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USARACING PRO CUP SERIES NOTES AND QUOTES

NOTES:

- Agnew held of series point leader Clay Rogers in a green-white-checkered finish to win today’s race, the first-ever at Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway.

- DID YOU KNOW? Agnew rallied from a lap down just past the 100-lap mark to win the 250-lap race.

- Agnew won the pole earning, collected a $13,000 bonus from WIX Filters.

JEFF AGNEW, No. 73 TEAM 7 MOTORSPORTS / AMERICA’S QUICK LUBE FORD: YOU HAVE WON A LOT OF RACE IN YOUR CAREER. WHERE DOES THIS STACK UP?

“As good as any of ‘em that we’ve ever won. To win here at Wilkesboro, we’ve come here in a late model and finished second two or three times and I’ve always wanted to ride the elevator. To finally get it in this series coming back here after its been shut down for so long, it’s just a wonderful feeling.”

DID YOU THINK YOU WERE SUNK WHEN YOU WENT A LAP DOWN?

“I thought we were sunked and flunked and everything else. I thought it was over. When the caution come out there a little bit later and we got to put our tires back on and we come back and passed everybody I was like, well, now we’ve got a shot because we’ve got a good enough car.

We just about had to do that. We were making some adjustments there on that fuel stop at first that we really needed to make, which that probably allowed the car to be as good as it was at the end of the race. Sometimes a blind hawk will find an acorn every once in a while and we found one today [smiles].”

WAS YOUR CAR REMARKABLY BETTER AFTER YOU CAME IN AND PUT TIRES ON?

“Oh yeah. It was a lot better at the end of the race than it was at the first of the race and that’s due to those adjustments that we made. Hey, what can I say? It worked out for us this time. Next time it probably won’t.”

WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN THAT LAST CAUTION CAME OUT? WERE YOU THINKING OH MAN, I DIDN’T NEED TO SEE THAT CAUTION.

“Oh definitely. We were out there 10, 12 car lengths, whatever it was, ahead and you never want to see a caution. But we knew it was coming because it’s just the way it works for us. You really got to pay attention on the restarts here after a few laps because you spin your tires so bad. I didn’t spin my tires too bad and I got a little bit of a cushion there and just able to hold on to it until the end.”

DO YOU THINK YOUR FELLOW PRO CUP SERIES COMPETITORS LIKED RACING HERE AT NORTH WILKESBORO?

“I think they do, definitely. If there get it to where their cars are hooked up pretty good they’ll love coming here and race.”

DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE CAR WAS GOING TO BE THIS STRONG HERE THIS WEEKEND?

“I didn’t think we could win the pole but I thought we had a decent car the whole time our test and down here this weekend. I thought we’ve had a god car and just fortunate enough that it was better than everybody else’s today I guess [smiles].

THIS WAS YOUR SECOND WIN OF THE 2010 SEASON.” DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN ANOTHER RACE BEFORE THE SEASON IS OVER?

“If they let us we’ll get ‘em all [laughs].”

DOUG WEDDLE, CREW CHIEF, No. 73 TEAM 7 MOTORSPORTS / AMERICA’S QUICK LUBE FORD:

“We knew that new tires were going to be really important and we tried to keep that in mind. When that first caution fell it was within two laps of being within our fuel window and we made a call to go with fuel and try to keep two new sets of tires for the end. And gosh, man, it almost bit us.”

DID YOU THINK YOU WERE SUNK WHEN YOU WENT A LAP DOWN?

“No I didn’t think I was sunk because I kept telling myself when we get new tires on we’re going to drive right back by ‘em. When that leader goes by you it’s a heartbreaking feeling but it worked out.”

The USAR Pro Cup Series, formerly Hooters Pro Cup, is owned by Interstate Investment Group (IIG) and is based in Concord, N.C. For more information on USARacing, visit www.usarprocup.com.

- USAR Pro Cup Series Press Release