Danica Patrick, ...
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"The Motorola car was stuck and it was pretty easy, which is what happens
when you are starting up front. It is good to start up front here. I
don't think it's going to be two-wide for long, but it will be for the
first couple of laps until everyone settles in. Our goal is to stay up
front and have a strong finish."
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"We could have gone a little bit faster. The car was really loose coming
off of Turn 4 so we may have been a bit too aggressive on the setup. We
were at a bit of a disadvantage because we were the first car out in
qualifying. That's the draw you get so you can't complain. I was so
lucky at Richmond to be one of the last guys, so what goes around comes
around. I would have liked to have been on the pole today since it is
7-Eleven's 81st birthday but maybe they'll settle for a win tomorrow."
Marco Andretti, #26 oso*fresh Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"We're a little disappointed with qualifying. The cooler temperatures
gave us a bit too much drag and downforce so that slowed us down a bit.
I think the oso*fresh race car is very good, though, and that's what
we've been working on. This is a track where position is key, so
hopefully we can do something with strategy. I know if the car can get
to the front, it can stay there. We've spent the entire time working on
the race setup so we should be good."
Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"It is great to start from the front. If I have a good start, I should be
able to stay in the front group and hopefully finish in a good position.
I've been able to do pretty well in the night races so I am looking
forward to tomorrow. My engineer and I will go over the past races to see
what we can do to improve the Formula Dream car for tomorrow."
-credit: agr
