I wanted this win so bad but we didn't have quite enough fuel to run with Alex to the end. But it's another very good finish. We did a good job of getting momentum going for the whole team. To get second here gets the ball rolling for Elkhart Lake, where I think we'll do well. In fact, the next few races should be quite good for us. We were hoping to catch Zanardi by staying out on the last yellow, but we got caught behind a couple of lapped cars and Alex got out ahead of us. This is unbelievable -- after three bad races, this is a good one for the whole team. "

Although I landed on all four wheels (after the incident with Blundell), and after a stop for fresh rubber, there was side pod damage from the collision and we developed a water leak which we realized when the temperatures started to climb. Unfortunately, this put us out of business (on lap 37).

I was really impressed with the options (soft compound). The Goodyear tires were really much better under race conditions." The Marlboro car really worked great today. We keep saying our luck has to change sooner or later and it is frustrating that we keep having DNF's (seven out of 13). I feel like I'm trying to go after my first win.

I think when we got up on top of Blundell's car, we damaged the sidepod. We put a hole in the radiator, and the engine lost all of its water. We were coming up through the field, and then Mark had his problem, and I tried to go underneath him. But I ended up climbing his left rear (tire). We were lucky to come out of it the way we did. The Marlboro car was running real good, but we just lost all the water. "

At the start, everybody kind of jammed up when they went over the hill, and I couldn't see at first. I was flat out and then saw everybody slow, so I hit the brakes and went into the grass. That damaged the rub strips on (he end plates of the front wings, and that gave me a push for most of the race. They did make an adjustment on the wings on my second stop, that helped, but it still pushed a lot. It's nice to finish again, but I just hope we can start scoring some points. "

I was disappointed when I saw Bryan's tire let go. He was determined to race hard today. His day will come. Today does nothing but confirm that he can win races. Sitting on the pole and leading the race was good for Bryan and the team. It was good for us emotionally. "

I had a few problems. There was a bit of confusion on the radio, and my foot kept getting stuck on something in the footwell, so I couldn't move my feet properly. Also, the throttle would stick open when I backed of', so [would come into the corners with too much power. Once pitted (out of sequence under green flag conditions), I dropped hack with the slower cars. I drove hard all day, but seventh was all I could come up with. "