AGR NOTES - KENTUCKY POST-RACE

Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone "Considering the fact that we started from the very back of the field, I'm happy with an 11th place finish. It was difficult getting through traffic at the start of the race, but that is what I expected. All-in-all, the Motorola car did very well. I have to thank my crew for getting the back-up car ready in such a short amount of time, they did an awesome job."

Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone "This was a difficult night for us, especially in the early stages of the race. My guys worked hard throughout the race to make the Team 7-Eleven car better and we were able to get more and more competitive as the night went on. Obviously an eighth-place finish was not what we were looking for, though."

Marco Andretti, #26 Meijer Dallara/Honda/Firestone "We need to start capitalizing on races like this where we have the car to win, but overall it wasn't a bad night for the Meijer team. (Scott) Dixon had a bit of speed on us but I think the Meijer car was better in traffic. He and I were the two guys who had cars to win tonight so it's just unfortunate that we weren't in Victory Lane."

Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone "I'm very disappointed that I was unable to finish the race. I am not sure what exactly went wrong, but I started to have a bad vibration, so I decided to pit. After a few laps, I was still fighting the vibration, so I went back in and that's when we saw that the right rear tire drive peg broke. The Formula Dream team gave me a great car. I was confident that we were going to have a good finish, so it's very disappointing."

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Dallara/Firestone "I'm a little bit frustrated with my result tonight. I struggled on the start and lost a couple of positions. But, by the end of the race the AFS/Andretti Green Racing car came to me and I was able to attack more. Unfortunately, the yellow flags didn't help us tonight and I was not able to make up any ground. But, we're still fighting for the championship and that's what matters. We'll regroup and head on to Infineon for the next two races."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Targus/AGR/AFS Dallara/Firestone "It all came down to those last few laps and it was just difficult to get a pass made on Battistini and Davison. But the Targus/AGR/AFS car was really strong and it was great to get our third podium in a row on an oval. Now, we just need to take this momentum to Infineon and have a great weekend out there."

Franck Montagny, #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura "I was side by side with the Aston-Martin and he just ran into the side of me. His front wheel hit my front wheel. The XM Acura was getting better and better. We were just coming off a restart and I was fighting for the overall lead, and then he hit me. That was it. It is very, very disappointing for the team and very, very disappointing for myself."

James Rossiter, #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura "My stint was good. It was very enjoyable. Franck made a couple of adjustments to the car before I got in that cured the issues we were having, so the XM Acura was great. This was still a bit of a warm-up for me as I didn't have many laps in the car before the race, but it was a great first experience. I'm very disappointed for the team today, but I'm definitely looking forward to Mosport."