The FORCE is there in a standup contraption, looking tough!!
Jeff Still Looking to Win
May the Force be with you!
he definately had a WTF look on his face when the helmet came off...
‘course so did I as it happened
see y’all next week in Texas, I may even get to watch the start of the race!
The FORCE is there in a standup contraption, looking tough!!
Jeff Still Looking to Win
May the Force be with you!
Dale Jr. Quotes:
“Man... that was a HIT! It was hard and loud! BAM into that wall. I knew when I was sliding up there it was gonna be big... and it was. Loud and hard. We lost a left rear wheel. We must have had an issue with the hubs or something because we had loose lugs and a loose left rear wheel several times through the day. When that wasn’t a problem, we were fast as hell. We passed a lot of cars today but you can only do that if everything is tight and screwed on correctly. I knew we had a loose wheel on our last long run at the end of the race, but when we pitted the last time (on lap 319), we changed two right-side tires to get track position, but the left side was still loose. It must have gotten worse during the yellow flags. I dunno. All I know is I have a headache and I’m going to my bus to rest up...I did tell the medical staff ‘hey, if you say I’m injured, I can go home and I won’t have to test here the next few days’ but I’m all right and they wouldn’t go for it! ha!”
Race chatter....
Majors: “I’ve never seen anything like that here at Atlanta in turn one there.”
Dale Jr: “You won’t ever see it again without a crash! I was just waiting for the right rear to hit the wall!”
Majors: “And you’ve been close a few times to hitting the wall in turn four..”
Dale Jr: “But I’m in control on those. Those are controlled slides... but that turn one deal was wild.”
Dale Jr: “I did hit the cone. I couldn’t see it at all. I was just in line behind the car in front of me. I’m sorry. I couldn’t see it.”
Gibson: “We’ll be fine. We have a long way to go and a good racecar. We’ll be fine. That’s OK.”
Majors: “I’ll tell ya how close it was. It leaned sideways forever, then it went over.”
Dale Jr. complained of a loose wheel under caution on lap 324 - before his hard crash several laps later.
Dale Jr: “That damn wheel is loose as hell! Is anybody saying my car has a broken rear end? Ask Reed (Sorenson- who was behind the 8 car). The 99 (C. Edwards) passed me on the inside! As far as I know that’s against the rules!”
Majors: “NASCAR says the 48, then the 99, then the 8... Reed says it looks fine.”
Dale Jr: “Are you kidding?! It’s driving itself like a forklift here! Do you see the car weaving? That’s not me! It may be OK at speed.... We’ll find out in a second...”