Notes & Quotes: NASCAR Busch Series South Carolina 200


On Darlington: "We're going to approach Darlington the same way we did Bristol," said Larry Foyt. "We want to go back and do better than we did before. At the last race we were decent in practice and then had trouble in qualifying. In the race, I got wrecked on the first lap. The crew repaired the car somewhat but we just rode around, hoping to finish ahead of others who had problems. It was a long day. So I'm pretty sure that Darlington the second time around will turn out better for the Harrah's team."


On Bristol: "Even though our qualifying and finish wasn't very good, we came out of there with a good taste in our mouths. We were a lot better than we were our first race at Bristol when we had to take a provisional. In fact this time we were pretty darn sporty in the Harrah's Chevy. That was part of my problem. I was anxious to get to the front and I got into the back of a car and I had to lift which let the guy behind me get a run. But he tried to make it three abreast and there was no room so we all tangled. But after Jon Wolfe and the guys fixed my car, we were running lap times comparable to the leaders. This Harrah's team has worked really hard to improve the program and it's starting to show."


Larry Foyt will accept the National Motorsports Press Association's Hall of Fame award for his father A.J. Foyt who is being inducted Saturday night at the Darlington Country Club. Foyt will be in Joliet, Ill. working with his Harrah's Indy car team in their first-ever appearance at the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway. Foyt is both team owner and engineer for Eliseo Salazar in the No. 14 and Donnie Beechler in the No. 11.


A.J. said, "It is a great honor to be included in the same company of men like Bill France Jr., Dale Earnhardt and Glen Wood. I respect all of them highly. I'm just sorry that the schedule works out to where I can't be there to accept the award and thank the NMPA myself that night. But I do know that Larry will do a good job on my behalf."



Points standing: Foyt is 22nd in the points; he has earned $312,542 to date.


Best Busch Series Start: 5th at Michigan International Speedway on August 18


Best Busch Series Finish: 12th at Talladega Superspeedway on April 21