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Jul. 15, 2016
What to Watch: Friday
by The Frontstretch Staff
During a press conference Friday morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports General Manager Doug Duchardt announced that if Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is not healthy enough to race next weekend at Indianapolis, four-time champion Jeff Gordon would come out of retirement to drive Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88. Read more
Records and facts
In last year's race, pit strategy determined the winner. Kyle Busch made a green-flag stop for four tires. He then ran down leaders Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski and got back onto the lead lap prior to the final yellow flying with less than 50 laps to go. After everyone else on the lead lap stopped, Kyle Busch inherited the lead and held on to take his second win a row and third in four weeks, Keselowski was second, followed by Harvick, Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Amongst active drivers, four men have three career wins on the flat track. Those drivers are Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson. Newman earned his first career win at Loudon in 2002 as a rookie. Five more drivers (Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch) have two each.
All-time, Jeff Burton has the most victories at Loudon with four. That includes leading flag-to-flag to win the 2000 Dura Lube/KMart 300. In addition to the four active drivers with three wins, Jeff Gordon also had three wins at Loudon. That includes the 1998 Farm Aid on CMT 300 that sparked the "Tiregate" issue after Jack Roush accused Hendrick Motorsports of soaking tires.
Track Facts
Track / Race Length: 1.058-mile oval, 301 laps (318.458 miles)
Banking: 2-7 degrees
Straightaways: 1,500 ft., banked 2 degrees
Grandstand Seating: 95,491
Pit Road Speed: 40 mph
Pace Car Speed: 50 mph
Opened: 1990, first Cup race in 1993
Website: http://www.nhms.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nhmotorspeedway
Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHMotorSpeedway
Remaining Pre-Race Schedule:
Qualifying: Friday, July 15 at 4:45 p.m. on NBCSN
Practice No. 2: Saturday, July 16, 10 - 10:55 a.m. on CNBC
Happy Hour: Saturday, July 16, 12:30 - 1:25 p.m. on NBCSN
Say What?!
"There's nothing tricky or fancy about it. It's just a fun track. It just seems like it's always been a fun driver's track. Your car has to work well there but, when you get to racing guys, you're trying to out-brake them, trying to get your car to turn and you struggle for forward bite. It's just got a little bit of everything the drivers look for to have a good race.
"It's a big motor deal. With the corners being so tight, you've got to put a lot of gear in the car to get it up off the corner. Forward bite is always an issue there, too, so it's hard to get up off the corners. Then you've got long straightaways where you can kind of relax a little bit. Coming into the corners, you use a lot of brake, and it's hard to not only get the car stopped, but to get it to turn. Then you go through that challenge all over again." - Tony Stewart
"Loudon is one of the more unique race tracks that we race at. It's a little bit flatter one mile race track. The thing I like about it is you can diamond the corner or run down on the apron a little bit and up the race track. It gives a lot of opportunities to pass even though it's difficult. NESN has been a great supporter of us at Roush and it's really cool to be able to run this paint scheme at New Hampshire." - Greg Biffle
"Loudon should be fun. I like going to New Hampshire. The race track is great, the fans are amazing in the Northeast and the weather is always nice. It's just a place that I look forward to going to. I also seem to run well there, too. We had a really good run there last year. I think I qualified 13th or 14th in the earlier summer race. So, I always seem to have an optimistic outlook when I head to New Hampshire.
"The bike riding up there is really nice. I've actually got a photo shoot with a bike manufacturer while we're there. We're going to explore New Hampshire and get some good shots." - Landon Cassill
Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at ashland10@mail.com.
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by the Frontstretch Staff
by Kevin Rutherford
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Q: If you look at the results on Racing-Reference.info of the 2005 Molson Indy Toronto, you'll see that Paul Tracy ran out of fuel and finished 16th. Let's just say that it was an exciting 16th-place finish. What happened after his first stop?
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