more dodge nascar winston cup qualifying quotes from michigan; elliott fourth, burton fifth

Friday, June 14, 2002					              Ray Cooper
Dodge notes and quotes.	Page 10.			                            Golin/Harris International
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STERLING MARLIN (No. 40 Coors Original Dodge Intrepid R/T)
"I wish it had kept on raining. We changed some stuff on it before qualifying, and we went the wrong way. It was terrible. I guess we can work our way up through the field. We've done it before. It's pretty normal for us these days."

JIMMY SPENCER (No. 41 Target Dodge Intrepid R/T)
"We had our car set up for different conditions. Who would have thought it would rain and then an hour and a half delay. Our car was snug everywhere. I think we were really going to be good in qualifying before. It was just weird today. The car was good, but the track cooled down a lot more than we expected. It had a lot of grip. We could have been two or three tenths quicker. We've been struggling lately in qualifying. A good starting spot is important here at Michigan."

BILL ELLIOTT (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Intrepid R/T)
"We weren't that good in practice, but the guys kept working on it and it paid off. Michigan has been good to be through the years. I love racing here. We'll have to see what happens Sunday. The track was good in qualifying, a lot more grip than I experienced in practice. Somebody is going to run good here in a minute if they can just figure it out."

JOHN ANDRETTI (No. 43 Cheerios Dodge Intrepid R/T)
 "The car was really good. If I went out right now, I could turn a better lap. The track is in pretty good shape. We made a bunch of small changes right before we went out for qualifying, so hopefully the Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge will be that good in the race and I won't leave any on the table."

JEREMY MAYFIELD (No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Intrepid R/T)
"It was real good. That's the most rpm's we've turned and we got through the corners the best we have all day. We just didn't run fast. We ran real good in practice, but we went out to qualify and didn't pick up like everybody else did."

WARD BURTON (No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge Intrepid R/T)
"We lost a little grip in turn three. The car was really good in one and two. We've been struggling lately getting the cars to handle and having some mechanical problems. It would be a good weekend for us to turn around. The track just had more grip in qualifying because it was cooler."

CASEY ATWOOD (No. 7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge Intrepid R/T)
"The car just came around on me. It was on the warmup lap. I was taking it easy and let off early in turn three. It just came around. It hit pretty hard, but I'm fine."


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