We worked on our race settings during practice, ... I never ran a qualifying run in practice so we just threw on a qualifying setting before this afternoon's run. The race is the important thing here. Sure, we would like to qualify on the pole but it doesn't matter here. You can win the race from anywhere on the grid. We think we have a good race car and that is the key for Sunday. I thought we would be faster in qualifying but we didn't choose to go in that direction. We'll be ready for the race.
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BUDDY RICE The car was a lot more stable in qualifying than it was in practice ... I feel like we've got room t...
JUSTIN WILSON The Argent/Pioneer Honda was really good today. I really think we got everything out of the car the ...
DANICA PATRICK I guess it's just more cars for us to pass. We have started from that far back before and haven't ha...
BRIAN FRISSELLE I'm looking forward to this end part of the season, ... Riding the bike in Japan for a factory Hond...
NICKY HAYDEN It was a good lap, we ran about the same as we did in practice. We practiced a lot of race setups. I...
KASEY KAHNE I'm looking forward to this end part of the season, ... Riding
the bike in Japan for a factory...
NICKY HAYDEN I think qualifying was pretty good. We went out slightly earlier than some people and got a good tim...
JUSTIN WILSON If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS... I'm going to give myself a B-minus. In practice and qualifying I thought I made a lot of progress. B...
BORIS SAID The format of the race weekend is also very well thought out. We have enough practice time to get th...
NIGEL MANSELL we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD To get a pole for us is phenomenal. We usually set up for long run. We don't even do qualifying runs...
TODD BODINE I'm happy with fifteenth fastest, but I made a mistake on my last qualifying run, pushing too hard a...
ANANDA We had to replace a rear shock on the car, ... The car was getting faster as qualifying went on but ...
SCOTT SPEED The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL The guys did a great job in the pits, ... We just sort of tried to stay out of trouble. We've wrecke...
RICKY RUDD We knew before qualifying that maybe we wouldn't get the pole, but we are still ready to fight for t...
KIMI RAIKKONEN We always put a lot of pressure on ourselves; I mean we never go into a race looking to [do] anythin...
JEFF CORBETT And when I saw you kissing that girl
My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered
And ...
KATE NASH [Said Fix of his qualifying effort,] We have been making changes all day, the car got quicker and we...
GILLES VILLENEUVE The car was pretty good, just a little bit on the free side. We're really happy with the car. We'll ...
RYAN NEWMAN The race is always what's important. Qualifying now is so important. You have so many riders, so clo...
NICKY HAYDEN Anyone who chooses to do anything that alters the outcome of the positions in this race or in the Ch...
MIKE HELTON It's going to be a crapshoot at Talladega. It always is. It doesn't matter where you start at places...
BOBBY LABONTE It's a fact. If you have too many failures in a 24-hour race, you are not going to win. It has alway...
LUCAS LUHR We did not have a good run in the league but hopefully we will get things right for the championship...
JOE JORDAN We were going to run in this race no matter what, so we never summed up the competition.
AL STALL The most important thing that we did this year was just be really, really consistent, ... We had a g...
FRANK KIMMEL The girls did well for their fist race. For a lot of them, it was their absolute first race. But the...
DAVE CURTIS The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl...
ANGIE KARAN It will be great to be back in Charlotte this weekend. It's always good to race close to home. We ha...
CARL EDWARDS The car was a little tight. We just need to make a few tweaks and I feel we'll be in good shape for ...
BILL ELLIOTT So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It went well. It was a good follow up to what we did in Phoenix. It's nice to be near the top of the...
SCOTT DIXON The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're...
YOKO ONO A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON I want to see her finishing the race so that we can move farther later on. I don't think the distanc...
DAVID HOFMANS The important thing for us is to improve overall as a race team during these next 10 races, ... We'r...
DALE JARRETT From my standpoint, I just wanted to come down here and run what we were supposed to run without any...
EDDIE WOOD If it is raining like that, we can't race on Sunday, ... It is dangerous. You are not in control of ...
JENSON BUTTON I'm looking forward to racing in Nashville this weekend. We didn't have the kind of race we were loo...
JOEL KAUFFMAN I think that it's going to be like that, single-file. We use all the race track right now to run the...
JIMMIE JOHNSON We had a horse last year that we raced in this race, and it did not do very well. They are young hor...
RICHARD GUERRA It's unfortunate that qualifying was cut short because we had three more hot laps that we were going...
DOUG FEHAN We have two objectives for the 500 -- the first is to have a good solid run. And the second is to pu...
BILL ELLIOTT We have to be careful we don't do a lot of miles on Friday and Saturday and keep the engine safe for...
FERNANDO ALONSO Wow, this place is physical. With the down force of the Indy cars, you get a really strong G load in...
VITOR MEIRA I'm really sort of surprised at this run because we spent 98 percent of our time yesterday working o...
RICKY RUDD We've got a good race car that we think we can take to the front on Thursday, and there are also fou...
ROBBY GORDON We need you. The best version of you. You're here for a reason, and we can't wait to see wha...
GRACE GEALEY We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Richmond is a great track, and it will be a fun race to watch this week. A night race at Richmond is...
CARL EDWARDS Obviously we had the lows and highs with the disastrous incident with Robbie and Scott Speed in the ...
JOHN SURTEES The crew worked hard all weekend. We made a bunch of changes before qualifying, so we'll have a bran...
JOHNNY MILLER My main focus this year is to qualify better. Last year I could always race and finish really well. ...
SETH THOMAS You're only allowed to do two events each, so we targeted this race and the 4x400. We felt we could ...
DAVE FEDERICO This points out what we consider to be a quirk in the law. While there is a qualifying deadline that...
DAVID BLOUNT It always feels good to put on the McDonald's uniform and see that big arch on the hood of the car, ...
BILL ELLIOTT We are not race blind. Of course we still have racial tensions in this country. But the United State...
CONDOLEEZZA RICE In hindsight, yeah, I think we're all a little surprised, ... But we had our race to run.
RYAN NEWMAN That was a race where we tried her on the turf, ... We were very happy with that race. It looks like...
BOBBY FLAY I like the races when we practice and qualify on the same day. I'm not only in a routine, but more i...
BORIS SAID I doubt if she is in a position to win on Sunday as it looks a very hot race, but if she runs well w...
CHRIS RICHARDSON When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE We actually had a bit of traffic and I had to make a couple of passes just after the start-finish li...
LUIS DIAZ Since the overall World Cup title is what we aim for, it is good to win our first technical race of ...
CHRIS WILLIAMSON The rain must have washed away the rubber we built up on the top (of the track), and that was obviou...
CLINT BOWYER Erin and Sarah ran 1-2 from the mile mark on. It's nice to complete that first race. Now we have som...
COACH LOUIS GASSMANN Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
CHARLES M. BLOW He ran a good race, but with Bellamy Road in the race it changed the whole thinking process. We were...
BOB BAFFERT We could go anywhere we needed to go. I grew up in Knoxville on the half-miles and Sioux Falls on th...
DANNY LASOSKI What we know is that we would like to rearrange the front bumper bar configuration to make it not ap...
JOHN DARBY Before the race I would never have thought I could win it with 19 successful shots (out of 20), but ...
MICHAEL GREIS He's come on for that run. I'm glad I got a run into him because you need to be on your mettle in a ...
BRYAN SMART We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run and I think we're primed...
RUSTY WALLACE Sometimes I would race in two races, get a one race break and get back on for the next race. After t...
AUSTIN CORSON After last year's race, anything is possible Sunday. It's a typical street course race. You've got t...
DARIO FRANCHITTI We were intending to run
him in a race on Thousand Guineas day but he's now ineligible so we'l...
CLIFF BROWN I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister.
TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma...
TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th...
TRISHA LEAVER We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
The universe may for...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com...
NICK HORNBY We told the boys before the race that if we ran well, we had a chance to place second. That was our ...
CARL RITTENOUR Last year in this race, we had a great race car,
RYAN NEWMAN I'm really happy with the set-up (of the car). We worked on different aspects in each session. I hop...
MAX ANGELELLI We had a lot of contact tonight, but you know what? I'm not going to hang my head. These guys worked...
ELLIOTT SADLER She disappointed last time and if she doesn't run her race on Sunday we might call it a day.
CHRIS RICHARDSON From what I've seen, Newman is a talented race car driver and knows how to go fast, ... He's like me...
DAVID PEARSON I would have liked to run a lot more laps today to continue with the good set-up direction we found ...
CRAIG JONES So far so good -- he's done everything we've asked of him. We've had a couple of setbacks. We wanted...
BARCLAY TAGG A terrible weekend in the office, but at least in the second race we had the bike a lot better. We m...
KARL MUGGERIDGE Of course before we race it's freezing, but as soon as you get on the line, you've got to get it out...
LAUREN WATTS The Race to GED is making a difference in many Virginia communities and I am proud to be a part of i...
ELLIOTT SADLER There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putti...
SEBASTIAN VETTEL This is great news and a real bonus for London to have Paula confirmed this early, and we must now d...
DAVID BEDFORD