dewalt tools : post-race transcript

2006 ALLSTATE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD PRESS CONFERENCE
Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer
Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

MODERATOR: The runner-up in the DeWalt Power Tools Ford, that's Matt Kenseth. In third place, running a strong race in the #29 Reese's GM Goodwrench Chevrolet, was Kevin Harvick. And in fourth place in and our Raybestos Top Rookie, with a strong performance out there his first trip around the Brickyard in the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet, Clint Bowyer. Let's start with opening comments by Matt, Kevin and Clint. Matt, take us through the race out there this afternoon.

KENSETH: Take you through the whole race?

KENSETH: We had a pretty solid day. It seemed like most of the day, the #31 and the #29 were better, and we kind of gauged off of them. Kevin was still better than us at the end, but it seemed like we started to get better than the #31, and the #48 came out of nowhere and blew by us and won the race.


HARVICK: Well, my day was really good. We had a good car all day. We were able to go up and lead laps and keep the car up front all day. The guys did a great job, and we just got back there. We knew we needed four tires at the end and couldn't afford to gamble with everything that was going on. We thought that was our best chance to win the race. They just got through traffic a little better, and we just finished third. So, we didn't have anything for the #48, he (Johnson) pretty much had us covered.


BOWYER: It was good. It was fun to come here and qualify on the front row and finish in the top five. It was a struggle. The boys had a bit of a rough time in the pits. But them boys were under a lot of stress coming to a race like this sitting on the pole (front row), and they do a lot of things right and I'm not going to bad mouth them whatsoever. But, we had a great day, I'm really proud of Gil (Martin) for making a gutsy call, and it paid off.

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