Dodge Motorsports Notes and Quotes - NSCS Lenox Industrial Tools 301
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HISTORICAL DATA
• First Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Win: Lee Petty, 2/1/53, West Palm, Fla., 100 miles, .5-mile track.
• Last Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Win: Kasey Kahne, 06/21/2009, Infineon Raceway, 224.87-miles, 1.99-mile road course 71.012 mph avg. speed
• First Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Win at Loudon: Ward Burton, 07/02/2002, New England 300, 92.342 mph avg. speed.
• Last Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Win at Loudon: Kurt Busch, 06/28/2008, Lenox Industrial Tools 301, 106.719 mpg avg. speed.
DODGE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
• Dodge Motorsports has three wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
• Penske Racing’s Kurt Bush (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) leads all current Dodge drivers with three Sprint Cup victories at NHMS. Busch won the rain-shortened (284 of the 301 scheduled laps were completed) Lenox Industrial Tools 301 last spring. Busch swept both events in 2004 prior to joining the Dodge family.
• Bill Elliott, driving the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge, became the oldest pole winner when he started from the No. 1 spot in the 2002 New England 300. Elliott was 46 years, 9 months, 13 days old.
• Dodge holds the track qualifying record of 133.357 mph (28.561 sec.) set in September, 2003 (Ryan Newman)
• Dodge has earned the pole in six of the last 11 races at NHMS when qualifying was not postponed.
THE DODGE BOYS
• Dodge has 203 Sprint Cup Series wins.
• Dodge teams have posted 43 wins since the manufacturer returned to NASCAR’s premier series in 2001 after being out of the sport since 1977.
• Dodge’s most recent win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was Kasey Kahne’s victory last weekend in the Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway.
• All seven Dodge teams running the full 36-race Sprint Cup schedule are inside the top-35 in 2009 owner points and assured starting spots in Sunday’s race: Kurt Busch (4th), Kasey Kahne (13th), Elliott Sadler (23rd), Sam Hornish Jr. (26th), Reed Sorenson (27th), AJ Allmendinger (29th) and David Stremme (31st).
• Kasey Kahne recorded the 200th win by Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series with his victory in the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway last season.
DODGE DRIVER NOTES & ANECDOTES
• Kurt Busch has three wins, eight top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 16 career Loudon starts.
• Kasey Kahne moved up two spots in the Sprint Cup point standings after his win at Infineon. Kahne is currently 13th, only three points from the 12th and final Chase spot.
• Elliott Sadler earned his second top-10 of the season last weekend at Infineon.
• AJ Allmendinger will be making his fourth-career Loudon start. His best starting spot was 10th for the June, 2008, event.
• Sam Hornish Jr. will be making his third start at NHMS.
• David Stremme will make his fifth start at the Loudon track. He has a best finish of 11th.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Kasey Kahne earned the first road-course victory of his career last weekend at Infineon Raceway.
• NASCAR’s ‘Lucky Dog’ originated from an on-track incident at Loudon in 2003.
• Only four of the previous 28 races at New Hampshire were won from the pole.
• There has never been a last-lap pass in 28 races at New Hampshire.
• Kasey Kahne led 37 laps last weekend at Infineon; the most since he led 45 laps at Darlington earlier this year.
• Kurt Busch has ranked inside the top-12 all season.
• Kurt Busch has scored at least one victory in each of the last eight years (2002-2009).
• Reed Sorenson has qualified in the top 10 in three of his six starts at NHMS.
DODGE QUOTES
“You know, I think that was really cool to see Richard in victory lane with us, and it’s a big deal. Richard Petty Motorsports is a great company and we keep building and trying to make it better and stronger.”
Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger
“I was very happy how we ran and how our team ran last weekend. That gives you a ton of momentum for this weekend. Our people at this team and working a lot of hours and sacrificing a lot to make this organization succeed and those efforts are showing on the track. I’m pumped up about where we are going. Kasey winning was great and the way AJ and I were able to come back from problems was really cool as well. Never giving up pays off. I hope we give The King a few more trips to victory lane this season.”
Elliott Sadler, No. 19 Best Buy Dodge Charger
“I don’t know why I like that track so much. I guess I am just naturally comfortable there. Maybe it’s like some of the tracks I raced on growing up or in the ASA (American Speed Association). Whatever the reason, I like racing at that place. The Bahre family built a really cool track and the Speedway Motorsports people will make it even better. I hope they don’t ever change the configuration. I like it just the way it is now.”
Reed Sorenson, No. 43 McDonald’s McCafe Dodge Charger
“To this day, there are still a lot of people who don’t realize the whole story when it came to our Miller Lite Dodge Team winning that race. In our eyes, it will always be a fuel mileage win. I don’t think that the record was ever set straight about what all came down there during the June race last year.
Kurt Busch, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger
“I really enjoy going to New Hampshire [Motor Speedway]. It is a great track with some of the greatest race fans in the country. There are multiple grooves on entry which give me a number of options on how to get the car set in the corners.”
David Stremme, No. 12 Penske Racing Dodge Charger
“The double file restarts are making all of the restarts pretty exciting this season. Wait ‘til it gets late in the race on Sunday. They were fun Sunday at Infineon and I think they will be even crazier this weekend.”
AJ Allmendinger, No. 44 Berlin City Auto Group Dodge Charger
“I’ve always felt that New Hampshire and Richmond are similar to each other. With our recent top-10 run in Richmond, we are anxious to get back to New Hampshire and hopefully capture a similar finish this weekend. New Hampshire demands a lot from the race car and you definitely need a strong engine and good brakes to make the transitions from corner to straightaway quickly.”
Sam Hornish Jr., No. 77 AAA/Penske Truck Rental Dodge Charger
- Darnell Communications For Dodge Motorsports, Press Release
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