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NASCAR WCUP: Post Race Notes and Quotes, Pepsi 400, Rusty Wallace

2 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

RUSTY WALLACE --2-- Miller Lite Taurus -- "That's pretty intense right there, I tell you what. That was a tough run. The last four or five laps were something else and, boy, Mark Martin. Man, I love drafting with that guys because he's patient, he's fast, he stays right there and thinks. I was a real neat deal."

NOT A BAD RECOVERY AFTER DROPPING TO 40TH. "Yeah, they said I left speeding on pit road, I guess I did, I don't know. I learned a long time ago not to say anything bad and I screwed up today and got into some words, but we got it turned around and I'm real happy."

WHAT ABOUT THE RACING TODAY? COULD YOU PASS AT THE END? "Yeah, pretty decent. I took right sides on, we didn't put lefts and, boy, the car was loosey goosey -- pushy and kind of all over the place, but I had to put two on to get caught up from the pit road penalty."

THOUGHTS ON THE LAST LAP? "I was just trying to make the car real big, that was the deal. I just had to make it real wide, but I trusted Mark and that was good."

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