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post-race quotes
ERIK DARNELL – No. 99
Northern Tool + Equipment
Ford F-150 – (finished 6th,
qualified 18th) – “We had a
really good truck. Our
Northern Tool + Equipment
Ford was pretty good today.
I think we knew that after
practice yesterday. We
didn’t qualify where we
wanted to but we knew we had
a really good truck in race
trim. The guys did a great
job today. They were awesome
on pit road. Our stops were
phenomenal today. They got
out ahead of guys every
time. Track position was
just very important today. I
think we saw that at the end
with the 18 and 23. I don’t
necessarily know those guys
were as good as some of the
trucks out there, but track
was position was huge and
they got it and it was the
right call for them. We were
just a little bit too tight
at the end and we couldn’t
do anything with those guys
in front of us and had to
settle for a sixth place
finish.”
RICK CRAWFORD – No. 14
Circle Bar Truck
Corral/Power Stroke Diesel
by International Ford F-150-
(finished 8th, qualified
7th) – “To battle back all
day and only lose one
position from where you
started, that was pretty
good. Our pit selection
might have hurt us a little
bit on the getting out on
the first round of pit
stops. We lost some track
position because we had to
rest for the rest of the
field to go by before we
could exit. Kevin Starland
and all the Circle Bar guys,
Ford Power Stroke Diesel,
the F-Series pick up,
International and especially
the Super Duty. Everyone
needs to drive one of those.
I drive one. It’s built Ford
tough. Look at my truck;
week in and week out I enjoy
racing it. Another top-10,
that’s not what we wanted,
we wanted a top-five or a
win, but we’ll go back to a
track this coming week that
I’ve won at. So, I know what
to get.” ON THE INCIDENT
WITH THE NO. 11 [DAVID
STARR]. “I don’t know what
happened. I was on the
outside and he was on the
inside. It looked like he
lost it or wasn’t ready for
the aero loose that we
usually have in these
trucks. The last time I saw
him, he backed into me. I
didn’t touch him with my
truck.”
COLIN BRAUN – No. 6
Con-way Freight Ford F-150 –
(finished 9th, qualified
4th) – TOP ROOKIE PRESS
CONFERENCE – TALK ABOUT YOUR
RACE. “It was a good run for
everybody on the No. 6
Con-way Freight Ford F-150
truck. We had a fast truck
there at the start. And with
those lapped trucks and
sometimes the way it works
out, we kind of got shuffled
a little bit towards the
back there a little bit. But
we managed to stay in the
top-10, I think, most of the
day. Coming off pit road
once, the 7 [T.J. Bell]
truck ran into our door and
that kind of screwed us up
for a little bit. Then we
got back going. We were real
fast in the middle. I think
we got up into the top five
there, when the fourth or
last caution came out. After
that, [I] just kind of kept
driving around there and on
one of those restarts some
lapped trucks got screwed up
and wrecked. And we came to
a stop and everybody else
just decided to pile into
the back of us and kind of
got involved in that wreck.
I had to go to the tail end
of the line and drove back
up through the field, which
was a lot of fun. But
certainly, it felt like we
had a solid top-five truck
there. We were pretty quick
and it just makes for an
interesting day when you’ve
got to drive back up through
the field.” DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING FOR HORNADAY? “I
don’t really know. I never
got around him to race him.
But I felt like in the
middle, my crew chief was
calling off lap times and
there was quite a few laps
where we were just as fast
as the leader. We made a
final adjustment on the
truck and I felt like that
was in right direction. It
felt like we were going to
be real fast through that
final run and unfortunately,
we just got tangled up in
that wreck and I had to go
back of the pack. It kind of
marred us being able to go
forward there.” DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING FOR THE LEADERS? “I
don’t know if I had anything
for leaders. We certainly
had a top-five truck there.
I guess our goal coming into
this race was to make sure
we finished it and we
weren’t going to be
impatient and try and race
too early. We tried to be
smart and be patient there
the whole race. I felt like
we definitely had a truck
capable of finishing better
than where we did, that’s
for sure.”
FORD RACING NOTES AND
QUOTES Camping World 200,
Page 2 Saturday, September
6, 2008 Gateway
International Raceway
KEVEN WOOD – No. 21 Air
Force Ford F-150 – (finished
15th, qualified 16th) – “We
had a lot better finish than
what we expected. We kept
working on the Air Force
Ford F-150 and it kept
getting better and better.
In that very last run we got
a little tight and we held
on to a top-15 finish.
That’s my best finish so
far. We’ll go to Loudon now
with a little bit more
enthusiasm.” WHAT CAN YOU
TAKE FROM THIS RACE AND
APPLY TO LOUDON? “It’s going
to be another new track for
me, so I’ll need a bit of
time to get adjusted and
used to it but the shape.
I’ll just take everything
and try to apply it and see
how we do.” YOU HAD A TOUGH
PRACTICE AND WERE ABLE TO
GET THE TRUCK RUNNING WHERE
YOU LIKED IT? “After
practice we were really
skeptical. We actually
changed it for qualifying, a
whole new set-up and it paid
off. We just had to do some
tuning on it and once we got
in the race it was okay. We
had a lot of luck today. A
lot of the action was right
in front of me. I’ve just
got to thank my team for all
the hard work they put into
my Ford this weekend.”
BRENDAN GAUGHAN – No. 10
International MAXX Force
Diesel Ford F-150 –
(finished 21st, qualified
30th) – YOU RACED YOUR WAY
INTO THE TOP-10, THEN WHAT
HAPPENED? “Bryan Berry and
the whole team they don’t
quit and I’ve said it all
year. It just drives you
crazy when we can’t catch a
break. We had a great Ford
truck today. We got there in
the end and we’re sitting in
eighth in the time that
normally is time for me with
30 to go. I got a Lucky Dog
and made my way from 24th to
10th. The end of the race,
that’s when the MAXX Force
Ford F-150’s time. Bryan
worked on it and worked on
it and the guys stopped and
stopped. My guys will never
win any pit stop money. We
stopped too many times. In
the end, we end up with a
flat right rear. The right
rear tire has a hole in it
and in the last 10 laps we
go from 10th to 21st barely
holding on because I had a
flat. It just really rips
your heart out when you see
the guys work this hard.
Week after week we have
things like this happen.”