Archive for May 18th, 2008
NASCAR to teams: ‘Straighten out your cars’
17 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsExpect NASCAR to tell Sprint Cup teams that they’ve gone far enough - and in some cases, too far - with making crooked cars. Sprint Cup Series director John Darby said Saturday that teams will get a memo, likely this week, telling them to “clean up” the way they’re turning their wheels to help the [...]
Montoya talks about Busch testing an F1 car
7 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsWHAT KIND OF A CHALLENGE WOULD IT BE FOR KYLE BUSH TO TEST IN AN F1 CAR?
Montoya: “I think the first problem he’s going to have, whether they’re going to try and give him a test to try the car or a test for real? It’s like what we did for Jeff (Gordon). We took [...]
All Star winner interview: Kasey Kahne
3 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsCAN YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WON THE ALL-STAR RACE?
“I wouldn’t have believed it until about lap 60 or so. At that point, our car was getting better and better. We were making the right adjustments. In the final 50 to 75 laps we were pretty loose. We made one small adjustment with the track bar, [...]
All-Star Dodge teams race quotes
0 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsSAM HORNISH JR. (Driver, No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger) 7th
YOU SCRAPED THE WALL EARLY IN THE ALL-STAR RACE. “Oh yeah, we scraped it pretty good, too. We had a really good car. I thought we had a car that was capable of running in the top-10 here. Once we got out there running I [...]
Marlin expected to run the No 40 car in the Coca Cola 600
5 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsChip Ganassi didn’t enter his #40 Dodge in the All-Star race activities because driver Dario Franchitti is still nursing a broken left foot. The car will be back for next week’s Coca-Cola 600 here at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, but Ganassi believes Sterling Marlin will be behind the wheel instead of Franchitti.
All Star post-race interview with Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth
0 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsGREG BIFFLE — No. 16 Dish Network Ford Fusion (Finished 2nd)
“I tell you what, we were just a mediocre car. I was running third, fourth right there and I was just way too tight, way, way too tight. I think we finished in the first segment second, I think, and then we fell back [...]
Carl Edwards at a loss on what happened on final All Star segment
3 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR News“I thought we were the car to beat. I thought we were gonna be great there (in the second half). I was already thinking about what I was gonna do with all the money, having a good time, but something with that last set of tires on that last run, it was just off. I [...]
All-Star Toyota teams race quotes, notes
0 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsFive Toyota Camrys competed in tonight’s Sprint All-Star race — Tony Stewart (fifth), AJ Allmendinger (17th), Dale Jarrett (21st), Denny Hamlin (23rd) and Kyle Busch (24th).
All-Star GM teams race quotes, notes
0 Comments Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsConcord, NC - Team Chevy Impala SS drivers and crew chiefs maximized tonight’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway to gain valuable information for next week’s Coca Cola 600.
Tonight’s four-25-lap segments for a $1 million prize saw three Chevrolet drivers capture top-10 finishing positions, but more importantly brought a wealth of information to [...]
