"We really picked
it up from practice and I think that's what it's all about," said Bill Elliott after his qualifying lap. "The track is
hotter and slicker, it's a little bit harder to get a hold of through the
corners and you're gonna give a little bit up. I wish I could have done
some things differently, but when you're going through practice earlier this
morning with so much cloud cover it's hard to guess what the race track will
be at 1:30-2:00-2:30 in the afternoon. That's the kind of thing you've
gotta kind of guess and fight through, but we'll see where we stack up.
This McDonald's team has done a heck of a job. We just hope we can finish a
race this weekend versus what I've been doing the last several weeks."
"I was hoping to get a little more
out of it, but there's so much that goes on at this place. You've got real
long straightaways, four distinct short corners and you've just gotta give
it your best shot. I'm pleased with where we're at with where the
temperature has gotten hotter the last couple of hours and we'll just see
where we're at."