Mike Bliss, #99 Exide Batteries Ford F-150 : (Qualified first) "It was a good lap. I'm really happy with it because it was better than we've been all day long. The lap went better than I thought and I left a little bit out there. You know us as drivers try to leave something on the table; we always come in and whine about not going fast enough. But we've been loose all day entering the corners and I did expect to be loose during the lap but I wasn't at all. I talked to Greg (Biffle) right after qualifying and he said that the track had really freed up. So we went back and adjusted our tire pressures. We need a good top-five finish out of this race. We've had it in the past few races but we screwed up a little bit. We want a top-five out of this race for the team."

Kevin Harvick, #98 Porter-Cable Power Tools Ford F-150: (Qualified second) "Our truck tightened up a little bit out there. I might have overdrove it a little bit getting into the corner. The Porter-Cable Ford has been awesome since we unloaded it again this week. We should have a great race truck tomorrow. We has a good qualifying effort but Mike (Bliss) did have a good run out there too."

Greg Biffle, #50 Grainger Ford F-150 : (Qualified fourth) "Our truck just loosened up a bunch. It may be the amount of sand and dust blowing onto the track and the wind is blowing really hard out there. It might have been the different tires that we used to qualify. The truck was just terribly loose. I did everything that I could to hang on to it and try not to wreck. I think that we'll be pretty decent on the long runs tomorrow. The Grainger Ford ran really well in practice. We used the final practice to try and fine-tune the truck. The guys are doing a great job again and I'd be happy if the Grainger Ford was up front again this week. We'll be ready to go tomorrow."

Mike Wallace, #2 Team ASE Racing Ford F-150: (Qualified 16 ^th ) "The qualifying lap was not that good. We're struggling with our motor program here this weekend. We're not running well down the straightaway. We're handling extremely well but it's not running down the straights and I just can't make up the difference in the corner. TELL US ABOUT RUNNING BOTH THE TRUCK RACE AND THE WINSTON WEST RACE HERE AT PIKES PEAK. "The biggest thing is that we're trying to elevate this team into a better truck team to possibly take this team to do some Winston Cup races later this year. The Winston West race will allow us to learn a little bit about the Taurus and to get the team ready. The team can learn to adapt itself to some different things. Our Taurus is very strong here, we're on the pole with it, but we're struggling with the truck."

Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford F-150: (Qualified 22 ^nd ) "The Circle Bar Motel and RV Park Ford had consistently fast times in both practices. We were looking for our first pole but we must have made the wrong qualifying adjustment. Don't be fooled, this is still a fast truck. This truck will race well and we'll be okay tomorrow."

Kevin Cywinski, #31 Auto Trim Design Ford F-150 (Qualified 19 ^th ) " We're still tight going the middle of the corners. I think that we're looking for that one quick lap and we haven't been able to find it today. We'll be really good in the race. We've got a really good race set-up. We'd like to start a little farther forward but I think the crew will get this Ford up front tomorrow. DOES ONE LAP QUALIFYING PUT ADDED PRESSURE ON YOU? "I kind of like the one lap qualifying. It doesn't give you any room to mess up especially on the big tracks."

Ron Barfield, #55 Icehouse Beer Ford F-150 : (Qualified 14 ^th ) "We've been really quick all day today. But with the heat picking up on the track, it got a little bit loose on me. I had to chase it through turn one and two and than I didn't want to carry it off through turn three because I was afraid that it would do the same thing. I had to baby the throttle off there. We got a real good truck. We'll hope for the best and just go with it."

Mike Stefanik, #66 Carlin Burners & Controls Ford F-150 : (Qualified 18 ^th ) "We were a couple of tenths quicker than that in practice. Apparently I don't have this qualifying stuff quite figured out yet, not the team, just myself. Our truck is really driving great here. It's not something (qualifying) that we've been working on consistently. My confidence is not very good in qualifying. The Ford truck runs fine but I just don't have the comfort level that I'm accustomed to when qualifying. I really need to figure it out personally myself. In the race, I feel great and we usually move up from our starting position. All that we're going to do is just get ready for the race." ....

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