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JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Sunday, Sep. 16, 2007
LOUDON, N.H. - Matt Kenseth said he had speed but just couldn’t pass to make up enough ground.
He still managed to make his way to seventh after starting 30th. Kenseth is 14 points behind sixth place and 54 behind the leaders.
“We need to run better than that, obviously, to contend for a championship, but we ran pretty good. Our speed was pretty good, it’s just that these cars compared to the old conventional cars are just so much harder to pass,” he said.
“You can run a tenth (of a second) or two better than the guy in front of you, but you can’t really go anywhere and then once you get to him, it’s just so hard to pass with them.”
Kenseth he was not surprised most of the Chase drivers finished in the top-10. “They’re the top 12 in points and probably got there for running good,” he said.
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: June 5, 1990 First NWCS Race: Slick 50 300, 7/11/93 Qualifying Record: Ryan Newman, 133.357 mph (28.561 sec.), 9/12/03 Race Record: Jeff Burton, 117.134 mph, 7/13/97 Owner/Chairman: Bob Bahre Owner/President: Gary G. Bahre Phone: (603) 783-4744 Tickets: (603) 783-4931 Shipping Address: 1122 Route 106 North Loudon, NH 03301 Mailing Address: PO Box 7888 Loudon, NH 03301 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.058 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 12° Banking on Straights: 2° Length of Frontstretch: 1,500 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,500 ft. Grandstand Seating: 91,000 Miles/Laps: 317.4 mi. = 300 laps |