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Elliott Crashes in Saturday AM Practice Bill Elliott lost control of his McDonald's Ford in the middle of the third and fourth turns and hit the wall during Saturday morning's practice session. The contact with the wall damaged the rear end of the car named "Rock Crusher," thus the team will have to go to the backup car for the race on Sunday. Elliott will loose his front-row starting spot and will start from the back of the field. "I was coming off of two and I could feel it starting to shake. I started to slow down going down the backstretch and thought I was gonna be OK, but it went going into three," said Elliott. "I don't know what the deal is. I might have run over something or whatever, but it's kind of an unfortunate thing. I came off of two and I felt it, and when you come off two you're almost already to three. I started slowing up and I thought I had it and then it blew up. I don't know if I cut it down or what." "Evidently I ran over something and cut down a right-front. We'll just pull out the backup and dig on." WHAT ABOUT THE BACKUP CAR? "It's a good car. We ran just as good as we ran in practice earlier, so I ain't worried. I just hate starting in the back." WHAT ABOUT THIS DISAPPOINTMENT OF A GOOD QUALIFYING LAP AND NOW STARTING IN THE BACK? "At least one thing about it is you're starting there early enough that if you can get to the front you can, instead of the race starting and having some sort of problem and getting in the back. At least it gives you more time for options." HOW DOES THIS EFFECT YOUR CHANCES FOR TOMORROW? "None. I'll just keep digging." YOU SEEM JUST AS CONFIDENT. "I know this crew. They ain't gonna give up. I know we've got good cars, so we'll just keep digging." NOTE: The backup car for Elliott has been named "Awesome" by the team. It's the same car that debuted at Texas earlier this year. Elliott started 22nd and finished 30th after being caught up in an accident midway through the race. In that incident, Jeff Gordon actually landed on top of Elliott's hood, effectively ending the day for both drivers. Elliott finished 30th.
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