NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mountain Dew 500: Quotes from Chevy Drivers
1 September 1997
DARLINGTON, SC - The following provided by Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corporation Public Relations: NASCAR Winston Cup Series Chevrolet Post-Race Quotes Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington Raceway August 31, 1997 TERRY LABONTE (#5 Kellogg's Monte Carlo) Started 17th, finished 6th - "The 10 car (Ricky Rudd) got up under me and I just couldn't beat him back to the line. He was catching me a little bit and I was OK until I caught some lapped car in front of me about 50 laps down in front of me on the race track. I lost just enough and Rudd got me for fifth. We worked on the car all day long. We were loose at the start and tight toward the end. We just chased it all day." MIKE SKINNER (#31 Lowe's Monte Carlo) - Started 33rd, finished 36th - Skinner was involved in an accident on lap 134 - "We got tagged from behind again. I guess we'll just have to start tagging some ourselves." STERLING MARLIN (#4 Kodak Gold Film Monte Carlo) - Started 9th, finished 40th - "This is one of my favorite tracks. I really enjoy racing here. Something happened to the engine again. We were coming off of turn two and it popped. I went on seven cylinders and it got worse. We decided to park it. It's a one-lane track and we got out of the way. They need all the room they can get." KEN SCHRADER (#33 Skoal Bandit Monte Carlo) - Started 5th, finished 10th - "That was another top-10 finish. We lost all our time on the very first run and then we were good. We were big-time loose at first, but we got it working better." JEFF PURVIS (#12 Opryland Monte Carlo) - Started 22nd, finished 38th - Purvis was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 119. - "We got a little loose getting into three and four and that was nobody's fault but my own. It jumped on the rear brakes a little bit harder than it did the front. It hit the wall. I don't know if it broke a brake caliper or what. When I touched the brakes getting into the corner, it just slammed the wall. I hate it. This team has really been working hard, and I think we've got something here. The car was fast. We'll just have to come back and try again." ###