11/14/04
Chevrolet Notes and Quotes
CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES
MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500 - RACE NOTES
DARLINGTON RACEWAY
November 14, 2004
GM Racing
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO (TALK ABOUT THOSE HARD LAPS AT THE END) "Well, I'm proud of the DuPont Chevrolet team for the job they did all night long. We had great pit stops and an awesome race car. We made some big adjustments to really get the car where it needed to be. I'm happy for Jimmie and that Lowe's team. But we made a mistake and it cost us the win. We came back and fought back to third. Mistakes happen. I've made them. Everybody makes them. But right now at this time in the game in this championship, that cost us a lot. We've got some work to make up in Homestead."
(DID YOU HAVE A CAR GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN TONIGHT?) "Oh, absolutely. We just needed to be in clean air. We needed to be out front. We proved that throughout the day and the night. We got so far behind there on that one stop that I was just struggling behind them. We needed a real long run or we needed to be in clean air. One of the two."
(YOU'RE ONLY 21 POINTS BEHIND BUSCH. IS THAT WHERE YOU WANTED TO SIT GOING INTO HOMESTEAD?) "Yeah. I'm just disappointed right now that we didn't get a win. I felt like we had the car and that we had a shot at winning the race. You just don't get that opportunity that many times. I was glad to make up some points. We led a lot of laps. We've got a shot at this championship at Homestead. We're hungry and I'm glad I'm mad right now because I'm looking forward to going to Homestead really mad."
(HOW HARD WERE YOU RUNNING AT THE END?) "It definitely changed a lot throughout the day. We started off the race pretty decent. We got real loose and had to make some big adjustments. I was really proud of the guys and what they accomplished because we fell way back and then worked our way back on those long runs - I think up to third. And then with some great pit stops, came out first. We were in control of the race and had the car.
"Unfortunately we made a mistake or something happened in the pits. They said the car dropped on the air hose and cost us the win and some points in my opinion. I know we all make mistakes. It's just this late in the game, those types of mistakes can cost you a championship and even throw a championship away. I wanted to win. I saw an opportunity there. We had such an awesome car. I wanted to win. I'm happy for Jimmie. He's been so good these last 10 races and all year long really. They deserve to be a part of this championship and I'm happy to be a part of that.
(WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THIS FORMAT, WOULD YOU HAVE THOUGHT IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THE SAME GUY WOULD COME OUT AS THE POINTS LEADER EVERY RACE FOR THE 9 RACES RUN SO FAR?) "No, I definitely wouldn't. I would have thought it would shuffle around more than that. Kurt (Busch) has been consistent and that's why he's been where he's been the entire time. They had one slip-up in Atlanta and it's closed us all in there. And now, we just race. Before, they could ride just a little bit but now we're just racing hard. We're racing for wins just like we did tonight.
"That's what we've got to do at Homestead. It's anybody's race with the few points that are between us - even back to Junior. I know he didn't gain like Jimmie and I did, but it's going to be exciting and interesting and we had a good test at Homestead. I can't wait to go there."
(ON THE SUN IN TURN 3) "They should never have a race at the time that they had this race ever again. It's dangerous. Regardless of the sand blasting of the windshield, the angle of the sun is so bad that I even put tape in my car to put over my visor. And it didn't matter. You couldn't block it. They need to either start the race much sooner or much later - one of the two. They cannot race at a track like this with that type of sun in your eyes. I couldn't even see the wall. I couldn't see the race track. I couldn't see anything
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES
MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500 - RACE NOTES
DARLINGTON RACEWAY
November 14, 2004
GM Racing
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO (TALK ABOUT THOSE HARD LAPS AT THE END) "Well, I'm proud of the DuPont Chevrolet team for the job they did all night long. We had great pit stops and an awesome race car. We made some big adjustments to really get the car where it needed to be. I'm happy for Jimmie and that Lowe's team. But we made a mistake and it cost us the win. We came back and fought back to third. Mistakes happen. I've made them. Everybody makes them. But right now at this time in the game in this championship, that cost us a lot. We've got some work to make up in Homestead."
(DID YOU HAVE A CAR GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN TONIGHT?) "Oh, absolutely. We just needed to be in clean air. We needed to be out front. We proved that throughout the day and the night. We got so far behind there on that one stop that I was just struggling behind them. We needed a real long run or we needed to be in clean air. One of the two."
(YOU'RE ONLY 21 POINTS BEHIND BUSCH. IS THAT WHERE YOU WANTED TO SIT GOING INTO HOMESTEAD?) "Yeah. I'm just disappointed right now that we didn't get a win. I felt like we had the car and that we had a shot at winning the race. You just don't get that opportunity that many times. I was glad to make up some points. We led a lot of laps. We've got a shot at this championship at Homestead. We're hungry and I'm glad I'm mad right now because I'm looking forward to going to Homestead really mad."
(HOW HARD WERE YOU RUNNING AT THE END?) "It definitely changed a lot throughout the day. We started off the race pretty decent. We got real loose and had to make some big adjustments. I was really proud of the guys and what they accomplished because we fell way back and then worked our way back on those long runs - I think up to third. And then with some great pit stops, came out first. We were in control of the race and had the car.
"Unfortunately we made a mistake or something happened in the pits. They said the car dropped on the air hose and cost us the win and some points in my opinion. I know we all make mistakes. It's just this late in the game, those types of mistakes can cost you a championship and even throw a championship away. I wanted to win. I saw an opportunity there. We had such an awesome car. I wanted to win. I'm happy for Jimmie. He's been so good these last 10 races and all year long really. They deserve to be a part of this championship and I'm happy to be a part of that.
(WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THIS FORMAT, WOULD YOU HAVE THOUGHT IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THE SAME GUY WOULD COME OUT AS THE POINTS LEADER EVERY RACE FOR THE 9 RACES RUN SO FAR?) "No, I definitely wouldn't. I would have thought it would shuffle around more than that. Kurt (Busch) has been consistent and that's why he's been where he's been the entire time. They had one slip-up in Atlanta and it's closed us all in there. And now, we just race. Before, they could ride just a little bit but now we're just racing hard. We're racing for wins just like we did tonight.
"That's what we've got to do at Homestead. It's anybody's race with the few points that are between us - even back to Junior. I know he didn't gain like Jimmie and I did, but it's going to be exciting and interesting and we had a good test at Homestead. I can't wait to go there."
(ON THE SUN IN TURN 3) "They should never have a race at the time that they had this race ever again. It's dangerous. Regardless of the sand blasting of the windshield, the angle of the sun is so bad that I even put tape in my car to put over my visor. And it didn't matter. You couldn't block it. They need to either start the race much sooner or much later - one of the two. They cannot race at a track like this with that type of sun in your eyes. I couldn't even see the wall. I couldn't see the race track. I couldn't see anything
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