Dodge Motorsports Notes &
Quotes - NSCS Richmond Race
Final
Kurt Bush (No. 2 Miller
Lite Dodge Charger) Finished
10th
“We had a good run today
in the Miller Lite Dodge.
Everything was satisfactory.
I think we can give
ourselves a B+ all the way
through. We just need to get
an A for handling one day
and make sure we follow up
with that with the right
adjustments during the race.
We were loose early on, but
got it to a point where that
was about all we were going
to get. We went from seventh
to 15th and then back into
the top 10 in the pit stop
shuffle. We’ll take it.”
Kasey Kahne (No. 9
Budweiser Dodge Charger)
Finished 19th/ 13th in Race
to Chase Standings
ON YOUR DAY TODAY: “I
feel like I drove everything
I could all day. I tried to
take chances. I tried to be
smart at the same time to
get what we could get. We
couldn’t get four tires on
the track. We would push
getting in (to the corner)
and slide the back getting
off (the corner). We would
slide in and slide off. It
was kind of all over. We got
the car better. Kenny
(Francis, team director)
made some good calls for
where (the car) was. I think
we improved it. Track
position hurt us all day. I
was trapped in between a
couple of Roush cars on pit
road and it didn’t matter
where I came in (to the
pits), I was trapped. It was
a long day in the pits. I
came out about last every
single time it seemed like.
At least we came out after
those cars all the time.
That didn’t help, but either
way, we weren’t going to
beat Clint (Bowyer). It was
just a good track and that
was it (what we were able to
get).”
WHEN YOU WERE BOXED IN
YOUR PITS, DID THAT SEEM
INTENTIONAL TO YOU AND KENNY
(FRANCIS) AND WILL YOU SPEAK
TO NASCAR ABOUT IF IT WAS
BLATENT OR NOT? “No, it
doesn’t really matter if it
was or not. I don’t know if
it was. It’s hard to say.
They (Roush teams) picked
around us for a reason. I
know that much. I know the
first one (pit stop), I
stopped short and was
pointed out and David
(Gilliland) stopped as far
out of his box as he could.
So the first time was
(blatant) and from there it
was just hard to get track
position. So we were trying
to come from the back every
time. After that I don’t
know if it was or not. They
made it tough on me
regardless. If they were
because of team orders or
not, those two drivers
definitely made it tough on
us. I think it was probably
tough on (Jamie) McMurray to
get into his (pit) also. If
anything, I would say it was
the 38 who was having
problems trying to figure
how to get in and out of his
pit stall rather than trying
to block us.”
Kyle Petty (No. 45
Marathon American Spirit
Motor Oil Dodge Charger)
Finished 24th
“It was a good day for
us. We got a couple lucky
dogs and got back in the
race. More importantly, I
think that we ran good
today. It’s one of the first
times that we ran good all
day. We struggled to get
caught up once we got our
lap back, but it was a good
day.”
Patrick Carpentier (No.
10 Dodge Charger) Finished
25th
“It was pretty good day.
The car was great. We had
good power and good forward
bite all day. When you start
last here, it really makes
it tough. We finally got a
lucky dog and got a lap back
when I crashed into Paul
(Menard – No. 15 car). I
went too fast into the
corner and just lost the
rear end. We finished 25th
and that’s not too bad here.
At least we were up there
driving hard against all the
guys. It was fun.”
Juan Pablo Montoya (No.
42 Juicy Fruit Slim Pack)
Finished 30th
“We have no forward bite,
chattering in the front and
the car just doesn’t want to
turn. Once we get in
traffic, the car is so much
worse.”
Ryan Newman (No. 12
Alltel Dodge Charger)
Finished 33rd
“We had a top-10 car
until the pit road incident
(two cars got together on
pit road and one was knocked
into the No.12 Dodge).
Actually, our Alltel Dodge
was pretty good today.”
Elliott Sadler (No. 19
Best Buy Dodge Charger)
Finished 37th
“It was just a
frustrating day. We were
running well for the first
100 laps or so and then got
hit from behind and damaged
the left rear quarter panel.
Then we spun out a couple
times which put us off the
lead lap and we had a hard
time recovering from that.
I’m proud of the entire Best
Buy Dodge crew for giving it
their all today. By the end
of the race, we really got
the car to handle better and
were turning in some really
fast times, but at that
point we were too far down
to make up much ground.
Really it was just a
frustrating day all the way
around. We are going to go
out and give it our best in
the Nationwide race and see
if we can have a little
better night.”
Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 77
Mobil 1 Dodge Charger)
Finished 38th
“It was a disappointing
day for us and our Mobil 1
Dodge. Without having much
time in practice or
qualifying, a lot of things
were against us. We were
loose to start the race. We
made some pretty good
changes during the race, but
we just got too far behind
too early.”