NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Gordon Comments, Dover Qualifying
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
September 22, 2001JEFF GORDON No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo
"If you look at practice, we were pretty good in at the beginning of practice. For some reason, our second set of tires just didn't match up well. We were really, really tight and we just kept freeing the car and freeing the car and when we went out there to qualify, that thing was just completely sideways. So, we messed up a little bit there so we'll pay the penalty by starting in the back.
"This was such a good racecar when we had it here the last time. So we'll put the same set-up underneath it. Actually, the car shows signs of being real fast even in the qualifying run today.
"We just freed it up too much and we went out and tried to make the second lap hoping it would tighten up but it just got loose. I drove down into one and almost wrecked.
We've got a good racecar no matter where we start and a good enough race team so that we can have good pit stops. We'll be just be patient and take our time getting to the front.
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