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Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes - NSCS Race Final - Bristol 2

BRISTOL, Tenn. , Aug 21, 2010 - Saturday, August 21, 2010

Bristol Motor Speedway
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Post-Race Quotes


KURT BUSCH (No. Miller Lite “Vortex” Dodge Charger) Finished 9th
“It was a battle tonight with our Miller Lite Dodge. We gave up track position when we didn’t qualify well and had to battle right from the drop of the green flag. Our Miller Lite Vortex was good, not great. We just struggled with being tight in the center of the corners all weekend. This new tire just gave us fits and we did our best at trying to solve the puzzle. There were several long green-flag runs and if your car wasn’t rolling through the corners like you needed it to, you just couldn’t keep the momentum that you needed to run fast. Big picture for us is that you always want to win the race and get those valuable 10 bonus points, but after the troubles that we had at Michigan last weekend, it’s nice to come here and stretch our points over 13th and get a solid top-10 out of the deal. We’ll take the points and head to Atlanta in a few weeks.”

STEVE ADDINGTON (Crew Chief, No. 2 Miller Lite Vortex Dodge Charger) “We survived. We just struggled this weekend. (NASCAR) threw a new tire at us and we struggled all weekend trying to find the right combination for Kurt (Busch). He drove his guts out tonight. To start in the middle of the pack and drive all the way up to a ninth-place finish was awesome. The big picture is that we survived Bristol and brought home a top-10. That will help us out in the points. We needed a strong, safe finish tonight and we accomplished what we needed to do.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 12 Penske Racing Dodge Charger) Finished 19th
"We were pretty consistent, but it was consistent running 15th and in that range. We faded a little bit at the end and finished 19th. We just need a little bit of speed and we’d be in contention to run up front and win these races. We’re consistently off that little bit. If we can get that, we can do the rest. Right in the middle of the runs, we were at our best.”

TRAVIS GEISLER (Crew Chief, No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger) Finished 25th
“It’s hard to figure out what is going on with the tire issue. It was in the sidewall that we were getting the cut. It doesn’t look like anything was rubbing. It’s an unfortunate deal. I don’t think we were going to have a great run tonight, but we certainly would have ended up a little better than we were if we could have kept the right front on it. We’ll go home, do some homework and figure out what we need to do better. We were best on short runs tonight. Late in the run, it seemed whatever was going on with the right front started to give up and the car got tighter and tighter.”

Next Race: Sunday, Sep 5

Emory Healthcare 500 — Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Standings
Sprint Cup


Rank (+/-) Drivers Total Pts Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 DNF Winnings
1 - Kevin Harvick 3521 Leader 24 2 3 11 16 0 $4,919,174
2 - Jeff Gordon 3242 279 24 0 0 10 13 2 $4,116,146
3 +5 Kyle Busch 3170 351 24 2 3 6 12 1 $4,490,766
4 +3 Carl Edwards 3113 408 24 1 0 5 12 2 $3,725,483
5 -2 Denny Hamlin 3108 413 24 0 5 9 10 1 $3,953,743
6 -2 Tony Stewart 3107 414 24 2 0 6 13 1 $3,802,129
7 -1 Jeff Burton 3101 420 24 0 0 4 12 0 $3,653,342
8 +1 Matt Kenseth 3095 426 24 0 0 5 10 0 $3,822,471
9 -4 Jimmie Johnson 3077 444 24 2 5 8 12 4 $4,945,530
10 - Kurt Busch 3073 448 24 2 2 8 14 2 $5,188,014
11 - Greg Biffle 3055 466 24 0 1 5 14 2 $3,569,187
12 - Clint Bowyer 2920 601 24 0 0 4 12 2 $3,180,929
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13 +2 Jamie McMurray 2820 701 24 3 2 7 9 3 $5,228,268
14 -1 Mark Martin 2819 702 24 1 0 5 7 3 $3,123,238
15 -1 Ryan Newman 2802 719 24 1 1 2 7 4 $3,457,243
16 - Kasey Kahne 2784 737 24 2 0 6 8 3 $3,806,217
17 +1 David Reutimann 2765 756 24 0 1 5 5 3 $3,717,992
18 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2750 771 24 1 0 2 6 0 $3,500,878
19 - Juan Pablo Montoya 2728 793 24 2 1 5 11 7 $3,605,286
20 - Martin Truex Jr. 2660 861 24 1 0 1 6 2 $2,766,639
21 - Joey Logano 2636 885 24 1 0 2 9 2 $3,466,028
22 - A J Allmendinger 2569 952 24 1 0 1 4 2 $3,256,212
23 - Paul Menard 2499 1022 24 0 0 1 3 1 $2,518,504
24 - David Ragan 2350 1171 24 0 0 0 1 1 $2,510,654
25 - Brad Keselowski 2309 1212 24 0 0 0 0 4 $2,977,153
26 - Marcos Ambrose 2276 1245 24 0 0 1 3 8 $2,950,374
27 - Scott Speed 2197 1324 24 0 0 0 2 1 $2,650,523
28 - Sam Hornish Jr. 2179 1342 24 0 0 0 0 2 $2,425,449
29 - Elliott Sadler 2155 1366 24 0 0 0 1 3 $2,437,449
30 - Regan Smith 1997 1524 24 0 0 0 0 4 $2,389,589
31 - Bobby Labonte 1787 1734 24 0 0 0 0 5 $2,290,859
32 - Travis Kvapil 1723 1798 23 0 0 0 0 2 $2,322,162
33 - Robby Gordon 1582 1939 21 0 0 1 1 8 $2,359,418
34 - David Gilliland 1555 1966 20 0 0 0 0 1 $1,934,318
35 - Kevin Conway 1494 2027 22 0 0 0 0 4 $2,023,885
36 - Brian Vickers 1158 2363 11 0 0 0 3 2 $1,579,832
37 - Joe Nemechek 934 2587 22 0 0 0 0 22 $1,887,943
38 - Max Papis 907 2614 18 0 0 0 0 11 $1,629,418
39 - David Stremme 825 2696 11 0 0 0 0 2 $946,775
40 - Mike Bliss 799 2722 11 0 0 0 2 6 $1,083,395
41 +3 Reed Sorenson 763 2758 10 0 0 0 1 5 $1,184,820
42 -1 Bill Elliott 706 2815 8 0 0 0 0 1 $931,654
43 - Casey Mears 700 2821 10 0 0 0 0 4 $1,028,099
44 -2 Dave Blaney 699 2822 17 0 0 0 0 16 $1,345,816
45 - Michael McDowell 650 2871 17 0 0 0 0 17 $1,491,082
46 - J.J. Yeley 540 2981 9 0 0 0 0 6 $693,504
47 - Boris Said 448 3073 6 0 0 0 1 3 $739,493
48 - Todd Bodine 313 3208 7 0 0 0 0 7 $628,384
49 +1 Landon Cassill 287 3234 6 0 0 0 0 6 $506,915
50 -1 Robert Richardson Jr. 249 3272 3 0 0 0 0 1 $524,460
51 - Michael Waltrip 200 3321 3 0 0 0 0 2 $486,063
52 - P.J. Jones 190 3331 4 0 0 0 0 4 $293,866
53 +7 Tony Raines 186 3335 3 0 0 0 0 1 $273,872
54 -1 Patrick Carpentier 176 3345 2 0 0 0 0 0 $162,125
55 -1 Terry Cook 164 3357 3 0 0 0 0 2 $240,170
56 -1 Andy Lally 161 3360 2 0 0 0 0 1 $138,075
57 -1 Johnny Sauter 154 3367 4 0 0 0 0 4 $308,612
58 -1 Aric Almirola 154 3367 4 0 0 0 0 4 $330,573
59 -1 Steve Park 129 3392 1 0 0 0 0 0 $100,400
60 -1 Jan Magnussen 127 3394 1 0 0 0 0 0 $92,500
61 +1 Scott Riggs 116 3405 2 0 0 0 0 1 $157,460
62 -1 Mattias Ekstrom 105 3416 1 0 0 0 0 0 $118,023
63 - Jeff Green 91 3430 1 0 0 0 0 0 $100,300
64 -1 Jacques Villeneuve 76 3445 1 0 0 0 0 0 $137,725
65 -1 John Andretti 49 3472 1 0 0 0 0 1 $286,779
66 -1 Ron Fellows 43 3478 1 0 0 0 0 1 $60,840
67 -1 Geoff Bodine 40 3481 1 0 0 0 0 1 $63,045
68 -1 Chad McCumbee 37 3484 1 0 0 0 0 1 $62,890

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