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Red Bull Racing Team - Richmond September 08 post
Sunday September 7, 2008
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
“ROCK & ROLL 400”
ENTRIES: Brian Vickers, No. 83 Red Bull Toyota; AJ Allmendinger, No. 84 Red Bull Toyota
TRACK: Richmond International Raceway; Richmond, VA
DATE: September 7, 2008
RESULTS: No. 83 (Start 15, Finish 36); No. 84 (Start 31, Finish 43); Winner (Jimmie Johnson)
FREE QUOTES
Brian Vickers, driver, No. 83: “We were never as good as we needed to be to run with the fast cars. The car was really tight in the center for most of the day. Then with about 100 laps to go, we were penalized two laps for blowing a tire. I guess they made the incorrect assumption that I was trying to bring out a caution, but I wasn’t. I never came to a stop and went as fast as I could with the blown tire. The right front tire was riding on rims. That was a frustrating call for us. The car was the best it had been all day during the last 40 laps or so of the race. Unfortunately, it was too late in the race and we were never able to recover from the penalty.”
AJ Allmendinger, driver, No. 84: “I really can’t even think of one good thing to say about this day. We dropped two cylinders right at the start of the race and we spent almost 60 laps in the garage trying to fix it. We made a mistake in the pits too, which forced us to make some extra pit stops. That put us down even more laps. Even though we lost a lot of laps, we still thought we’d have a chance to gain some spots back if just a few cars dropped out. That, unfortunately, didn’t happen and we ran around in 43rd all race long. Overall, it was just a really bad day for us and that reflects in the points standings. We came into this race 31st in points, and we’re leaving 34th in points.”
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