ALAN GUSTAFSON, CREW CHIEF, NO. 5 KELLOGG'S MONTE CARLO SS:

"Good Lord, I've never seen so many cautions at the end of a race in my life,
but I'm glad we could hang onto it. These Kellogg's guys have worked their
tails off. Kyle (Busch) has done a great job. That's a mean machine right
there. That car has won two races and gotten six top fives and an eighth
place, so we're looking forward to bringing that one back in the Chase."

***

TONY STEWART, NO. 20 HOME DEPOT MONTE CARLO SS - Finished 37th and drops to
11th in the point standings:

ON THE ACCIDENT WITH RYAN NEWMAN, WHAT HAPPENED? "I got wrecked by Ryan
Newman. Everybody races each other different. And there's guys are really
good at give and take and there are guys that aren't. Ryan is one of those
guys who is not good at the giving part. He's really good at taking, but he's
not very good at giving. We're racing everybody the way they race us and most
of the guys get it, but there are a couple of them who don't.

HOW FRUSTRATING IS THAT AS FAR AS POINTS GO? "I think that's pretty
obvious."

YOU'VE HAD A COUPLE OF TOUGH RACES RECENTLY, HAVE YOU STARTED LOOKING AT THE
POINTS NOW? "No, you've still just got to take it a week at a time. You can't
dictate who is going to wreck us and stuff like that. It's clear that he's
not going to make the Chase, so he doesn't care about the guys who are
worrying about it and trying to make it themselves. I like Ryan. Ryan's a
great guy and he's a good friend, but I just wish he would learn a bit more
on the give and take side of things."

IS THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY HE'S BEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? "It's been
that way since he's started. He's not the only one who's had problems with
that. We've had problems with both Busch brothers. We've had problems with
Greg Biffle. But as time goes on, they learn and they get it. Ryan is one of
those guys that just doesn't get it yet.

There are about four or five guys out there that only car about one person
and that's themselves. They don't care about the other 42 guys that they have
to share the race track with and race with each week."

WITH THAT ATTITUDE, DID YOU THINK ABOUT LETTING HIM GO? "Well, normally you
would. But at some point you finally get tired of giving to everybody or to
particular individuals and all they do is take, take, take and they don't
give back. So when you catch them 30 laps into it and you have to race your
guts out to get by him, it doesn't make you really want to pull over and just
let the same guy go later on in the race."

***

RICK HENDRICK, OWNER, HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS:

ON KYLE BUSCH WINNING THE RACE: "Man, I am too old for this, I had a birthday
last week! What a great car. Alan (Gustafson, crew chief) told me last night
to come up here because we were going to win this race. We were going to be
awfully close on fuel.

"It is hard to believe he is as young as he is and has as much talent as he
does. I think he is up to fourth in points, which is awesome.

"Just a great day for the Kellogg's Chevrolet team."

***

KYLE BUSCH, NO. 5 KELLOGG'S MONTE CARLO SS - Race Winner

ON BEING WORRIED ABOUT FUEL: "I ask Alan when we came in on that last stop
and was wondering if we had enough fuel to get to the end if there was
overtime and he said I was fine, then he told me to save gas. So I didn't
know what to think.

"But man, I just want to thank all these guys. They didn't have to sweat as
much today as they did the last two days preparing this thing. They did an
awesome job for me. We just kept trying to make it turn better in the center.
They did an awesome job for me with this Kellogg's Chevrolet to bring it here
to victory lane."

ON GETTING SHUFFLED BACK IN THE PACK ON RESTARTS "I was a little bit
concerned, especially when there were a few accidents in front of us. I hate
it for the 20 car. I feel bad for Tony (Stewart). I wish we could have
battled it out there at the end because I know he was ver, very strong. He
had a very fast race car and so did the No. 31 (Jeff Burton).

"I think it was the No.12 car (Ryan Newman) that got spun out there and we
barely made it past those guys. But it wasn't that big of a deal in order to
bypass those guys. We had a good enough car that if we just bided our own
time, we could just clear them all and go on."

ON NOW BEING FOURTH IN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS CHASE "The biggest thing with that
is yes, it is great, it is cool and all that but the difference between
fourth and 10th, I mean it is just so darn close that this week we went from
eighth to fourth and next week we could go from fourth to 12th. We need to
just keep rolling like we are here, the past three weeks we have had a third,
second and a first. I guess I have to win to get a TV interview so hey, if
that is what it takes, that is what I will do. We will be here next weekend.
I think we can do it." (more to follow)

***

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S MONTE CARLO SS - Finished 9th ON THE RACE:

"That was the beating of the day, We got caught in the pits when the caution
came out. I got in the wall twice on my own. Had to deal with coming in to
get the car fixed. It was a lot of hard racing. That is probably the hardest
racing I have ever done on a flat track there with Carl Edwards, Mark Martin,
the No. 31 (Jeff Burton) there at the end at least for a few laps. It was a
lot of fun.

"It was a tough day, we got cycled out there early. We fought back, got up
near the front and picked off a few spots. We just need to stay up near the
front all day and not have to rally back at the end of the day."

***

JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 CINGULAR WIRELESS MONTE CARLO SS - Finished 7th "I just
feel really dumb for getting caught speeding down pit road again. I don't
know what that's all about. I'm not saying it's anything else. It's my fault.
This is the second time this year I have done it. I think that's about the
fourth time in my career I've gotten caught speeding. We bumped our pit road
speed to be more competitive on pit road; we just have to back it down some.
It was a great car. That's just hurt us and we played catch-up all day after
that. We were three laps down and came back and finished seventh. I can't
complain about that.

I don't think we had anything for the No. 5 car (Kyle Busch) and I think Tony
(Stewart) was better but it was a good day. Other than them, we were really
good. We just kept fighting and I'm real proud of my guys. We were leading
early in the race, we just have to figure out a way to lead at the end of the
race."

"But the real problem I have got is that we were just not that good yesterday
in practice, these guys got their heads together last night and spent a lot
of time and found a way to make our car a lot better. We just have to keep
fighting. This is what this team is about. We aren't always going to be the
best but we are going to fight to get something out of it. With some track
position, we would have had a chance to win.

IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE THIS CHASE? "You have to overcome bad
days and we did that today. By no means are we in the Chase. But those are
the kinds of races that you've got to have because not every day is going to
be a good day. And you've just got to find a way to it and that's what we did
today.
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