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| NASCAR Sprint Cup - Darlington |
CARL EDWARDS - No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion - “First of all, congratulations to Regan. He earned that. On the restart, he spun the tires a bit and I considered, ‘Alright, I’m not gonna beat him on the line for the reason that I’ve received an excellent sufficient vehicle with fresh new tires. I can defeat him here.’ And as soon as I started off pedaling, Brad hooked on his rear bumper plus they took off. I assumed, ‘Oh, gentleman. I’m in trouble now.’ I drove down into turn true very difficult and Brad did a great task not wrecking beneath me then we raced difficult and he won the race.” YOU Obtained SOME Points On your own LEAD. “I’m certain that may think superior tomorrow, but, right away, I desired to win that race.” WHAT DID YOU SAY TO REGAN Whenever you WENT Up to HIS Automobile? “I just advised him that this is a really massive offer and he is aware of that. He drove Mike Mittler’s truck at Phoenix a person time and I acquired to perform on it for him like a driver, so I’ve worked with him as a crew member - as low man around the totem pole. He’s a good individual. I guess if I had to get defeat, it is all appropriate to obtain beat by him. We’ll be back. Aflac is behind us 100 % and we’re top the points, so we’ll just check out the following 1.”
DAVID RAGAN - No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion - “On that restart I obtained a bit tight and had to roll out of the throttle and Vickers was behind me. He had nowhere to go and he hit me, so we got some harm. We had been lucky to become able to finish the race. If it wasn’t for that last caution, I think we could have got a prime twenty, but our UPS team did a very good career. We manufactured some advancements from your get started on the race and we just necessary to have a bit of luck. That is the way Darlington goes, but I’m happy with the best way our crew rebounded and we didn’t get a DNF.”
MARCOS AMBROSE - No. 9 Stanley Ford Fusion - “We just fought all night time. We ended up digging and gauging all night. We’re disappointed with 13th, so I guess that’s a superb matter. I’m pleased with my Stanley crew and we’ll consider our licks here and move on. We just held digging and fighting all night. We tried using not to damage the motor vehicle, and the vast majority of what we obtained was around the very last lap, so we had a fantastic evening. We’ll learn from it and come back again subsequent yr and be much better.”
GREG BIFFLE - No. 16 3M Ford Fusion - “We had been definitely beneficial. We obtained to 12th and we kind of had the wrong pit system. It absolutely was my fault. I must have stayed out and I pitted, so we commenced with the back again and by no means received back again once more. We had a top-five car or truck, but we just by no means received there. We’d run the lap times on the top-five, even the leader, but we just couldn’t get there. If it will are already a 600 or 700-mile race, it's possible we would have lastly got up there , but we did all we could (laughing). We got a top ten. We’re concerned in regards to the points right this moment and we’ll retain chipping absent at it.”
CARL EDWARDS PRESS CONFERENCE - Speak ABOUT HOW Items WENT For you personally? “I certainly underestimated that restart a bit. I saw Regan spin his tires and I heard him pedaling slightly and I imagined, ‘Man, don’t beat him to your start-finish line’ because we’ve obtained this sort of an advantage with these tires that I did not want to shed that way. So when I started pedaling to stay even with him, Brad and him hooked up and they were gone, and after that I was chasing. Gentleman, I seriously felt like which was our race to win. We had a great lead that we earned all evening and it was regrettable we had that yellow. Regan is usually a heck of a guy. That’s NASCAR racing and as upset as I'm to possess misplaced that race, I’m happy for Regan and his accomplishment, but I’ll operate that an individual back some occasions in my head.”
This is actually the 2nd Surprise WINNER THIS Year. HOW HAS NASCAR Transformed To generate IT Probable FOR Guys LIKE REGAN TO WIN? “I feel that’s the incorrect approach to search at this. I think Regan is as great as any driver out there, so individuals men have earned what they've got. There is a explanation they’ve been out-qualifying all of us and it had been only a make a difference of time just before they put a whole race together. Myself integrated, I think all of us variety of underestimate them a little bit, but that can take place no extended. They obtained to Victory Lane and this is certainly NASCAR. It is equal prospect. In case you can get it done, you make it.”
DID YOU AND BOB Think ABOUT Staying ON WHEN BURTON BLEW UP, And just how Surprised Are you REGAN Defeat YOU ON Outdated TIRES? “I didn’t really contemplate remaining out. I thought about this, but I believed new tires may be this kind of an advantage with 20-25 laps. I assumed what we did was the correct simply call, and I believe if it would have gone green, if we wouldn’t have had that caution, if I would have had more than a lap to work Regan through, I think we'd have operate correct by him, but we didn’t get it. It turned into a green-white-checkered and I was astonished. When I drove down into turn 3 on the very last lap, I sincerely planned on driving correct by him and his car or truck stuck a great deal far better than I thought it had been heading to, so it shocked me and I definitely assumed it absolutely was gonna be a drag race for the start-finish line and he stayed out front.”
DOES IT Appear Like the MOST Impossible RACES TO WIN Will be the ONES You'd like Probably the most? “In the instance of Darlington and me, yes, that seems to be correct. From my very first trip right here, Bobby Hudson, Jeff Burton, Jack Roush - most people more than there that aided me get prepared for this race - just informed me the amount of heritage there was right here. I talked to all of us. I studied tape. I received assistance from every one of these guys and that first truck race we have been operating wonderful, running down Ted Musgrave for that win and we had some problems. After which a person time we have been running down Jeff and Greg for your lead within the 500 and we had oil pump belt or anything occur off, and after that tonight I let myself, for any minute, consider what it could be like to win this race and it felt truly good there for the minute, nonetheless it wasn’t meant to get. I’ll hold hoping, but it’s just sad we've got to wait an entire 12 months to appear back right here. I love racing the following. That is as good as it will get to get a driver.”
Is it possible to Talk ABOUT Being THAT Close TO BRAD Presented YOUR Historical past? “ Yeah, I informed him just after the race that I assumed he did a really beneficial career and he did. He gathered it up underneath me. I couldn’t see his elbows in there, but I could think about they ended up flying throughout the put. I was in amongst him and the wall, so I was type of inside of a safer spot, I thought, if anything did go incorrect, but he did a good career.”
The amount of A lot more DID AERO PLAY IN TO THIS? DID THAT Defeat THE TIRE Advantage YOU HAD? “That’s an excellent query. I believe which was a huge component of it. It appeared aero played a even larger position here than I think it ever has. It absolutely was a larger variable in how fast your car went compared to difference concerning the cars and trucks, so even when you had a faster automobile, at times you’d catch a man and also you just couldn’t overcome that terrible air you’d be running in seeking to pass him. There with the conclude, I think that may are actually aspect of it. Regan did a fantastic position. He drove in and it looked like he was gonna generate in on the bottom into a few and he variety of allow it wash up in my path and he did a very excellent work of mirror driving there a little bit. I don’t know if he did it on objective, nonetheless it kept my vehicle from acquiring one of the most grip that it could have.”
WHY WAS THERE A UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA DECAL On your own Vehicle? “The people from Aflac were the following. Dan Amos was right here and he brought Georgia football and basketball coaches with him. There was a lot of individuals pulling from Georgia for that race automobile tonight, so I wish I could have obtained the win for them.”
Can you Broaden On your own TIME WITH REGAN AT MIKE MITTLER’S? “I was driving Mike Mittler’s truck and I think I had operate 7 races, and I couldn’t run any more and however maintain the rookie eligibility for the next yr, so Mike hired Regan to drive at Phoenix. I was variety of heartbroken. I’m a race car driver and I did not want to go get the job done on that truck even though somebody else was driving it, and I went there and I felt kind of honored after it was all over to have worked with him and also to have met his spouse and children. They’re seriously good people today. We modified the engine right there within the garage and I just decided I was gonna go ahead and operate and swallow my pride right here, and I’m glad I did because I received to learn Regan a little bit superior and he’s a fantastic guy. He could have handled my any way and he handled me like gold then, so I’ve received a great deal of respect for him.”
WHY DO DRIVERS Like this TRACK A lot And have YOU Performed ANY Video clip Stuff LIKE IRACE? “I feel the IRacing things can seriously enable you to here. I believe the explanation we race car drivers similar to this track is due to the fact it’s so hard that the driver may make a difference within the final result. It appears to be like it is a true driver’s race track, and when you really dig down deep and do your ideal, you can make one thing come about the following and that is definitely entertaining. As being a race automobile driver, that is as good because it gets.”
YOU HAD A Historical past WITH BRAD Last 12 months. WE Saw MONTOYA AND NEWMAN Last WEEK After which We have HARVICK AND BUSCH TONIGHT. Do you think you're Worried This really is Finding Out of HAND? “I haven’t genuinely compensated a lot interest to your details of anything going on, but that is the enthusiasm on the activity. I’ve been associated with my honest share of that stuff, and I guess I’ll just sit back and watch like everyone else and see what comes about.”
Is it Better To become On the Outside Instead Compared to Within? “It depends. It's wonderful to just go out and race and to be upset following the race for finishing second rather than becoming in an altercation with anyone. That’s kind of great, but that is racing and you are gonna have things like that. I believe all of us in existence realize that can occur at any time and we’re ready.
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