Winn-Dixe 200 - Rookie Qualifying Quotes

JOEY CLANTON IN THE NO. 27 TRIMSPA PONTIAC WAS THE TOP RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE QUALIFIER AT DARLINGTON. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME IN 2003 HE HAS TAKEN TOP ROOKIE HONORS IN TIME TRIALS.

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT LAP? "No, because I got in too deep and let it push up and got my Darlington stripe for the first time. The guys worked real hard all day and they brought us a good car here. I was trying to get all I could for them. Everybody with the TrimSpa Pontiac and Brewco Motorsports team did their job. I knew we were going out early and just wanted to make sure we put a good lap down. I tried a little hard, got into three and that was our quickest lap. I think if we hadn't got in there and got the wall we'd have been a little faster." WAS IT A DISADVANTAGE GOING OUT EARLY? "I don't know if was a disadvantage. We've been in that situation where we had a good car and then just saved a little too much out there on the racetrack and it hurt us on our qualifying run. I tried not to leave anything out there and went a little too hard." IS THE TRACK VERY SLICK TODAY? "No, it's got a lot of grip in it. It's hot our here but our car seems to be working real good. Hopefully we'll have a good car for tomorrow."

JASON WHITE, NO. 0 EAGLE JET INTERNATIONAL CHEVROLET:

"We were actually a little loose. We should have probably tightened it up a little bit but that wasn't too bad. I think it was better than last week. We'll live with it and go on from there." HOW ABOUT THE TRACK? "It's Darlington and with the heat out here like it is it's hot and slick but it's a lot of fun out there to drive." DO YOU LIKE RACING AT DARLINGTON? "I like it, man. It's challenging and every lap is a different lap. You don't know what to expect in each corner so it's a lot of fun to drive. I ran the trucks a couple of years ago and it's just wild. You have people with new tires and old tires and you put them all out there with a couple of seconds' difference between all of them. You really have to be on your toes. It will be interesting."

SANDY JONES, CREW CHIEF, NO. 27 TRIMSPA PONTIAC:

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT LAP? "Oh, gosh yeah. The track temperature has gone up like 20 degrees since last practice. We're real happy with that. With Joey's experience and what we're going through here we're tickled to death with that lap right there, especially as hot as it is. I hope it gets hotter. It's a spring and shock combination as everyone knows to keep the tires on the car here. You're going to run 50 laps, put on tires and go 50 more and then put on another set for the last 47. It's our job to get the springs and shocks and Joey has to make sure that he drinks plenty of fluids tonight. He has some air conditioning stuff that he puts in there so he'll be all right. Hell, he's young guy. On this particular car we don't really have brake ducts but we have blowers going that get air to those things. If your car is doing right you don't really need to use that much brake anyway so that's what we're striving for is to try to get the car right so he doesn't have to use the brakes that much."

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