"That's about what
we ran this morning, but everybody has picked up," said David Green, subbing for the injured Bill Elliott. "The car is turning really
good and it's fast. For qualifying though we needed to be a little tighter
and we were afraid of that. We were afraid to go too much, but, hey, we got
the most out of it. The car is good and it's gonna race real good. I just
wish we could have run a little bit faster, but it's about the way we've
been all day long."
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU GOT THE CALL ON BILL?
"I had to make sure that was a true call and not a fake one. Bill and I
have always been pretty good buddies, I feel like, and hopefully he's
respected what I've been able to do behind the wheel so it's a pleasure to
be in this car. They tested here a couple of weeks ago and they obviously
had a good test. The car is really good and I wish he could be here to
capitalize on it, but we'll do the best we can. I think it's really gonna
race good because it's turned good all day long."
IT'S ALSO A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU, RIGHT? "It is, but you have to do this every week,
week-in and week-off. It's tough to come in here on a one-off deal and
without Bill's situation I wouldn't be here tonight, so maybe I can help him
out and he'll be proud."