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Kurt Busch fights most of the way back
DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com
Sunday, Jul. 15, 2007
JOLIET, Ill. -- Kurt Busch’s engine had no oil pressure when his team tried to start it up for the first time before practice here on Friday, and try as they might they couldn’t find the problem.
So the team changed engines, meaning they had to start at the rear of the field on Sunday. Busch fought his way forward all day and wound up sixth.
“You know that you have to stay on pace and take your time,” said Busch, who picked up one spot to 14th in the standings. He’s now 77 points behind 12th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the battle to make the 12-man Chase. “We really put a maneuverable set-up on the car, one that could go low and one that could go high. It turned out really positive.”
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 2001 First NWCS Race: July 15, 2001 Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon, 186.942 mph, (28.886 sec.), 7/9/04 Race Record: Kevin Harvick, 136.832 mph, 7/14/02 Owner: Raceway Associates, LLC General Manager: Matthew T. Alexander Phone: (815) 722-5500 Tickets: (815) 727-7223 Shipping Address: 3200 South Chicago St. Joliet, IL 60434 Mailing Address: PO Box 3339 Joliet, IL 60434-3339 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.5 Mile Tri-oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 18° Banking on Tri-oval: 11° Banking on Backstretch: 5° Length of Frontstretch: 2,400 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,700 ft. Grandstand Seating: 75,000 Miles/Laps: 400.5 mi. = 267 laps |