Friday, September 10, 2010

Qualifying Report - Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway Qualifying Results


Martin Truex Jr. — No. 56 NAPA BRAKES Toyota — qualified 29th.

Friday Recap
Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award
Juan Pablo Montoya and AJ Allmendinger rounded out top three.
Point leader Kevin Harvick will start 20th
MWR's David Reutimann starts fifth
JTG-Daugherty’s Marcos Ambrose will start 12nd
Saturday’s race begins at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) on ABC-TV, MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 128.

MARTIN TRUEX JR. — How was your qualifying lap?
“It was not very good.  We were pretty decent in that second practice there in race trim.  Our car just doesn’t have good speed on new tires right out of the gate.  It takes a few laps for it to come around and pretty much what it did right there.  Just the front tires just never hooked up.  I’m disappointed in the lap, but I’m proud of the guys and the job that they did after the problem we had in the first practice.”

What happened to force you to go to a backup car?
“The throttle stuck wide open going into turn one.  It was unfortunate and a bit of an error on our part back at the shop as far as getting the car prepared.  It had a little trouble with the throttle pedal assembly in the car.  A bit of a mistake that set us back, but they recovered well -- the guys did on the NAPA Toyota.  I’m just real disappointed on that lap right now.”

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