Daytona Toyota Motorsports Notes - February 8, 2009

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Qualified: 15th How was your qualifying lap? "I think we missed it a little bit and left something out there. I did all I could, but taping off solid maybe would have helped us a little bit more. We got what we got out of that and it's not bad. We'll see which Duel it puts us in and how we can race then."

What are your expectations for Thursday's Duels? "We've got fast cars, they're just a little ill-handling. I don't really like the way our cars go through the bumps as well as what I've seen from other guys. We've got to do some work in that respect and try to get it handling better, but hopefully not kill any speed."

What were you and Steve Addington talking about after your lap? "I just told him all the vitals and everything inside the car. We didn't tape up solid and I'm not sure if that's what hurt us or not. We didn't quite run what we ran yesterday. It's a little disappointing, but where we ended up is not too shabby. There will be some 'go-or-go-home' cars that will beat us. It's kind of cool to see the 5 (Mark Martin) car up there. That's pretty neat. Alan (Gustafson, No. 5 crew chief), being a native from down here - it's good to see that and Mark (Martin) with his first time with the team. I'm going to go raz them and give them a hard time and ask them why they couldn't ever do that for me."

SCOTT SPEED, No. 82 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Qualified: 17th What did you think of your qualifying lap? "It honestly wasn't so exciting -- not near as exciting as last night anyway. We picked up a lot -- the guys did an awesome job and honestly I think we're all a bit surprised that we picked up so much from practice."

Did you hit all the marks you wanted to hit on your lap? "I'm pretty confident that everyone hits their marks here. When you're out there by yourself and you're just flat out - it's honestly not that difficult. It's more about getting the car right. Qualifying here I think is more a test of the teams than the drivers hitting their marks right."

What are your thoughts for the qualifying races on Thursday? "My thoughts are that I am very glad that I will have the Duels to have more practice time racing before the 500. There's a lot that goes on out there and it's a lot more difficult than it looks. I think we will have to work on our car a little bit to draft a little bit better, but I have all the confidence in the world that by the time it comes for the 500 we will be good."

What is your race strategy for the Duels? "My strategy is not to crash and to finish and so far that has proved to be harder than it looks."

DAVID REUTIMANN, No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing Qualified: 18th How was your qualifying lap? "It was a decent lap. We kind of backed up what we had run in practice. Our last couple runs we made -- that was about as much as we had. That's about as fast as she''ll go. It was a solid lap -- the guys did a really good job and we just have to make it race good -- that's our goal now. I think that is a pretty good lap and I am proud of those guys."

What are your expectations for the Duels? "Hopefully the qualifiers will be much more tame than the Shootout was. We have to try to race these cars for 500 miles so we just have to get out there and hopefully be a little more careful and try to keep the fenders on and not take any chances with it. Try to get a decent spot. We're at Daytona and if something happens and it gets crazy out there and you have to bail out -- at least you're starting the race and that's the main thing."