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close2nd place - Stewart, team 'hit on something'
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Sunday, Sep. 23, 2007
DOVER, Del. - It was probably the worst good performance Stewart has had this season.
Stewart started 28th, fell a lap down early, but with the help of adjustments to his car and problems for several other drivers in the Chase, he ended up ninth in Sunday's race at Dover and is two points behind leader Jeff Gordon in the standings.
“Oh, gosh, I was on suicide watch for the first 200 laps, but we finally hit on something that the car liked,” he said.
“We also kept getting boxed in the pit box (by Paul Menard). We’d get in and then we’d lose positions on the track and then we’d have to fight our way through.
“Toward the end of the day there was a lot of chaos. Everybody was fighting for everything they could get and it’s like driving down a dark alley there late in the day especially when you go through Turn 2.”
| 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 |