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Edwards runs out of time
DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com
Sunday, Jul. 15, 2007
JOLIET, Ill. -- Carl Edwards wanted just a little more time in Sunday’s USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
“We needed about 20 more laps,” said Edwards, who surged after his final pit stop to wind up third in his No. 99 Ford behind Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth. “Tony’s car was faster than ours but we had better tires.”
Edwards had to settle for a duel with Roush Fenway Racing teammate Matt Kenseth for second over the final laps. They got side by side at one point, but Kenseth eventually came out ahead.
“I should have stayed to his outside,” Edwards said. “I tried to put a slide job on him but that didn’t work out.”
| 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 |