RICKY RUDD - No. 21 Motorcraft Taurus (Qualified 9th) - "I guess I don't have anybody to blame but myself. I got into the corner and I didn't do anything different than I did in the practice. I guess the tires were a little bit cooler and I think I was going into three and the thing just jumped out from under me completely. I just grabbed a handful of steering wheel and turned to the right to catch it. Then I was up in the second groove and got all the gumballs stuck to my tires. I needed one more set of corners to get them cleaned off again, but we still ran seventh. It's disappointing in one respect, but not too disappointing because we've got a fast race car and we didn't have to roll out a backup. I'm disappointed I didn't get everything there was out of the car."

YOU MADE A NICE RECOVERY ON THE SECOND LAP? "I had to do something to save a little face because the first part of that wasn't very pretty. The rubber stuck to the tires after I got in the outside groove, so I didn't have a chance. But if I would have had one more set of corners, if I would have had one more set. Anyway, it would have been tough beating Ryan Newman. He ran a very fast lap. I ran a .68 in practice and I was number one and Newman went out and ran in the fifties, so I was probably trying a little bit too hard."