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Watkins Glen: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes - Ambrose ...
MARCOS AMBROSE – No. 21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion (finished 3rd) – YOU STARTED TOWARD THE BACK AND FINISHED THIRD. "It’s just a great weekend all around. I thought yesterday was great, but when I wound up there on that red flag, I realized where I was. I was behind Tony and in front of all those other great drivers. We came up out of the truck so well yesterday, in practice we were too scared to change anything, and the car was flopping around a lot during the race. It had a lot of grip, it was just real tough to drive. So I just tried to stay clean as best I could there and pass cars cleanly, and just pick away at it. You know, I really had no idea where we were at until the last pit stops. We... // PaddockTalk 11/08/2008 11:28 Watkins Glen: NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Results - Busch, Toyota Win Again PaddockTalk
Kyle Busch does it again! The NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader celebrates his latest victory Courtesy of CIA Stock Photo Before an estimated crowd of 87,000, Toyota sensation Kyle Busch won the Centurion Boats at The Glen, his 12th victory in 136 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his eighth victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2008 and his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Watkins Glen International. Tony Stewart stayed close to his teammate, and posted his eighth top-10 finish in ten races at Watkins Glen International. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2008. Marcos Ambrose and his Little Debbie Ford posted his... // PaddockTalk 11/08/2008 11:06 Watkins Glen: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap - Montoya Fourth PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap - Montoya Fourth JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (No. 42 Big Red Slim Pack Dodge Charger) Finished 4th CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR RUN TODAY? "It was a great day for our Big Red Slim Pack Dodge Charger. The crew did a great job and we had a fantastic car. We got a little messed up on the second pit stop. I’m not sure what happened. The pit stop itself was OK, but the pit lane that we were in screwed us up a bit and we lost some spots. When you have to go back out and pass five or six guys that you've already passed, you just kill your brakes and makes it hard to run good laps. Other than that, we had a really clean race." WAS IT TOUGH TO BE PATIENT WHILE RACING TODAY? "No, not really. People were running really clean. I really wanted to win, but... // PaddockTalk 11/08/2008 11:06 Watkins Glen: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap - Busch Wins PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap - Busch Wins • Camry driver Kyle Busch earned his eighth win of the season in Sunday’s NSCS race at Watkins Glen International. • Busch becomes the first driver to win three road course races in a single season across all three major NASCAR series. Busch won the NSCS race at Infineon in June and the Nationwide Series race at Mexico City in April. • Sunday’s win marked the ninth NSCS win of 2008 for Toyota -- Busch (eight) and Denny Hamlin (one). • Camry drivers Tony Stewart (second) and Hamlin (eighth) also earned top-10 finishes in Sunday’s race. • Other Toyota drivers in the field included AJ Allmendinger (11th), Brian Vickers (18th), Michael McDowell (25th), David Reutimann (33rd),... // PaddockTalk 11/08/2008 11:06 Watkins Glen: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap - Truex Fifth PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap - Truex Fifth Team Chevy driver Martin Truex, Jr., No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Impala SS, finished fifth in today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Watkins Glen. Truex, who started 18th, had methodically worked his way through the field to be a contender as the race wound down. Just when the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. driver looked ready to make his move to challenge for a top-three finish, the melee of the day occurred. The race had gone smoothly, just three cautions for seven laps, until lap 84 when a nine-car wreck on the frontstretch on a restart forced the race to be red-flagged for 43 minutes, five seconds. Truex came through unscathed and went on to finish fifth and move to 16th in the standings. Team Chevy... // PaddockTalk 10/08/2008 11:23 Watkins Glen: NASCAR Nationwide Race Results - Ambrose, Ford Win PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: NASCAR Nationwide Race Results - Ambrose, Ford Win Marcos Ambrose and his No. 45 STP Ford won the Zippo 200, his first victory in 59 NASCAR Series races. This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2008. Also, this is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International. Kyle Busch bumped at banged his way to second in his Zippo BLU Toyota. In the end, he posted his first top-10 finish in... // PaddockTalk 10/08/2008 10:59 Watkins Glen: Toyota NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap - Busch Second PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Toyota NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap - Busch Second Kyle Busch scored a second-place finish in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Watkins Glen in the D’Hondt Motorsports No. 92 Zippo Toyota Camry in the team’s first start of the season. • Joey Logano (seventh) and Jason Leffler (eighth) also finished in the top-10 Saturday for Toyota. • Camry drivers David Reutimann (15th), Mike Wallace (18th) and Denny Hamlin (34th) were also in the field. • Busch led twice for 12 laps, Leffler led once for three laps and Reutimann headed the field once for two circuits in Saturday’s event. KYLE BUSCH, No. 92 Zippo BLU Toyota Camry, D’Hondt Motorsports Finished: 2nd Can you talk about the race today and your incident... // PaddockTalk 10/08/2008 10:32 Watkins Glen: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice Notes, Quotes PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice Notes, Quotes JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (No. 42 Big Red Slim Pack Dodge Charger) No. 3 in first practice session “The car really felt good in practice. We had a good test at Road Atlanta and the results carried over to Watkins Glen this weekend. We’ve had a good racecar the last few races, but just haven’t seen the results. The car felt balanced and smooth around most of the track; we just need to make some small adjustments to make it better.†HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE TEST SESSION AT ROAD ATLANTA LAST WEEK FOR YOUR TEAM? “It was really good for our Big Red Dodge. We’ve found a lot of things on the car that we could improve on and think that we understand the car a little better coming into this weekend at... // PaddockTalk 09/08/2008 09:53 Watkins Glen: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 National Guard/Amp Energy Impala SS, will start on the outside of the front row for the Centurion Boats at the Glen NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Watkins Glen International. For the fifth time this season, qualifying was cancelled due to rain, setting the 43-car field by provisions set forth in the rule book. “It is good for us if we can maintain the track position all day,†said Earnhardt, Jr. “That is really going to be the key, just trying to maintain it. It gives us a good opportunity so we don’t really have to try certain strategies like we have in the past to get there. We can really kind of go off any strategy we want and feel like it is best for us and... // PaddockTalk 09/08/2008 09:35 Watkins Glen: NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Results - Busch, Toyota ... PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Results - Busch, Toyota
On Pole Rain wreaked havoc on Friday’s schedule at Watkins Glen International, as practice and qualifying were rained out for the Sprint Cup Series. As a result, Kyle Busch will start from the top spot for the fifth time this season. He will lead the 43-car field to the green in Sunday’s Centurion Boats at the Glen race from the cockpit of his No. 18 M€™s Toyota Camry. “Right now it is the same for everybody on... // PaddockTalk 06/08/2008 21:07 Watkins Glen: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview PaddockTalk
Watkins Glen: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview TEAM CHEVY AT POCONO RACWAY TECH TIPS: PAT SUHY, GM RACING NASCAR GROUP MANAGER: "Watkins Glen is a fast road course. The cars average about 30 miles per hour faster at The Glen than at Infineon Raceway, meaning that a setup that worked in Sonoma (CA) track won't necessarily work here. Qualifying has been important since most races in recent history have been won from inside the top 10. The teams will spend their morning on Friday working on qualifying setups for their one-lap timed run in the afternoon. "Our Chevy teams have been working hard all year, testing the Impala SS both on and off the track. Teams spend time at Virginia International Raceway and Road America for on-track testing. Off track, they use the same GM... // PaddockTalk 04/08/2008 11:59 Pocono: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
Pocono: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Impala SS, led a group of five Team Chevy drivers to top-10 finishes in today’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. Johnson, who started on the pole, led three times for a total of 34 laps on his way to a third-place finish. The defending and two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) driver is fourth in the standings with five races remaining until the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Impala SS, rallied from a spin on the first lap, caused by contract from another car to finish fourth. The solid run moved Harvick to 11th in the standings. Clint Bowyer, No. 07 Jack Daniel’s Impala SS, finished sixth to move back in the... // PaddockTalk 04/08/2008 11:36 Pocono: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes - Kahne P7 PaddockTalk
Pocono: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes - Kahne P7 KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger) Finished 7th YOU LED 41 LAPS TODAY, HOW GOOD WAS YOUR CAR? “It was real good. I’m not sure how good Carl (Edwards) was at the end, but our Budweiser Dodge Charger was definitely a second- or third-place car. Carl had the best car today, but we weren’t far off of him. With a little more luck with the cautions, we probably had the car to beat.†WHAT WAS THE STRATEGY TO PIT JUST PRIOR TO THE RED FLAG? “We were going for the win. If it keeps on raining, we win. It didn’t and we got seventh. We took a chance and it just didn’t work out like we wanted it to. We still got a top-10 and had one of the best cars out there today.†YOU MOVED UP... // PaddockTalk 02/08/2008 09:45 Pocono: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
Pocono: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes TRAVIS KVAPIL – No. 28 Hitachi Power Tools Ford Fusion (Qualified 19th) "We’re really happy with that. We weren’t very good at the end of practice, so we looked at the 38 car and some of the other Fords as to how they were set up and we literally changed three of the four springs and other little things on the car. That was the best we’ve been all weekend and even since we were here last time the car seems to be responding a lot better. I feel optimistic about Sunday. We had an OK car here in June, but I just feel like we’ve really improved on it and the things we changed right there in qualifying will give us a great direction for the race." HOW WILL THAT HELP WITH ALL THE CHANGES? "The thing I... // PaddockTalk 02/08/2008 09:36 Pocono: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
Pocono: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes BRIAN VICKERS, No. 83 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Was your qualifying lap as challenging as it looked to the fans? "It was a little harsh -- you should have seen the first run that we made today. If you think that one was harsh, I think we hit everything under the car on the first run. It was on the track a little bit and it was a little harsh, but this track has gotten rough. It’s not necessarily a bad thing -- just because I make that comment doesn’t mean that we should go repave it. It’s gotten very, very rough -- even down the straight-aways you see cars sparking on the front stretch. That adds something to it and its unique. With these cars and the way we try to run them with the... // PaddockTalk |
