NASCAR WCUP: Bud Shootout Qualifying Race Notes and Quotes, Dale Jarrett
14 February 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
DALE JARRETT --88-- Quality Care Service/Ford Credit Taurus
(Finished 1st) -- YOUR NEW PIT CREW ALREADY HAS MADE A MARK.
"It's paid off already. They do a fantastic job and that's what won the
race. That gave me the opportunity to get way out front. We came in as a
group there and they did such a fantastic job of getting me out of there
and got us a good lead. And, we've got a fast race car so that was nice
and it worked out for us."WERE YOU SURPRISED THE CAR WAS THAT GOOD? "Yeah, I surely thought that Terry and once Jeff got to him that they could hook up and then I saw them switch to try to get Jeff in front to try to get to us, but our car is awful, awful fast, especially down the straightaways and that makes a difference when you have that much engine and a good aero package, but I was a little surprised they couldn't get to me there. This next race will be a little different story, but we came here with two good race cars, the car we sat on the pole with and this car, actually, I didn't think drove quite as good as what my 500 car does, but it's working out pretty good right now."
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