FW: NOTES AND QUOTES; WINSTON CUP; PHOENIX INT'L RACEWAY

> NOTES AND QUOTES;  WINSTON CUP;  PHOENIX INT'L RACEWAY
> POST-RACE;  OCT. 28;  PAGE 1
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> TONY STEWART, NO. 20 HOME DEPOT PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
>     "We were best in class today.  We just missed the setup a little bit.
> But a top five - still that's a great day for us.  I think we pulled away
> from the guys behind us in points.  We were hoping to catch Ricky (Rudd) a
> little bit today, but he had a strong car too, so we're pretty happy with
a
> top five."
>
> JAMES INCE, CREW CHIEF, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
> "I guess that's not a bad day for this Valvoline team, but we're still
> extremely disappointed.  We've got to get some help on the front of these
> Pontiacs.  We're getting all we can get out of them right now.  These
other
> cars have more front downforce than we've got and it's really showing up
on
> the racetrack.  We're working awfully hard to only finish 10th.  It's
pretty
> frustrating."
> (DID YOU HAVE ANY TIRE PROBLEMS TODAY?) "No, we were real good on that.
We
> were real conservative.  We were making sure we were taking care of our
stuff
> there.  Like I say, we're doing all the right things with springs and
shocks,
> we're just up against a glass ceiling right now."
>
> RON HORNADAY JR., NO. 14 CONSECO PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
> "We were running with the guys in the top 10 there at the end after we
made
> some chassis adjustments, but unfortunately we got a lap down early and
just
> had to play catch up the rest of the day."
>
> KEN SCHRADER, NO. 36 M&M's PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
>     "We could've finished a whole lot worse than 18th.  We had to come in
> twice because of right front tires and that really cost us.  We got two
laps
> down and were able to get one of them back, so to finish where we did with
> those problems is not too bad."