AGR PRE-RACE QUOTES - THE GLEN

Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone "I like going to Watkins Glen. It is a challenging course to drive, and has helped me evolve as a road course driver. I think this is going to be a very competitive race. I hope the Motorola car gets some good practice laps in and we do well in qualifying."

Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone "The Team 7-Eleven guys are really anticipating a great race at Watkins Glen. Like the Honda Grand Prix, there will 12 or 13 drivers fighting to get into the Firestone Fast Six qualifying session. There will be a lot of different strategies but I'm sure the 7-Eleven car will be strong and we'll be running up front."

Marco Andretti, #26 oso*fresh Dallara/Honda/Firestone "Watkins Glen is a great track. It's very flowing and is a rhythm track with many different types of corners. It's a track where you have to keep your momentum up in order to do well."

Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone "I've raced twice at Watkins Glen International in the Firestone Indy Lights series last year, so I am excited to go back there and race in the IndyCar Series. It's a long course. It's been a few months since we raced at St. Petersburg, so I am looking forward to getting back to that type of course. I hope the Formula Dream team can have another strong finish this weekend."

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Dallara/Firestone "After the off week, I think that we are ready to get back to the track. With our only win this season coming on a road/street course, I'm really looking forward to getting back to that type of track. I hope that we can get another win for the AFS/Andretti Green team and make up some points in the championship."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Targus/AGR/AFS Dallara/Firestone "The last race at Iowa was disappointing for the Targus/Andretti Green/AFS team. We've made so much progress this season and I would really like to get that first win for my new sponsor and the AGR/AFS team."