BOBBY HAMILTON, JR. - No. 25 Team Marines (Finished 3rd)

WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOUR TEAM GOING TO YOUR HOME TRACK? 

"Anytime you get a top five, I mean the last couple of weeks we lost
100-and-something points, so we had to do something to get the team back
and the driver back.  That's why he made the decision he made.  He might
have paid for it at the end, but as soon as it started raining I glanced
at the scoreboard and we were third.  There were times in the race I was
thinking, 'Man, I cannot believe we're as bad as we are,' and then all of
a sudden you end up third today.  So having Harold on our side, no matter
what the situation is or how it's gonna end up that day, he usually pulls
you through.  We've always had momentum since he got here and we've
always had the attitude that we can win races at any given time.  No
matter where we qualify at we can come to the front and we showed that
today, so this was something just another step on the ladder to get us to
the top.  We'll just take this and build on it and go to Bristol and try
to keep all the fenders on it."  

THE 8 CAR WAS THE LAST CAR TO GET TO
INSPECTION.  HOW FRUSTRATING WAS IT TO SEE THEM WORKING ON THE CAR BEFORE
THEY GOT TO INSPECTION?

  "I didn't even know he was back there.  I'm sure
they had a good reason, evidently.  I mean, they didn't get in trouble
for it.  Like I said, that shows you how much I pay attention.  I
probably walked right by their trailer and didn't even see it.  I'm sure
if it was something that was crazy or out of line, they'll take care of
it.  If not, I'm sure there was an official down there watching
everything they do.  Usually if the guys are late they have a reason and
there are always a couple of officials making sure they don't do any
major changes or something.  As good as he was in practice the other day,
he could have sat there for two hours later than he's supposed to and
he's still gonna be good.  You'll see him tomorrow.  He'll wax butt
tomorrow, too, so 20 minutes or however late he was it wasn't gonna hurt
him at all.  He deserved this race no matter how he got it.  He was the
class of the field all day long.  If it was something crazy, NASCAR will
take care of it.  If not, I'm sure they had an excuse for it and nobody
did anything wrong."

-ford racing-


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