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closeQ&A | Brad Keselowski
JIM UTTER, jutter@charlotteobserver.com
Friday, Jul. 20, 2007
Keselowski made his JR Motorsports debut last week in the Busch Series race at Chicagoland and finished a career-best 14th. He also will start Saturday night's race at St. Louis.
Q. Talk about your run last weekend. I'm glad for the team. They needed the strong run as they've come off some tough weeks. I wish the race was about 50 laps longer because we were really good on long runs and not too much on short runs.
Q. Did you feel pressure? There's certainly pressure when you're in Dale (Earnhardt) Jr.'s Busch car. It's kind of a tough way to go, but in qualifying, we didn't qualify well at all. You start to loose confidence when stuff like that happens so to run as well as we did in the race gets that confidence back. That's a big deal for me and certainly for the team as well.
Q. What were your expectations? This is exactly what I was hoping for. Being realistic, first time together, new group with (crew chief) Wes Ward, and (director of competition) Tony Eury Sr. it's a great group of guys and we're starting to build that communication. Every lap we get and every time we talk we just keep building communication, and that's why we got better at the end of the race.
Next Race
Allstate 400
WHAT: 160 laps or 400 miles
WHERE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.5-mile paved flat quad-oval located in Indianapolis.
WHEN: 2 p.m. July 29. TV: ESPN. RADIO: IMS Radio Network
LAST YEAR'S WINNER: Jimmie Johnson
THIS WEEK: Gateway 250, NASCAR Busch Series, Gateway International Raceway, 8 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2.
| 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 |