RICKY RUDD – No. 21 Motorcraft Genuine Parts Taurus (Qualified 20th) – “We’re real happy with it. Yesterday, we were just pretty much lost and not even close. If we would have started practice yesterday with that, I think there’s a lot left in it and a lot more tune-ability, so that was a big plus.”

WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? “It was looking kind of gloomy until a little while ago when we made our qualifying lap because it wasn’t like we were just off in qualifying, we were off in general. This change here will complement racing more than we had yesterday. Yesterday we didn’t have anything for qualifying or racing, but now I’m optimistic just based on how much of a change they got the car to turn around for qualifying. It’s not perfect, but it’s a heck of a lot closer than we were yesterday.”