NASCAR WCUP: Dura Lube/KMart 400 post race quotes, Dale Jarrett
28 February 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
DALE JARRETT --88-- Quality Care Service/Ford Credit Taurus
(Finished 5th) -- "We struggled. We just missed it on the setup,
too big of a swaybar. We adjusted and adjusted. The guys worked their
tails off and we just couldn't get anything. We were just outclassed
today." COMING HOME FIFTH IS STILL PRETTY GOOD? "Those are the things you have to do when you don't have the best car or even a very good car, you've gotta make the most of it. We got a top five out of it and we can't complain about that. Fifth is definitely as good as we could have expected today. We were just outclassed and we were fortunate to be able to work on the car some and made it somewhat better. It just wasn't very good, but we'll take that and learn from it hopefully."
YOU NEVER REALLY CHALLENGED FOR THE LEAD TODAY? "Fifth is about as good as we could have done today, as a matter of fact that might be more than we could ask for. We just weren't very good. We missed on the setup, so we're pretty happy with fifth."
DID YOU EVER GET THE CAR TO YOUR LIKING? "No. We weren't going to unless they would have let us take about 10 minutes to change something else we needed to change. No, we missed on it today. I thought we had something yesterday afternoon, but the car just wouldn't turn in the center of the corner. To make it halfway turn we'd get it too loose off, so it was just a balancing act that we couldn't quite get. Those guys were just a lot better than us."
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