NASCAR WCUP: Ward Burton wants to sieze opportunity in Atlanta this time
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
“We had the opportunity to win this race herelast fall, but we fell a little
short. After dominating the end of the race, we had a late caution and that
gotus all bunched up again. I think we hadclose to a six-second lead over
the rest of the field and definitely didn’tneed that caution. That gives us
a goodmark to shoot for this weekend.”
-Ward Burton, driver of theCaterpillar Racing Dodge BURTONON LAS VEGAS…
“We had our fair share of struggles lastweekend. We had a good qualifying run,but we never got a good handle on the car in race trim. We made a lot of changes to the car afterHappy Hour, but we were still a little off when the race got going. When we started the race we were a littleloose and Tommy adjusted for that, but we went to far. The changes made the car extremely tight andwe eventually got ourselves close to the set-up we had in it at the start ofthe race. We got a little better, butnever good enough o contend for the win.”
BURTONON ATLANTA…
“We were in Atlanta last weekend testing, but the weatherprevented us from having much of a test. I think we may have made six laps at the most. That definitely isn’t going to help us at all this weekend. Even though we had a good car here lastfall, I’m not sure if that will help us at all. With the switch to Dodge, it’s hard to say of the set-ups willeven be similar. Some things maytransfer over and others may not, so we’ll just have to wait and see. I sure hope we can have a strong run like wehad last fall – we definitely need it.”
FAST FACTS…
Ward Burton and the Caterpillar Racing team will race anew chassis this weekend in Atlanta. Burton has been fitted for the HANS device, but has no immediate pansfor wearing the device. He is awaitingmore information on the performance of the device.
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