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Dodge Motorsports, 2010 NSCS Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Race Recaps
Press Release
“We didn’t have a very good car today, but the one thing we did have was a good car for like five laps. So, I was hoping they would have to run another 10 under yellow when it was raining. We got the most we could possibly get out of it today. The PPG Dodge was frustrating at times, just way too tight. We kept after it, kept it going straight and gave ourselves an opportunity at the end to almost get a top 10 out of it.
“This is probably one of my best tracks. I don’t know if it is the long races or what, but the first time I came here I really liked the track. It was a test and all the Cup teams were here. At the end of the day, we were seventh fastest and we didn’t do a qualifying run. When we came back for the first race, we struggled. Since then, we’ve been good. Our worst finish here in the last five races was 26th and we had to pit with 10 laps to go with a tire going down. I always feel good about coming here. If we had a car like we had the last time we were here, I think we could have won today.”
TRAVIS GEISLER (Crew Chief, PPG Dodge Charger)
“All you can do is use all the tools at your disposal for the whole race and see if you can make something work. We got the car a little better as the race went on, but we certainly weren’t as good as we wanted to be today. We came out of here with an 11th-place finish. We did what we could today and now we want to figure out what we can do on Friday and Saturday to get the car better for race day.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 12 Penske Dodge Charger) Finished 20th
“We just worked together to get in position for a top-20 finish. We made great pit stops at the end, made a couple good moves and got up to 15th, but couldn’t quite hold on and finished 20th. It wasn’t for lack of effort. We’ve got to keep working. We just need a little bit more. We’re not far off. Just a little bit would take us a long way.”
KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Vortex Dodge Charger) Finished 33rd
“I got wrecked on the straightaway. Jimmie Johnson drove straight through us.
“We fought a tight condition much of the race, but we still ran in the top 10. On one set of tires, the car was just really, really tight and we fell back to 16th. On that last caution, we decided to stay out for track position because everybody still had to make one more pit stop. We were running 10th and just got run over.”
STEVE ADDINGTON (Crew Chief, No. 2 Miller Lite Vortex Dodge Charger)
“We were going to be all right I think after we had struggled with one set of tires. I think we were going to get a top-10 out of it. We put on a set of tires and the car just wouldn’t turn. We ran solid in the top eight all day until we put that set of tires on and went backwards. I don’t understand what happened there. This is not the way we wanted the day to end for all these guys that work on the Miller Lite Dodge. We’re disappointed the way it happened.”
- Darnell Communications for Dodge Motorsports, Press Release
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