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IRL: Longhorn 500 Friday Notes/Quotes

11 June 1999

Greg Ray
#2 Glidden-Menards Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Friday, June 11, 1999
The Longhorn 500
Texas Motor Speedway

Greg Ray today recorded the third-fastest time in final practice for
Saturday night's Longhorn 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.  Driving the #2
Glidden-Menards Dallara/Aurora/Firestone entry of Team Menard, Ray
toured the 1.5-mile TMS oval in 24.399 seconds (an average of 214.681
mph).  Ray will start Saturday's race from the fourth spot on the grid. 
On Thursday night, he qualified fourth 24.499 seconds (213.805 mph).
Race time is 6:30 p.m. CDT on Saturday and it will be carried live by
Fox Sports Net.


GREG RAY - "It's going to be a dogfight tomorrow night.  A great number
of cars are all even, from a racing standpoint, so you can expect a
NASCAR-style restrictor plate race.  A real dog-eat-dog test of
survival.  The (10,000 rpm) rev limit and the (mandatory) 6-degree wing
setting really lessens the driver's part of the equation.  I've got my
foot in it all the way around the track and we're going slower than
ever.  We've got a few things to work on, yet, before the race."