DALE EARNHARDT (#3 Goodwrench Service Monte Carlo):
"We ran the engine we qualified with Saturday and we felt like it hurt it. It ran the first part like it had a dead cylinder. We changed the ignition over during the break and it ran a little better, but we were up in the draft better. I had no engine really. It didn't go like we wanted it to. It didn't go like the practice engine we had in the Busch Clash car. We just made a mistake by changing engines probably. We should have left it alone and raced with what we had. We were trying to get everything we could. It wouldn't even go at first. I thought we had burned a piston right then. If you ain't got no motor, you can't draft. I wasn't in the right place"
JEFF GORDON (#24 DuPont Automotive Finishes Monte Carlo):
"I thought when the three of us (Hendrick Motorsports Chevy) got together, we could go to the front, but the 3 and 4 cars were just too strong. I thought we could blow by 'em, but we didn't. I knew I had to do something, so I passed Terry and I think I messed us all up. I like to work with my teammates, but I knew I was running out of laps. You don't want to finish second or third in this race. Anytime you're in a race and you're drafting around other cars, you're going to learn something. The 125 is a longer race, and that'll help us get better prepared for the 500. I think the car we've got for the 125 and 500 is a little bit better. I didn't expect anybody to help me, and that's what you go into the Busch Clash expecting. I was surprised Earnhardt stayed back at the start. I thought he would try to come to the front. The Fords have been talking about how they are lacking speed. It doesn't look like they're lacking too much today. That 88 certainly wasn't today, and I doubt if that 28 is either. A couple of those Chevrolets are pretty fast, too."
TERRY LABONTE (#5 Kellogg's Corn Flakes Monte Carlo):
"We ran pretty good. It gives us a little indication of what to expect in Thursday's race. I'm pretty happy with it really. I thought Kenny and Jeff and I were going to be able to go to the front. Everybody started racing and some guys started coming on the inside and messed us up. I know those Fords are at a big disadvantage, but they looked pretty good today."
DAVID GREEN (#96 Busch Beer Chevrolet Monte Carlo):
"We beat a couple of cars and got to race with some guys that are no slouches. When this car unloaded, we ran a 52-second lap. The pace car runs that fast. Kirk Shelmerdine and Richard Childress and the guys worked on this car and the last lap of the race today, I was basically by myself and ran a 48-second lap. We picked up four seconds in basically an hour and a half of practice. I think they deserve the most improved award."
DAVE MARCIS (#71 Prodigy Chevrolet Monte Carlo):
"I had lots of fun. I've got to get back in it next year somehow. I came to run hard. I ran the car as hard as it would go. Finishing 10th in one segment and 11th in the other, I think is great for us. We were right there on their bumpers."
KEN SCHRADER (#25 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo):
"We're real happy with that. We sure would like to be down there in victory lane, but we're starting from scratch. This is basically a whole new team. The guys have been working hard, and we just want to see steady improvement. We've seen a whole lot of it since we've been down here so far. It was a pretty clean race. Everybody who hit me was trying to give me an assist down the straightaway. They hit me square, so it was good and clean. Heading to the front felt good. We've just got to get there and stay there now."
STERLING MARLIN (#4 Kodak Film Chevrolet Monte Carlo):
"That was fun. It was some good racing. We just ran out of time there at the end. Dale (Jarrett) ran awful good. A lot of cars did. If we'd had a couple more laps we might have got 'em there at the end. This was the first time we got a lot of good cars out there together. Our car seems to draft well. We feel like our 500 car is a little better than the one we used today. I got hung out with the Hendrick cars and went back to fourth or fifth. If we could have got back in line then, I feel like I could have got the 88. With those chopped tops on those Fords, they're glued to the track."
DARRELL WALTRIP (#17 Western Auto Parts America Monte Carlo):
"I'm optimistic we'll get better. The car is driving good and it's handling good, but it's not going fast enough not to be. I need to work on it. There's something off in the distribution in the engine. I couldn't stay in the draft. As soon as somebody got on the inside or outside of me, they could shake me out of the draft. It's good to know what I need to work on today instead of waiting until next Saturday or Sunday. This kind of gets the edge off. You get out there in all the traffic in race conditions and it kind of gets you ready for it."
BOBBY LABONTE (#18 Interstate Batteries Monte Carlo):
"Something was just missing. We don't know what it was. We haven't found it yet, but the carburetor just missed."
