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NASCAR WCUP: Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 400, Dale Jarrett (Winner)

6 July 1999

88 DALE JARRETT Quality Care Service/Ford Credit Taurus "It would have been awful close (on gas). I think we could have made it because being out front I could kind of dictate what was going on and I think we would have made it, but they cut it awful close there." THE DECISION NOT TO TAKE TIRES. "Todd had told me about 10 laps before we were gonna pit what our plans were and I agreed totally. It seemed our car was awful good later on older tires and some other guys started sliding around. We didn't slide around as much, so I was all for that -- to take a chance. That's just a gamble, but everything is and they made a great pit stop and a great call. The car was just terrific, it drove fantastic." MIDWAY THROUGH THE RACE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE CAR COULD WIN. "I wasn't sure. It would start off really good on new tires and then it would kind of go away from me a little bit. I would get to sliding in the front and it would actually get me loose off the corner. Then after we ran 15 more laps the car would come back in, so I was just kind of riding then, just sitting there biding my time waiting for the right opportunity and things came along and went our way."

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