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Sporting News, The, Sept 23, 2005
SYLVANIA 300
BACKTRACKING
New England 300
NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
July 17, 2005
TRACK facts
NEW HAMPSHIRE International Speedway
Opened: June 5, 1990
Location: Loudon, N.H,
First NASCAR Cup race: July 11, 1993
Distance: 1.058 miles
Front stretch: 1,500 feet
Back stretch: 1,500 feet
Banking in Turns 1-4: 12 degrees
Banking in straights: 2 degrees
Grandstand seats: 91,000
Tickets: 603 783-4931
Website: nhis.com
DOWN THE ROAD
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New Hampshire International Speedway
* When: 1 p.m. ET, Sunday
* TV: TNT
* Length: 317.4 miles/300 laps
What to expect
New Hampshire is a flat miler, but the races bear more characteristics of banked intermediate tracks. Fuel mileage will be important, as will track position, good pit stops and solid strategy.
Because it's the first race in the Chase, expect drivers to be tentative, if not downright conservative. Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield wrecked early last year and never got back in the Chase, and nobody wants to have that happen to him.
TSN's winner: Jimmie Johnson
CHASE DRIVERS AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
Driver Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles
1. Jimmie Johnson 7 2 2 3 0
2. Ryan Newman 7 1 4 6 3
3. Kurt Busch 9 2 4 5 0
4. Matt Kenseth 11 0 4 7 0
5. Mark Martin 21 0 7 11 2
6. Rusty Wallace 21 1 6 12 2
7. Tony Stewart 13 2 7 8 0
8. Carl Edwards 2 0 0 0 0
9. Jamie McMurray 5 0 1 3 0
10. Greg Biffle 6 0 1 2 0
Avg.
Driver Laps/Led start Avg. finish DNF LLF
1. Jimmie Johnson 2,007/73 8.9 8.7 0 7
2. Ryan Newman 1,969/433 5.7 8.9 1 6
3. Kurt Busch 2,378/278 18.8 11.4 1 6
4. Matt Kenseth 3,176/85 17.5 11.4 0 8
5. Mark Martin 6,161/364 14.5 11.5 0 18
6. Rusty Wallace 5,729/251 12.8 13.3 3 15
7. Tony Stewart 3,380/563 11.9 13.5 2 9
8. Carl Edwards 599/0 20.5 16.0 0 1
9. Jamie McMurray 1,240/14 11.6 20.4 2 3
10. Greg Biffle 1,481/0 12.2 24.7 2 2
LLF: lead lap finishes
New England 300
NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
July 17, 2005
TOP 10
Finish Start Driver Car, make Laps led
1 13 Tony Stewart 20, Chevrolet 232
2 5 Kurt Busch 97, Ford 6
3 10 Bobby Labonte 18, Chevrolet
4 7 Kyle Busch 5, Chevrolet
5 9 Greg Biffle 16, Ford
6 2 Kasey Kahne 9, Dodge 18
7 4 Ryan Newman 12, Dodge 22
8 6 Rusty Wallace 2, Dodge
9 24 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8, Chevrolet
10 16 Matt Kenseth 17, Ford
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