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1st place - 'A crazy Dover day,' Gordon says
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Sunday, Sep. 23, 2007
DOVER, Del. - Jeff Gordon’s best description of his day? “Effective.”
“It certainly wasn’t pretty. I thought maybe we were going to have a good day here and then it just went downhill for us,” he said.
“We survived and I think we came out 11th.”
He came out with the Nextel Cup Series points lead as well, although it is a mere two points over Tony Stewart.
"We certainly didn't have the car that we were hoping for today. But we fought through to a decent finish and missed some accidents and it was a crazy Dover day," Gordon 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 |
