Brickyard 400

August 8, 2004
Speedway, IN

Derrike will be driving the #98 Ford owned by Chris Edwards and Larry Gunselman in Sunday's Brickyard 400. Looking forward to Indy Derrike commented, "I am pleased to be with this team at Indy. I know crew chief Mike Steurer from our days in Winston West and have a great deal of confidence in his abilities." Lucas Oil Products is the sponsor.

In the first practice, Derrike was 42nd fastest with a time of 50.848 and speed of 176.998.

In Qualifying, Derrike produced his fastest lap of 50.665 and speed of 177.637. At the end of the round, the team had to take a provisional and Derrike will be starting in 43rd position.

The team did not participate in the second practice.

In Happy Hour, Derrike was 40th fastest with a time of 53.213 and speed of 169.132.

Derrike started the race in 43rd position and finished in 40th position.

We spoke with Derrike and got the following update on their run Sunday in the Brickyard 400. "Our car was slow in practice and we couldn't overcome this in qualifying and as a result we had to use a provisional for the race. We had an abbreviated Happy Hour practice. We made several adjustments to the car on race day and missed the setup by a little. We were loose in the beginning of the race, however the team made adjustments to improve the car's handling. We hated to go out so early, but we picked up a severe vibration that forced us to go behind the wall."