Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods - Ricky Rudd Post Race Quotes
10-10-04


RICKY RUDD - No. 21 Keep it Genuine/Motorcraft Taurus (Finished 2nd) -

I THOUGHT YOU HAD HIM? "I did too. We had to come from a long way back. The restart before that somebody wrecked us and hit us in the back end and turned us sideways and I didn't think we could come back. We were coming back and all of a sudden the caution came out and we got lined up good. I got hung up with the 23 car on the inside. The guys got me on the break and I made up a lot of ground. The car was very, very fast. Michael McSwain and everybody did a great job on this Motorcraft Ford today. Man, this is just like a win. I would have loved to have won it. We gave it all we had. I wasn't gonna take a cheap shot at Joe because I know he was hungry too. It was just a great day. I can't say enough. Man, I'm just excited about having a good race car under me again."

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LAST LAP OR TWO? "I got under him, but I broke loose and slipped. If I didn't check up a little bit, I probably would have taken him and I both out. I said I would just re-group and make another run at him. I made another run at him coming to the finish line, but I just ran out of laps."




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