Dodge Motorsports Notes &
Quotes - LifeLock.com 400
Race Final
RYAN NEWMAN (No. 12
Kodak/The Mummy Dodge)
Finished 10th
“We just didn’t have
enough racecar tonight. We
tried some strategy with our
Kodak Dodge late in the race
to gain some track position,
but we just got a little too
tight there at the end. It
was a top-10 finish that we
probably didn’t deserve, but
we made some things happen
strategy-wise and got a
respectable finish. I wanted
to win one for my buddy
Billy (Passwater), but just
came up short.”
ELLIOTT SADLER (No. 19
Best Buy Dodge) Finished
12th
“We came a long ways with
our Best Buy Dodge since we
started on Friday. The guys
worked really hard all night
trying to give me track
position. Our Best Buy Dodge
had a push in the early
parts of the race, but it
got better in the latter
parts. We tried to go with a
two tire pit stop late, but
just didn’t have enough for
a top-10. A top-12 finish is
signs that we’re making
progress and that’s all that
matters.”
KASEY KAHNE (No. 9
Budweiser Dodge) Finished
15th
“We got 15th. It wasn’t a
15th-place car, but with
tires and things we did at
the end, we made it a
15th-place car. It wasn’t a
14th-place car, we finished
15th. The guys did a good
job. I stayed in there. It
was great teamwork. We just
didn’t have that good a car
tonight. We got everything
we could out of the
Budweiser Dodge.”
BRIAN PATTIE (Crew Chief,
Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Slim
Pack Dodge) Finished 18th
“We just never really got
our car balanced right all
race. We kept on trying to
work on our Juicy Fruit
Dodge to make it better
because I thought that we
had a strong enough car to
run from seventh to 12th. We
just never could get it to
drive the way we wanted it.
Our car was good for the
first 30 laps, but after
that we just struggled when
the tires fell off.”
ROBBY GORDON (No. 7 Jim
Beam/SaveOurName.com Dodge)
Finished 25th
“Track position was huge
all night. I got our Jim
Beam Dodge inside the
top-20, but then I got
loose, got into the 70 car
and banged up my front
fender. From there we
struggled and just tried to
gain as many positions as we
could.”
PAT TRYSON (Crew Chief,
No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge)
Finished 28th
“We were running pretty
good, but lost a cylinder.
That’s been the story of our
season. Engines have parts
in them and unfortunately,
parts break.”
PATRICK CARPENTIER (No.
10 LifeLock Dodge) Finished
30th
“I think we learned a
lot. We lost a lap early on
and I touched the wall there
and got behind and could
never get it back. We could
have gotten the lucky dog
there at the end. The car
was fast, it was fun to
drive and thanks to LifeLock
this weekend. But when you
start at the back, you’re
already closer to guys, the
leaders, and they caught us
too quickly and that was it.
It’s too bad. The finish
should be better, but we’ll
go to the next one.”
SAM HORNISH JR., (No. 77
Mobil 1 Dodge) Finished 37th
“We started off pretty
good. We were real happy
with the car that first
stint and then we didn’t
keep up with it. I’m not
really sure what happened,
but it was pretty
frustrating night for all of
us on the Mobil 1 Dodge. I
was really happy the guys
gave me some great pit stops
tonight and that’s probably
the only thing that kept us
finishing as well as we did.
I was really proud of the
guys. They worked hard to
get pit stops going better.
We just need to keep working
on the cars. We’re not where
we want to be. The whole
team is not quite where we
want to be. We’ll keep
pushing at it and hopefully
we’ll get it figured out
sooner than later.”