sunday, Sep. 23, 2007
DOVER, Del. - All the hard work appeared to be for naught.
Martin Truex Jr. and his team had spent most of Sunday’s race at Dover working to improve his No. 1 Chevrolet, only to see most of what they accomplished go up in smoke when he was one of 12 cars involved in a late-race wreck.
His crew tried to make repairs and he got back out on the track, but debris from his car caused the final caution of the race.
He finished 13th.
"The bad luck bit us today. It was a decent day, we were going to have a good finish. It’s just frustrating,” he said.
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 1969 First NWCS Race: Mason-Dixon 300, July 6, 1969 Qualifying Record: Jeremy Mayfield, 161.522 mph (22.288 sec.), 6/4/04 Race Record: Mark Martin, 132.719 mph, 9/21/97 Owner: Dover Downs Ent., Inc. President & CEO: Denis McGlynn Phone: (302) 674-4600 Tickets: (800) 441-7223 Shipping Address: 1131 N. Dupont Hwy Dover, DE 19901 Mailing Address: PO Box 843 Dover, DE 19903 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 24° Banking in Straights: 9° Length of Frontstretch: 1,076 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,076 ft. Grandstand Seating: 140,000 Miles/Laps: 400 mi. = 400 laps |