NASCAR WCUP: Talladega Qualifying Notes and Quotes, Tony Stewart

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

April 21, 2001

TONY STEWART, NO. 20 HOME DEPOT PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:

"That was a pretty decent lap. It's better than we've been all day, for sure, and it gets us a good starting spot for Sunday."

(HOW CRITICAL IS A GOOD STARTING SPOT HERE?) "It really doesn't matter. As long as you stay on the lead lap here, your starting spot really doesn't matter unless something happens right at the beginning of the race. But it feels a lot better if you can start up towards the front, and if the car is good enough, hopefully you can stay there all day."

Text provided by Al Larsen

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