NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Labonte has difficult day at Pepsi 400
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
August 20, 2001BOBBY LABONTE, NO. 18 INTERSTATE BATTERIES PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
(IT LOOKED LIKE TWO SEPARATE RACES FOR YOU TODAY...HOW BAD WAS THE CAR BEFORE THE RAIN DELAY?) "It was pretty bad. We were definitely sliding backwards. We made an adjustment, put a set of tires on it and it totally went away. We came in after the rain delay, put it back where it was, got another set of tires and it was pretty good. We made one little air adjustment there at the end of the race - like a half a pound - and then it was even better."
(HOW GOOD WAS YOUR CAR AT THE END?) "We were actually running pretty close to the same speed that the leaders were. That made us feel pretty good, because earlier in the race we were like a second off [the leaders] and got a lap down. When you do that, it is like two different races. I'm just glad we finished like this instead of like we were at the beginning."
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