JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, NO. 42 TARGET DREAM IN COLOR IMPALA SS, was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 175, Finished 37th:
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?
“It was just really close racing. I think Carl (Edwards) was really close to me and drove right beside me and the car got loose and I lost it. With these cars, that is just going to happen. Everyone on the Target Chevy is doing an amazing job. This week we didn’t have the car we wanted, but we were getting better and better and the day went on. It kinda sucks, but things like this happen.”
“Having him right beside me just got me loose and I lost it. I just had a little slap and when I got the slap, he was so close to me I actually hit him and ended up taking each other out. This Chevy runs really great here. It has been a amazing year having Chevy onboard.
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 SHELL-PENNZOIL IMPALA SS, FINISHED 5TH: A VERY GOOD DAY FOR YOU GUYS:
“The Shell-Pennzoil Chevy was a good car all day. I think we were running seventh or eighth there and just decided to go for it at the end (on fuel). Came up about a lap short there but a great call by Gil (Martin, crew chief) to just give it a whirl and see what happened in the end.”
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/OLD SPICE IMPALA SS – Finished 6th
“We missed it a little bit today and it was one of those changes that we couldn’t do on a regular pit stop, so we just kind of had to work around it. But I’m really proud of Darian (Grubb, crew chief) and these guys. They had good pit stops today and Darian and I kept talking about what we thought we could do to make the Office Depot/Old Spice Chevy better. I thought team-wise we had an awesome day working together and making gains at it. We never said, ‘Well, we just can’t get it any better.’ We kept throwing things at it to try to make it better.”
CLINT BOWYER, NO. 33 CHEERIOS/HAMBURGER HELPER IMPALA SS – Finished 7th:
“Our Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy was tight all day. Shane (Wilson, crew chief) made a call to short pit for fuel in order to make it to the end. The cards fell in our favor and were able to grab a seventh-place finish. Wish we could have had a better finish but, all-in-all, it’s a good result and another top 10 to add to our 2009 resume.”
JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR IMPALA SS – Finished 9th:
“What a heck of a run with the CAT Racing team. These guys fought hard after we had to load up or primary No. 31 Caterpillar Chevy when it received too much damage when I hit the wall. Todd (Berrier, crew chief) did a great job dialing in our back up for the race and what a great way to end the weekend.”
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 HAAS AUTOMATION IMPALA SS, FINISHED 12TH:
“We struggled with the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevy being loose in throughout the course of the race. The guys did a great job working on it in the pits but we never could get it quite right at the start of a run and that is what hurts us.”
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT IMPALA SS, FINISHED 13TH:
“Our finish is thanks to the hard work by Steve Letarte (crew chief) and this DuPont Chevrolet team. Never giving up. I am just really disappointed in this day. A total missed opportunity that completely got away from us. We just didn’t have it today. We had more of our typical Texas race where we needed our spectacular Texas race like we had in Texas.”
CASEY MEARS, NO. 07 CHOCTAW CASINO/RESORT IMPALA SS – Finished 21st:
“Starting in the back really hurt the No. 07 team today and we were too tight to start off. We got the car dialed in during that third run, but by then, we were already a lap down. We definitely showed faster speeds as the race went on, and if we had got back on the lead lap, I think we were anywhere from a eighth- to 15th-place car. We’ll try and rebound next weekend at Phoenix.”
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