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NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Post-Race Notes and Quotes, Chad Little

13 March 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

CHAD LITTLE --97-- John Deere Taurus (Finished 6th) -- THIS CAR IS MAGIC HERE AT ATLANTA. "This car has raced five times and four of them have been here at Atlanta and its got some good finishes (three top 10s and an 11th). We're real pleased with that. We need to take it to the next level and I'll be real pleased."

A GREAT DAY. "We're real pleased for all of John Deere, the Roush Racing team and the number 97 team. We haven't had a great year so far, but this certainly helps and we have a little momentum into the program as we get ready for Darlington. I'm very happy. The pit stops went well. We had a good car all day long and adjusted on it a little bit and made it better. It was one of those days that you need to have more often. That's the key -- more often."

ALL DAY LONG THE RACING WAS PRETTY GOOD. DID IT FEEL MORE COMPETITIVE? "Atlanta, the configuration of this track makes for a very competitive race because you can run so hard into the corners and out of the corners. It's the nature of this race track."

HOW ABOUT THE CHEVROLETS. "Obviously, you look at their nose and you can say to yourself it doesn't even look like the rest of the cars now. I think they went to the extreme. I was a little surprised to see they went that far, to be honest with you. I mean, I could see giving them a half-inch and kind of creeping up on it, but two inches...I'd say they went pretty far and maybe they'll take another look at it now."

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