NASCAR WCUP: Post Race Quotes, Pennzoil 400, Jeff Burton
15 November 1999
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
JEFF BURTON --99-- Exide Batteries Taurus (Finished 3rd)
-- "We had a good race car, we were real good on long runs. I
don't want to sound like a whiner, but there ain't no way you can beat
them Pontiacs. They gave 'em a lot of spoiler and a lot of air dam for a
long time and they started building real nice bodies, and on top of that,
they're doing a great job. They've got good springs and good shocks and
they're doing a great job driving 'em. On top of that they've got a lot of
downforce, so it's difficult to beat 'em. We finished first in class, so I
guess that's OK."
AS FAR AS RACE STRATEGY YOU TOOK ONLY GAS, WAS THAT BECAUSE YOU FELT IT
WAS YOUR BEST CHANCE TO WIN? "That was all Frank (Stoddard). Frank made
that call, but that was the right thing to do. There was no way we ever
would have ever beaten them unless we did something different than them.
There was no way we could do it, they were just faster than we were. I was
better than the 18 on a real long run, but he was gonna put on tires and I
was gonna put on tires so he was gonna be better than me again. So we had
to do something different, it was the right call."
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