NASCAR BGN: Kevin Lepage Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

April 15, 2001

KEVIN LEPAGE-71-State Fair Brand Corn Dogs Ford Taurus - "I'm pretty happy with the overall finish, but I'm disappointed on why we finished 15th. We had a miscue in the pits, at one point we had two rears tires swapped and had to come into the pits under green and that cost us. But, the guys never gave up in the pits, I never gave up in the car and we salvaged a 15th-place finish. The way the car ran at the end, we thought we would be in the top 10, but it wasn't our day so we'll get them at California."

IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TOUGH TO MAKE A SAVE ON THIS TRACK ONCE YOU GOT IT LOOSE? "I was involved in three wrecks right in front of me. All someone had to do was get into you a little bit and you were gone. That's just this track. It has no grip when you try to beat and bang against each other. Guys weren't doing it on purpose. They'd go in and try to get position, slide the nose just a little bit, touch somebody and then they take two or three cars out. It's going to be a nice facility, I just don't know what they need to do to get more grip in the corner."

IS THE TRACK READY FOR A WINSTON CUP DATE? "Not right now."

Text provided by Greg Shea

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