We hope to make additional information available soon regarding Dale Jr’s condition as he prepares for this weekend’s race at Loudon, N.H.
Dale Jr. and the No. 8 Bud Team at New Hampshire
Previous Nextel Cup Starts: 9
Best Start: 3rd (July, 2003)
Best Finish: 5th (Sept., 2003)
This Race, Last Year: ST: 3rd / FIN: 6th
The Budweiser team experienced vast improvement at New Hampshire International Speedway last season, scoring a pair of top-six finishes (sixth in July and fifth in September). Prior to that, the Bud team’s average finish at NHIS was 23.14 with only one top 10 … Dale Jr. was one of only four drivers to score top-10 finishes in both races at NHIS in 2003.
In 22 career starts on tracks one mile in length, Dale Jr. has two wins (Dover in 2001 and Phoenix in 2003), six top-fives and nine top-10s. In the only previous start on a one-mile oval this season, the Bud team scored a third-place finish at Dover in June.
THE BUD TEAM AT THE HALFWAY POINT:
Races: 18
Wins: 3 (ties a career-best; Dale Jr. had three wins in 2001)
Poles: 0
Top 3: 7
Top 5: 9
Top 10: 12
Points: 2615 (2nd place, -105 behind Jimmie Johnson)
Races Led: 11
Laps Led: 588
DNF: 1 (Las Vegas)
Money: $4,390,243
Race Details:
New England 300
New Hampshire International Speedway / Loudon, N.H.
1.058-mile oval / 300 laps / 317.4 miles
Sunday, July 25, 2004
TV: TNT, 2 p.m. ET start. (Pre-race begins at 1:30 p.m.)
Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN), XM Radio.
Bud Pole Qualifying: Friday, July 9 / 3 p.m. ET
Budweiser, The King of Beers.
Thanks to Jade Gurss and Mike Davis from fingerprint inc. for sending the race reports and updates.
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-- Dale Earnhardt Jr. / No. 8 Budweiser team
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