Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Race Preview
Dale Jr. Quotes for Loudon
“We were much better at Loudon last year, but they’ve resurfaced the turns, so we’ll see how we respond to the changes. I think we’re a team that is equipped to take advantage of changes: we’re smarter with our set-ups, so we should be competitive and able to adapt to whatever the track throws us. I thought we had a real shot to win this race last season, so that makes me more eager to see how we’re gonna do when they throw the flag on Sunday.”
“We’re not dwelling on what happened (a crash late in Sunday’s race at Chicagoland Speedway). We’re looking forward. We’re still having a career-best year for this team, and Matt (Kenseth, point leader) is having some kind of an all-time-best-ever season. We’re going to keep doing what we have been doing.”
Dale Jr. and the No. 8 Bud Team at Loudon
Previous Winston Cup Starts: 7
Best Start: 8th (Nov. 2001)
Best Finish: 9th (July, 2001)
This Race, Last Year: ST: 28th FIN: 23rd Led: 3 times for 43 laps
The No. 8 Budweiser team were in-place for a top-five finish until Dale Jr. was taken out by Todd Bodine in a late-race crash.
What:
New England 300
300 laps / 317 miles / Race #19 of 36-race Winston Cup Series
Where:
New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon. NH
1.058-mile oval
When:
Sunday, July 20 / 2:00 p.m.
Watch:
NBC-TV (pre-race: 1:30 pm)
Bud Pole Qualifying:
Bud Pole qualifying can be seen Friday at 3:00 p.m. on Speed Channel. You can also hear qualifying and race action on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) on a radio station or computer near you. The radio programming is also heard on the 24-hour NASCAR channel on XM Radio. (All Times: Eastern)
