The Texas Motor Speedway is quad-oval 1.5 mile track really similar to the Atlanta Motor Speedway as well as Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Texas is banked 24 degrees in the turns.
As the Texas Speedway aged it lost its title as the fastest non-restrictor plate track to Atlanta, but speed is definably still a factor at Texas as by Lap 276 only fifteen cars were on the lead lap.
However, the real story at Texas on Sunday was fuel millage. The leaders were driving on vapor, for some this gamble equaled victory for other disappointment.
Ranked 12th – Denny Hamlin (No. 11)
|
Start |
Finish |
Change in Standing |
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17 |
17 |
-1 |
Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 team brought Chassis JGR 204 to Texas, the same chassis that brought them third places at Atlanta, so what happened?
A perturbed Denny would tell a reporter from FedEx.com:
“We definitely fought a car that was really hard to drive all afternoon. We just didn't get it figured out. The FedEx Office guys tried almost everything they could and we just couldn't get it right. We were loose on exit, tight in the center; we couldn't put the throttle down. There was no reaction out of the front end - you say it, it happened to us”.
Denny’s handling problem were evident early in the race as on his first pit, Lap 50 the No. 11 team made a wedge adjustment and added a spring rubber. The changes regrettably, didn’t improve the handling issues, evident as Denny fell deeper back in the field. By Lap 287 he would be off the lead lap.
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