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Dodge Motorsports NSCS Teams Post-Heluva Good! at The Glen Race Recaps
Press ReleaseKURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger)
(The seventh-place finish is a career best for Busch at Watkins Glen. He’s finished 10th twice).
“I felt we had a strong car. I passed guys all day. Fuel mileage bit us huge. Finished seventh, that’s all right, but man we were faster than that. I was real proud of my team’s effort and the way that we adjusted on it in practice, the way the brakes held up. We were just behind on pit strategy I guess; fuel mileage didn’t come into our favor. Other guys pitted with 55 (laps) to go, we had to come in with 58 (to go), but hey, we passed cars. It was really fun to do that. We had a car that could maneuver and we just weren’t stuck behind guys. The car just started overheating when I went through the grass. All in all, (it was) a good day for our Miller Lite Dodge. We finished seventh at Watkins Glen; we’re still looking for a top five here though.”
PAT TRYSON (Crew Chief, No. 12 Miller Lite Dodge Charger)
“I felt like we should have won the race. I felt like we had the best car here. He (Kurt Busch) drove his butt off. It’s just disappointing. It’s a good day points wise. I’m sure we’ll all feel better about it later, but right now, it’s disappointing to be that fast and not do what you need to do.”
AJ ALLMENDINGER (No. 44 Stanley Tools Dodge Charger)
“We went with fuel strategy and really didn’t want to gamble on the yellows. It worked out well. We tried to put new tires on and it took like 15 laps for the car to come to us. We put on scuffs at the end and that was way better. That might have been the way to go. Overall, against the guys racing around us in points, it was a good day.”
ELLIOTT SADLER (No. 19 Best Buy Dodge Charger)
“I just messed up. It was 100 percent driver error. The car wheel-hopped getting into (Turn) One. I’m sorry for my guys and Best Buy. I should have had at least a 13th or 14th like we usually run here. I put us in a hole today. Our pit strategy was good. We were exactly where we wanted to be. I’m man enough to say it was 100 percent my fault. I just have to make up for it next week.”
SAM HORNISH JR. (No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger)
“We’ve been fast all weekend. We just had some problems keeping us from being up in the front. We were trying to make it on fuel mileage and Kasey (Kahne) just got a little bit loose underneath me and got into me. I thought that it was going to be a big hit into the tire wall. I didn’t think that I was going to get hit by two more cars. It was rough. The cars are real safe and I’m thankful that we do everything that we do to be as safe as we can.
“He (Kasey Kahne) got loose and had to correct and got me sideways. I thought the tires (tire barrier) were probably going to hurt a little bit; I didn’t think I was going to get hit by two more cars. It was a pretty big hit, but the cars are safe. I’ve got a couple bumps and bruises, but all in all, I’m pretty good. I’m happy about that and looking forward to getting back out there and, hopefully, having a better weekend next weekend. A rough day for us; a rough weekend. Hopefully, the Mobil 1 Dodge will be a lot better next weekend at Michigan. You never want to make highlights like that.”
REED SORENSON (No. 43 McDonald’s Dodge Charger)
“We were biding our time today and just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. I think (Dale Earnhardt) Jr. had a brake problem and just got us; nothing he could do. The crew worked really hard and got the car back on the track and I think we made up three positions in the final lap. We didn’t have a good day in the McDonald’s Dodge, but we made it better than what it could have been.
- Darnell Communications for Dodge Motorsports, Press Release
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