dodge quotes from craftsman truck series race at lms

Friday, May 21, 2004.
Ray Cooper

Lowe's Motor Speedway.
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NCTS Infineon 200.
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BOBBY HAMILTON (No. 4 Square D Dodge Ram) - Finished 10th, 4th in points

"We just needed gas, and we had to come in to pit. We had a good truck.
I'm pretty sure we had a truck that could win. We had to come in and put
gas in and we dropped back to 30th. We lost some points to Dennis
Setzer, but it's too early right now to worry about it. Our truck was as
good as it was at Atlanta, but I think everybody else was better, too.
If it had been a daytime race we would have been better. There's more
grip at night, but we'll be all right. We've got 20 races to make it
up."

 

STEVE PARK (No. 62 Orleans Racing Dodge Ram) - Finished 12th

"We did a good job missing the stuff in the beginning, and that's the
kind of stuff that's been taking us out all year long. We just had a
little bit of luck on our side. It seemed like they were aiming for me
or something. I stayed on my toes and tried to miss 'em. We got to the
end and had something to race with with the fenders still on it. We were
decent. We made a big improvement from yesterday. We've still got to
improve a little bit more, but we're getting closer to the top 10."

 

CHAD CHAFFIN (No. 18 Dickies Dodge Ram) - Finished 30th

"I couldn't believe NASCAR didn't give us a caution. I just wanted to
see if they could see our truck. I thought maybe this paint scheme was
camouflaged into the track or something and they couldn't see it. We
stopped on the track, and that wouldn't even do it. I'm going to get my
wrist slapped for that, but I just couldn't believe they didn't give us
a caution. Everybody on the team did a great job, and I'm just proud to
be a part of it. Strategy hurt us tonight. We had to pit when everybody
else didn't, and it hurt Bobby and us both. He was able to come back to
10th. We were a few trucks behind us, but I think we could have muscled
our way back up through there. It's disappointing and another blow in
the points. Geoff Bodine just ran over us, and I really don't
understand. It wasn't like we were racing for position. We were wounded
and he just flat ran over me."

 

TED MUSGRAVE (No. 1 Mopar Performance Dodge) - Finished 31st

"We came in to pit and they told me not to go until they told me. I
waited and they told me to go, so I took off. Wrong time. Todd Bodine
was coming in and it clipped the right front right off the truck. It
bent all the steering, and we were done from then on. You've got to be
heads up in the pits. They tell you to go, but they've got to be looking
back. We had a good truck in the beginning. I think we had a top five
truck for sure. We were coming to the front, and then that incident
happened on pit road. I'm doing all I can do."

 

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