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Location: Concord,
N.C.
Shape: Quad-Oval
Distance: 1.5-miles
Banking, Turns: 24
degrees
Front Straight: 1,952.8
feet
Banking, Front
Straight: 5 degrees
Back Straight: 1,360
feet
Banking, Back
Straight: 5 degrees |
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Lowe's Motor Speedway |
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Notes & Quotes:
Broadcast
Information:
Qualifying: Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m. on the Speed Channel
Happy Hour: Friday, Oct. 10, 5:40 p.m. on the Speed Channel (tape
delayed)
Race: Saturday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m. on NBC
*All times are EDT
Race Length:
500 miles (334 laps)
Track Records:
Qualifying:
186.465 mph (28.96 seconds) set by Jimmie Johnson on 5/26/02
Race
151.952 set by Bobby Labonte on 5/28/95
Notes:
Starting last week at Kansas City, the Harrah's team is under the
helm of new crew chief Greg Conner.
Larry and the Harrah's Racing team qualified 29th and finished 34th
in the Coca-Cola 600 earlier this year at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
On Wednesday afternoon, the team wrapped up a two-day test session
at Martinsville Speedway.
Larry has competed fives times at Lowe's Motor Speedway - four times
in the NASCAR Busch Series and last Saturday's Winston Open. His
best performance was in the fall Busch race in 2002 when he
qualified ninth and finished 17th.
Larry Foyt on Lowe's Motor Speedway:
"We tested at Lowe's a couple weeks ago and it really went well.
Lowe's is a fun track to race on and I'm really looking forward to
racing under the lights."
Larry Foyt on Greg Conner:
"We're going to be trying him for a couple of races and see how it
goes. I might try a couple of people. We're just going to see how it
goes. Like I told my guys, we're working on next year right now
already. We're trying to get a good nucleus going to go into next
year and be more prepared than we were this year.
"He's been around a long time, been in the Winston Cup deal. He's
been down in the trucks helping Robert (Pressley). What's great is
that he's been on a lot of teams like us that have limited resources
and I think that's something where he can make a lot out of a little
and I think that's something that's going to help us out.
"There are two different types of crew chiefs in the business now
because you've got guys that do well with all the resources and
they're better organizers and things like that. They may not know
the cars in and out like some guys. They do really well with putting
all that information together and then some guys have to take a
little bit and try to stretch it a lot. I think his personality will
fit real well. We've got a smaller group so we're more like a small
family-type team, and I think, and we needed a guy that would fit in
that situation." |