That would've been a pretty good run. The motor was off for nine-tenths of a second. |
The car ran real well at Columbus (Ohio) and Topeka (Kansas), ... We were No. 2 qualifier at Topeka and went to the finals there. We just haven't been as competitive since we hurt the motor at Chicago. |
The car ran real well at Columbus (Ohio) and Topeka (Kansas). We were No. 2 qualifier at Topeka and went to the finals there. We just haven't been as competitive since we hurt the motor at Chicago. |
There are still some exceptional teams in the section. Obviously, at the moment, Upper St. Clair and Peters Township are the top two. We're fortunate that we got the first victory. |
They had anything you'd ever want, things you couldn't ever find, from fittings to cast-iron pans. |
This just about breaks your heart. This is a piece of history we're never going to replace. |
This year, it has been spread around with different players, which I like. We don't want to rely on one player. We have a couple of players who can put the ball in the net, and that's what I want. That's what they want, too. |
We are going to give our new car another chance this weekend. We haven't been able to get it to run in the first 60 feet. We've changed just about everything. We do have a plan B, and that's to go back to the Cobalt we ran most of last year if things don't get better. We'll work until we get this straightened out. |
We are very fortunate to have an owner like Evan Knoll, who wants us to be competitive and gives us the opportunity to test when needed. |
We changed motors for the last run. It was the motor we had in for our first run and there was a little problem then. We fixed that and the car ran well. This is sure a lot better feeling than we had two weeks ago (when the team failed to qualify at Memphis). Having more power sure makes the car work better. |
We don't actually want any supplier recovery because we prefer not to have any warranty claims. But where we have issues with suppliers, we want them to know about them and to use that knowledge as a method to help them drive their processes. |
We formed a global warranty council last year. |
We really hadn't played together until [the Upper St. Clair game]. We just came together, maybe too soon, I don't know, but it worked. We really put together a good performance as a team. |
We were consistent during qualifying but we still need more power before we'll be able to run with the top cars at Indy. |
We'll just have to fix it and keep on going. |