Scott Lynch - No. 63 Cooper Bussman Ford F-150 - (Qualified 34)
"We blew a motor in the first practice session which didn't let us get any practice time in, so we're off pace that way. For some reason this motor is not running right either, it's just real flat. So, we decided to bring it in before we hurt it anymore and find out what the problem is. If we find anything, we'll try to fix it and get back out there and run some laps."

Stacy Compton - No. 09 Zaxby's Ford F-150 (Finished 2nd)
A great run for you, you must be excited. "I tell you what, I'm so proud of these guys on the Zaxby's Ford. They work so hard all year long. I'm a part-timer and they gave me a truck that can go out and win races and it's a lot of fun. These guys at Wood Brothers/JTG, they never stop digging and every week that I've been in this truck, we've had awesome race trucks. It's a shame we can't win them all. It was a great run for us. It's going to be a big weekend; we'll have a baby come Sunday, if hasn't already happened. I'm awfully proud of these guys. You don't know how hard these guys work; week in and week out and every time I get it in, it's really good.

How was the track here? There was concern about it not taking rubber. What were the race track conditions? "It was good, I mean this place usually gets tight and I stayed loose the whole day and we didn't get the rubber build up like we normally get, which I think makes for better racing. There were two and three grooves out there; we went three wide a couple times and there was grip out there. A lot of people talked about scuffed tires and they did rubber up and there were a couple of grooves out there. I think we did a good job."

How hard is it for you to run a limited schedule and do well here today? Will you run for jon in tomorrow's race? "Well, I haven't talked to him. I know Jon went to the hospital early but we'll see. But today, these trucks are so good, week in and week out and that you're eager. I don't want to make a mistake in the qualifying or make a mistake in the race either because I know we have good trucks. You get rusty when you have a few weeks off. It's a little adjustment. Once you get out there are run five or 10 laps you sort of get your feel back and are ready to go racing."

Stacy, I think your best finish this season was 12th before this, here you are able to finish at this fast track and be really competitive with these guys. Can you talk about how much fun it is to get out there and run up front with these guys? "It was a blast. I haven't been a truck full-time since 1999 and we ended '99 pretty good. I think fourth in points, a lot of top-10s and a lot top-5s. It's taken awhile; the trucks have gotten a lot more competitive. The splitter is a little bit different to drive than what I used to drive, I mean, it takes awhile. It takes a lot to build these things. This series has gotten extremely competitive. We had a great run in Kansas, we had wheel come loose. We ran top four, top five times all day. Should have come away with a good run there, but it feels pretty good. I'd like to run full-time here. Hopefully, as a part-timer, this will turn some heads and help me find something else while I'm trying to fill in."

So far, this season seems to be dominated by one guy, do you think everyone will catch up given that it's so early in the season? "Well, the Toyotas are tough and it's obvious that they've got a lot of horsepower, but the Fords are strong. You can't take away from those Roush-Yates motors. I think Ford has a great truck right now; obvious Toyota has a good truck. Those guys were a little bit quicker than us today and I think Johnny was coming right there at the end, so they're still tough. They're gonna be the truck to beat out there every week. I think we can compete with them."

Travis Kvapil - No. 6 K&N Engineering Ford F-150 (Finished 3rd)
You had a good run here at the end with Stacy (Compton) the final couple of laps, but what about your run overall? "I'm really proud of my K&N Ford. We had a good day. We didn't qualify good, but it felt really good; it was a good balance. They said Mark Martin did the same thing with the truck last year; it didn't qualify very good, but it raced really well. It was fun. We had a good truck, a good handling truck. Our pit strategy was good. I just messed up a little bit one time getting into turn three around a lapper and Stacy got under me, but he was able to a run little higher and I wanted the bottom, so it was neat racing, but just fell a little short."

How much does help this team get back on track. "This is where we should be and this is what we planned on doing all along. For two or three races we kind of stumbled, we didn't really have the set-ups right for the new 07 F-150, once we were able to get past that, we were able to figure some stuff out. We're building on it. This is a new truck; the first time we ever had this one out truck, with the new body I should say. We're just trying to figure it out. Last week we had a decent run; this week we had a good run. Hopefully, we keep it in the top-10 all year."

Travis, tell us about your run. "We didn't qualify very good, but like I told the guys after qualifying, 'Boy, the truck felt really good. It was good and balanced, it just wasn't getting the speed.' We just kind went through today and tried to stay out of trouble. The truck was solid after the first run; we made a few adjustments and put some tires on it and then with that caution there, we were able to pick up five or six spots there and we had a top-10 truck for sure. We just played the right strategy and had a good truck. It was fun. The truck was just a little tight; it was fun racing with Stacy. I was trying everything I new to get passed him in the last couple of laps. It was a good solid day for the Roush Fenway Racing."

Can you talk about the pit strategy? The leaders stayed out on the one caution and everyone was doing a green flag stop. Where did you fit in that? "I was surprised that not everybody pitted. It was like lap 50 or something when the caution came out and we had three sets of stickers sitting on pit road and I think we could only go 85 or 90 laps on fuel and so we were past half way on the fuel run and then the top four or five guys or whatever decided not to come in. I think I was running seventh or eighth at the time, we went down pit road, put tires on it, made a small adjustment and I looked in the mirror and pretty much everybody behind me was followed me in, so we made the right decision. Then it went green all the way to where those guys that didn't pit, had to pit under green and they ran out of fuel and we still had about 10 laps to go at that point. So, I feel like the guys that pitted around lap 50, just made the right decision. You are over half way through a fuel run and definitely need tires to run finish the race. Why not come in and put them on?"

"Mike (Skinner) has done a good job with the 5 team. It is definitely been the team to beat all year long, but I feel like we've been close. For a team that's been together for two or three years, they've got the bugs worked out and give Mike a truck that he needs with the communication amongst the team. I feel like my 6 team, we've been has been a step off for part of the season, it took us a couple of races to get on track, now I feel like we've hit on some set-ups and things that I like. We're hitting our stride, so Mike's definitely done that. But teams like mine in particular I can speak for, we're just a step behind but I feel like we're closing in on them."

Mark Martin - No. 21 Bush's Baked Beans Ford F-150 (Finished 6th)
What caused the hood to peel up, and did that cause any problems? "Yeah, it hurt it. It was a pretty good truck, we just hurt it a lot with the hood coming up."

How has your experience been running for the 21 team? "We've had some good runs every time. And I was real proud to see Stacy have a great run today. It was awesome."

A number of trucks got torn up today, but yours wasn't one of them. Were there any close calls for you? "A little bit, but not too bad."

Erik Darnell - No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150 (Finished 18th)
It seemed like a race that if you could survive, you'd be okay. Is that accurate? "Yeah, and we didn't survive it. I don't know what happened. First lap, I guess some guys all got stacked up in the front row and it was just kind of an accordion-effect from there back. Guys were checking up in front of me, I got in the back of the 15 truck, and the 10 truck got into the back of me and we ended up right-front in the wall and smashed the truck up pretty good. And, from there on out our Northern Tool-Equipment Ford was just along for the ride. Tried to make some repairs and go out there and get the best finish we could out of it."

With only one lap before the wreck, did you have any indication whether you had a good truck? "I don't know. We were decent in practice yesterday. Through just the first corner I couldn't really tell you - we never even really got up to speed. It was a pretty frustrating day, and our last three weeks have been pretty frustrating, and we need to get this turned around pretty quick."