NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Green sidelined after leading 71 laps at Bristol

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

August 26, 2001

Jeff Green, No. 30 AOL Chevrolet Monte Carlo (pole-sitter led for 71 laps before being sidelined on lap 86 due to wreck): "It (the accident) just busted the radiator. We're not running for points. We had a good car. We were just a little bit loose. We were just kind of taking it easy and were still out in front of those guys by a long shot. It makes me happy for what I've got in a race team with all those guys with RCR (Richard Childress Racing). I'm looking forward to what we've got going on here. I have no idea what happened. Them last cars are something else. They turn each other sideways and crash each other to keep from getting lapped. And then we get caught up in it. Somebody turned somebody sideways and I couldn't get stopped from running into the No. 33 car (Joe Nemechek). That's Bristol."

Text provided by Nancy Wager

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