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Pocono 500 - Rookie Saturday Quotes

DAVID REUTIMANN, No. 00 BURGER KING TOYOTA: WHAT IS YOUR TRAVEL PLAN FOR NASHVILLE? “Not entirely clear yet but more than likely as quick as we get done with practice run over here and grab a bag and head on out to the helicopter. From there to the airport and then to the other airport and back on a helicopter to the racetrack. That’s the way it generally works. All it takes is for one thing to go wrong [laughs] that makes you miss something or whatever but that’s kind of the plan. And thankfully enough of those guys over the years have done that enough where that’s kind of the accepted way of doing it. It seems to work pretty well.” WHEN DO YOU SPEAK TO THE CREW CHIEFS ABOUT WHAT CHANGES TO MAKE TO EACH CAR? “You get out, you debrief, and you try to give everything up when it’s fresh in your memory as far as talking to your crew chief and stuff. You get on the plane or whatever and you’re thinking about the next race you’ve got to go to. They are separate racetracks and separate cars so it’s probably a little easier doing that than it is doing it at the same track at the same weekend because then you get confused about what car needs what. You have to stop and think about it for a minute before you realize ‘No, the car has been a little loose but that was on the other side of the garage.’ You need to separate both of them. I think it’s a little easier doing the travel part on a weekend. It’s not hard either way but you’ve just got to think a little more.” HOW DO YOU PREPARE, PHYSICIALLY, FOR SUCH A DEMANDING WEEKEND? “I always try to get as much rest as I can [smiles]. But, yeah, I drink plenty of fluids and stuff like that. Fortunately today it seems like it’s going to be pretty cool and I always drink plenty when I’m in the car in practice and stuff like that and I’ll drink plenty on the flight because our flight is going to be about two hours so you get caught up a little bit there. In the race tonight, just keep downing fluid and keep eating a little bit as the day goes on, fruit and stuff like that. It seems to give you energy and keep you going.” YOU HAVE A GOOD CAR HERE AT POCONO. “I think so, but all we did was make qualifying runs. We’ll go out in race trim and see what we have. I know the Busch car is very good at Nashville so I’m anxious to get out there and practice a little bit here today and then find out what we’ve got at Nashville. I think it’s going to be fun.” DO YOU TRY TO MAKE THE CAR WORK BETTER AT ANY PARTICULAR SPOT HERE AT POCONO? “It’s awful hard, I think, to work in every corner because they are so different. It seems like you just have to try to make your car as good as you can down in three because the straightaway is so long that if you’re bad through there it’s just going to slow your straightaway speed down and everything. And there is a little more banking down there [Turn 1] to help you if your car’s not quite right but this corner here [Turn 3] seems to be the toughest one.”



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