Northern Light IRL: Cheever dominates early, Suffers flat tire, then accident at Texas
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
June 10, 2001
EDDIE CHEEVER JR. (#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti Dallara/Firestone): "The Infiniti engine was awesome today. If we hadn't had a tire puncture, we would have walked away with it. Even going a lap down, we came back strong. I thought we could have won easily. Everyone knows the Menards engines are great and the Ilmor engines are great. Well, guess what: Infiniti has a great engine too. It was a very exciting race, but this is not IROC. I like the guy in the No. 2 car, and I like the guy in the No. 8 car, but they can't drive like that. You can't be ducking and weaving and shoving people around. I got shoved below the white line and way up into the gray. It's irresponsible lunacy."
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