Race No. 13
Miller 200
Lexington — Ohio
August 8 — August 10, 1997
Friday Quotes from drivers and managers at Portland:| Index of Quotes available | ||
|---|---|---|
| GIL DE FERRAN | CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI | DARIO FRANCHITTI |
| BRYAN HERTA | GREG MOORE | ALEX ZANARDI |
 | Forsythe Player's/Indeck Reynard Mercedes-Benz |
| GREG MOORE | |
| "It's extremely important to get back on track here. Themost important thing this weekend is to get some points and getthe team back on a roll. We tested real well here, so we'relooking to get some confidence back." | |
 | Kmart/Budweiser Swift Ford Newman/Haas Racing |
| CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI | |
| "I ran out of talent. That wasactually going to be my best lap. I was on it. When I set myfastest time, I was running a little conservative because Ididn't want to spin again. Gravel was everywhere. The crew hadto vacuum out the gravel from everywhere. You would be amazedat the places they found gravel." | |
 | Shell Reynard Ford Team Rahal |
| BRYAN HERTA | |
| "I guess this is a hometown track situation. It'sa nice feeling. With all the guests the team has here thisweekend, it's kind of like a raceweekend and a company picnic for us. But beyond that, I don'treally think that we've done any more testing here than a lotof other teams. I've got some miles here. It's a track we've had a good setup for, andwhether it's a home track or not, it's been a good track forme. I'm thrilled to have a provisional pole here, but you cancount on the fact that everybody is going to improve tomorrow.There's a lot of work to do. We can't rest on this." | |
 | Target Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda |
| ALEX ZANARDI | |
| "We know that things can change very fast. Itdoesn't mean that because we've been getting good resultsrecently that we're going to keep it going. The car is workingvery well here. We expected that. We're hoping for a goodresult this weekend." | |
 | Valvoline/Cummins/Craftsman Special Reynard Ford |
| GIL de FERRAN | |
| "Itwas a productive session for us. We were able to try a lot ofdifferent things on the car and in the end put in a fast timeon a new set of tires. We're off to a very good start and now Ithink the focus will be fine-tuning the car and working towarda solid race set-up." | |
 | Hogan Racing Reynard Mercedes |
| DARIO FRANCHITTI | |
| "We're working on the set-up at the moment here. That'sbasically what this session was all about. We are putting up avery good test here and we are trying to make up for theundersteering and gripping corrections. Everybody's workingreally hard and we are improving the car definitely, moving inthe right direction." | |