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2003

Coca-Cola 600

May 25, 2003
Concord, NC

 

Pre-Race

Derrike and Quest Motor Racing will be taking the Friendly's car, along with Great Barrier Reef Online as an associate sponsor to Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600.

Qualifying was rained out Thursday night and was rescheduled for Friday.

For some reason, Derrike did not take any practice in the first practice held.

In qualifying, he had a lap of 30.403 and speed of 177.614. This was only good for 46th at the end of the round and the #37 Chevrolet missed the show.

Official Report

Regarding the teams failure to qualify at Charlotte, Derrike commented, "Exiting pit road for our first practice run we stuck a lifter and as a result we spent the practice time changing engines. Due to the rain, track conditions at Charlotte were different than what we saw running the Winston Open. Without practice we didn’t hit the correct setup for qualifying. Our first lap we turned a 30.40, one half second less than the 29.90 that we needed to make the race. Obviously, we were disappointed. However, we will learn from our experience and move forward. We are prepared to turn things around for this weekend. We know that we need to battle hard and will do so."

 

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