TONY STEWART (No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet): “It was awesome. We had Hendrick motors and chassis one, two, and three. We are really proud of our guys on the Office Depot Old Spice team. We never could get the tightness out of the center of the car. Any time we made a change, it freed the entry up or the exit up. I’ll take a third any day. The guy I feel sorry for is Juan Pablo Montoya. He had an awesome car and was giving us a clinic today. Jimmie and Mark put up a great show, and it was awesome battle to watch from where I was sitting.”
DAVE BLANEY (No. 66 Prism Motorsports Toyota): “It’s nothing, really. Just a brake problem.”
DALE EARNHARDT JR. (No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet): “We haven’t had engine problems, so I assume it was driver error. I broke the valve train on the last pit stop and a couple of the pieces dropped to the bottom of the motor. They rattled around and must have blown the engine. I thought we had a good car, one of the best there for a while. We could have finished anywhere from fifth to 10th if things had gone right. I felt great today. I’m back to 100 percent.”
MICHAEL WALTRIP (No. 55 NAPA Toyota): “We were about an average car today, about 24th or 25th. The motor messed up, and that was all.”
BRIAN VICKERS (No. 83 Red Bull Toyota): “It was a great race, but we are not satisfied. We had a really good car in the test and here in practice. We really wanted to come here and win the race. The 5 (Mark Martin) and 48 (Jimmie Johnson) were really strong. I think when we were at our best, and when we had the track position, we could have stayed in front of them. It was very difficult to pass. Track position meant a lot, and the guys did a great job.”
SAM HORNISH JR. (No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge): “It was disappointing, for sure. We had a much better car here than we had here last year. We know we can run fast. We just need to get a little better track position, and the driver needs to be a little bit more patient. So we’ll just do what we can to get ready to come back next year. Now we’ll go on to Pocono. Obviously, Pocono handles a lot like this track does as far as what you need to have on the car, so I’m really looking forward to that.”
GREG BIFFLE (No. 16 3M/Pistonz Earplugs Ford): “We had a really good car. The 3M/Pistonz Earplugs Ford Fusion was really good. We had to save fuel there at the end. We only lost one spot, but I had to let Tony Stewart go there at the end. I hated to do that. It’s hard for a race car driver to have a fast race car and lift on the gas. But that’s what we needed to do to finish.”
A.J. ALLMENDINGER (No. 44 Hunt Brothers Pizza Dodge): “We were average today. We just had a 20th place car all day. We were struggling with overall grip. We didn’t have the balance that we did yesterday in practice, so we were struggling there. And, when you’re slow down the straightaway you can’t pass anyone there.”
ROBBY GORDON (No. 7 Johns Manville Toyota): “We just didn’t have a very good day. We ended up 28th. We were in position to get the ‘lucky dog,’ and we got a little loose and the 96 (Bobby Labonte) got by and got it. For us, it was a decent day for the Johns Manville Toyota. We’ve just got to work a little harder. We haven’t caught up to these guys yet, and we’ve got a lot of work to do.”
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