An unusually hot New Hampshire day produced temperatures that adversely affected several drivers, even with cool boxes as standard issue in the cars.
Both Michael Annett and Matt DiBenedetto were treated in the infield care center for heat-related issues after the race. Both were released soon afterward.
“Everybody’s working real hard inside the cars,” fifth-place finisher Dale Earnhardt Jr. told PRN’s Steve Richards. “This is a track where you’ve got to drive real, real hard every lap. The corners don’t work for you to where you can kind of settle into a pace.
“You’re working the car into the corner real loose and real tight in the center, and you’re working your guts out. It’s just a good thing they didn’t call any red flags. We’d have had some heat strokes out there. It’s pretty warm.”
Source: Reid Spencer / NASCAR Wire Service
