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NASCAR WCUP: Mark Martin Post Race Notes, Primestar 500

29 March 1999

MARK MARTIN -6- Valvoline Taurus --

ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED?

"Yeah, the right-front tire went down."

ANY IDEA ABOUT WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH THE TIRES?

"Nothing really, just one of those ol' race tracks that's mean on tires. I've been involved with Goodyear on developing a tire, testing the original tire for the original track. This place is just a tough nut."

DID YOU FEEL THE TIRE STARTING TO GO?

"Yeah, I felt it but I didn't have time to slow down enough. Thank goodness it didn't go full speed into the corner, I was already backing off coming into the corner. It didn't quite feel right and then it just went straight ahead."

FROM AN EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT THINGS HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD SO FAR THIS YEAR, HASN'T IT?

"Yeah, it has. It's been good. We missed some spots at Vegas. We went down on seven cylinders mysteriously for about 20 laps at Vegas, then it came back. We never found anything wrong, but we still finished 10th, so we were pretty happy with that. You're gonna have days like this, but you wish you didn't."

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