NASCAR BGN: Steadman Marlin Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

April 15, 2001

STEADMAN MARLIN-95-Sadler Racing Ford Taurus - "We had some bad luck. The air gun jammed up on us, that happens, but the car was fine, it just had a little bit of push."

HOW WAS TURN 2? "It's been slick the whole time, but I think the more you ran on it, it got itself worked in. It wasn't intended to be as slick as it was , but if you got anywhere out of the groove, it was gone and you we're going to have to fish it out."

YOU SAID YOUR GOAL WAS TO FINISH THE RACE. "I would say on a scale of 1 to 10, it was an eight. It was pretty good and I'm happy with it."

IS THERE A DIP IN TURN 2? "Where they sanded the concrete off, they kinds got it humped up a little bit. You can tell when you hit it; it would knock the rear end sideways on you."

YOU DID A LOT OF RACING THIS WEEKEND. "Yeah I was kind of glad to see it get here, and then I ain't. I had a great time this weekend jumping from car to car and drove the wheels off of them. I'm just tickled to death for the boys because we did this with less guys than most of these team out here."

HOW WERE THE TIRES? "Goodyear did a heck of a job with the tires. I really never slicked and oddly enough it pushed all day. Coming out of the turns it was like a dump truck, you couldn't turn it. After a while you could get in the second groove, once you got some laps on the tires and once it ran green for a bit."

WHERE TO YOU GO FROM HERE? "We're running both the ARCA and Busch races at Charlotte."

Text provided by Greg Shea

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