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NASCAR WCUP: Rusty Wallace, Pontiac Excitement 400 Post Race Quotes

17 May 1999

RUSTY WALLACE -2- Miller Lite Taurus -- THAT'S 14 STRAIGHT TOP 10s HERE AT RICHMOND. "I tell you, we should have finished a lot better. But the caution flag came out and I was going around the outside of Ricky Rudd and at the same time his right-front tire blew. I was up there with him and we both went sailing into the wall. I tell you, I got real lucky to be able to keep going. The whole right side of this car is flat-spotted, the toe-in is knocked in and after that it pushed all day long, but it is a neat run to have another top five. It's a pretty neat deal." WITH THE TIRE PROBLEMS TONIGHT, DID IT AFFECT THE WAY YOU DROVE THE CAR? "I really don't understand why they were having problems with tires. We didn't have an ounce of a problem, not even a hint of having a problem. I don't know if some guys were just way too low on air or way too high on air. Either one of those scenarios can cause the problems they had, so who knows. It was a good run for the Miller Lite Ford Taurus. I'm happy to gain some points. Some of the front runners had some problems. I hate it for them, but at the same time we were able to gain some points."

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