NASCAR WCUP: Talladega 500 Post Race Notes, Bobby Labonte

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

April 22, 2001

BOBBY LABONTE, NO. 18 INTERSTATE BATTERIES PONTIAC GRAND PRIX (5th):

(ON RUNNING THE RACE WITH NO CAUTIONS) "It was either going to go one way or the other - either caution-free or one big wreck. We started 30th today and just stayed out of trouble all day long, I guess, and ended up with a top five, I reckon. We were more lucky than good."

(ON YOUR CHARGE AT THE END) "I got a little bit to the outside there. I got a move and Kevin Harvick pushed me a lot. I got back down to the middle groove and got a little bit of a run there and then got back on the outside and Kevin pushed me some more. We did come from a long ways back, but right there at the end, you just try to hug the guys down low and get as much air as you can and sniff it out, as much as possible. All the guys on this Interstate Batteries Pontiac did a good job today. We just couldn't quite get up there to the front, but that is quite alright."

(WERE THERE A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS TODAY?) "I thought there were a lot of close calls, but everybody did a good job today. Everybody tried to stay as patient as possible. There at the end it got a little wild, but then again, it's supposed to get wild there at the end."

Text Provided By Al Larsen

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