Notes from TNT NASCAR Sprint Cup Summer Series – Sunday, July 6, 2014
Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Powered by Coca-Cola
TNT will conclude its NASCAR Sprint Cup Summer Series coverage Sunday, July 13, at 1 p.m. ET from New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. TNT’s Countdown to Green served by Sonic will precede race coverage at 12 p.m.
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Countdown to Green served by Sonic Adam Alexander (host), Kyle Petty (analyst), Wally Dallenbach (analyst) and Larry McReynolds (analyst)
Wally Dallenbach on racing at Daytona in the summer vs. February:
“It is tougher because the track is usually a lot more slippery so you are moving around a lot…there is a lack of grip.”
Kyle Petty on the importance of the spotter at Daytona:
“You want that calming voice…you want to know (where the other drivers are on the track). It’s not like when I drove…you can’t move around a lot (in the car and get a good feel). You depend on the spotter to let you know when someone is inside and outside…the most important thing is, they help you avoid wrecks.”
TNT reporter Marty Snider interviews AJ Allmendinger:
“We’re building something strong; it’s going to take some time…each week, we get stronger and we’re going to win some races. But, more importantly, we just have a lot of fun.”
Dallenbach on racing at Daytona:
“It’s a mental race. It’s like a mental chess game, but it’s a lot of fun to drive.”
Petty on Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s chances of winning a championship this year:
“Yes, this more so than any other year because they have that consistency…when you look at the overall status of where that team is, they have risen way up the ladder. The No. 48 team is still the team everybody is measured (up to) but they are knocking on that door a little.”
Dallenbach on Earnhardt:
“I think he has gotten to a point now where he has a shot at this…he knows, it’s always been a consistency problem with him…and that’s what they are working on and it looks like that is paying off.”
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TNT NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing – Coke Zero 400 at Daytona powered by Coca-Cola
Adam Alexander (host), Wally Dallenbach (analyst), Kyle Petty (analyst), Larry McReynolds (analyst) and pit reporters Chris Neville, Ralph Sheheen, Marty Snider, Matt Yocum
McReynolds on the 16-car accident early in the race:
“When I look at the drivers involved in this wreck, we’ve had 10 different winners in 2014 and it’s been a long time since we’ve had someone new win a race this year. When I look at the drivers involved, this opens the door to get our 11th winner.”
TNT reporter Snider interviews Ricky Stenhouse Jr. following the multi-car accident:
“We had a good head of steam run going towards the lead there and No. 33 pulled up in front of us and slowed up a little bit…[I] got a little bit loose off the corner, got it saved and was going straight for a little bit and then it looked like the No. 24 kind of checked up and moved down, maybe thought I was going to spin it out, and got into the outside of the No. 14 and turned him around…our car was really fast; I hate that it ended this way.”
McReynolds at lap 55:
“There is no question…we are racing to lap 80 [the halfway point, due to the weather].”
Outtake from TNT reporter Ralph Sheheen’s interview with Greg Biffle, following the second multi-car accident of the day:
“I watched the replay and it’s just close quarters racing…right there, [it] was just a matter of a chain reaction.”
Snider interviews David Gilliland following the wreck:
“I knew there was going to be trouble there and probably should have given myself some more room…with the track as warm as it is…handling is becoming an issue and cars are sliding around all over.”
Kyle Busch on the accident, which left his car upside down:
“It felt like a slow carnival ride.”
Danica Patrick during the rain caution following lap 112:
“The car is fast. It’s just been a matter of attrition and being a little lucky and making it through things. We’ve been in two crashes and the car has been ok to keep going…we’ve been really fortunate from that perspective…here we are though with less than 50 to go and there’s only now 13 or 14 cars on the lead lap.”
Kyle Petty on the significance of No. 43 potentially taking the checkered flag on the 30th anniversary of Richard Petty winning his 200th race [during the last rain caution]:
“He always loved this place…it would mean so much, with my mother’s passing this year, with so much going on, this would mean a lot to him.”
[Race called due to prolonged weather delays and became official]
No. 43 Aric Almirola on winning the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona:
“To get this [car] into victory lane today, 30 years to the weekend that Richard Petty won his 200th win, is really really special…I’ll take them any way we can get them…this race team deserves to be in the Chase.
“I’ve said time and time again how bad I want to win here. This is my home race, two hours away from Tampa, Florida, and I grew up sitting in those grand stands…dreaming about what it would be like to race here and I just took the 43 car to victory lane at Daytona.”
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