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Gateway International Raceway
CARQUEST Auto
Parts 250
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Location: Madison,
IL
Shape: Oval
Distance: 1.25-miles
Front Straight: 1,922
Feet
Back Straight: 1,976
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Gateway International Raceway
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Notes & Quotes: NASCAR Busch Series CarQuest Auto Parts
250
On Gateway International Speedway: "I'm
looking forward to going back to Gateway. I had my best finish in
the ASA Series at that track [5th]. It's a little bigger than a
mile. It's got a long front straightaway so you're going to need to use your brakes going into turn one. We'll be
running under the lights and I enjoy that so I think we'll have a
good run there."
On Testing at IRP: " Our testing went
okay but we were off the time we were looking for really. I think the track was slower for everyone
because they were also running late models and sprint cars there. They run
the Hoosier tire, which is a different compound from our Goodyear
rubber. It
just makes the track a little slipperier. I ran at IRP in the ASA
last year.
I had a good qualifying run [3rd] but we had a fuel line problem in
the race. We were pretty slow on the straightaways but the car was
awesome in the corners. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the end
because I got crashed. I think we were running about 10th when it happened.
On Chicagoland Speedway: Foyt started 33rd
and finished 22nd; his
finish moved him to 22nd in the NASCAR Busch Series points, the
highest his Harrah's team has been since early March. Foyt had
gotten as high as 15th in the race but an engine problem, suspected
to be a broken valve spring, left him with only seven cylinders for
much of the race.
"I was really frustrated because we had an awesome
car," said Foyt of
the No. 14 Harrah's Monte Carlo. "Jon and the Harrah's crew
gave me great pitstops and the car was handling so well but it just
didn't have the power coming off the turns. Handling-wise, that's
the best the car has been in a long time but because of the motor
problem, we couldn't capitalize on it. At the end of the race I was
just riding around hoping to finish."
 Points
standing: Foyt is 22nd in the driver's points; he has earned
$241,367.
Best
Busch Series Start: 14th at Nashville Superspeedway on April 14
Best
Busch Series Finish: 12th at Talladega Superspeedway on April 21
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