Ben Spies Quotations

I yelled a few choice words under my helmet when the red flag came out. Fortunately, the team gave me a great bike for the restart and I was able to build my lead again. I have to admit I'm a little shocked at well this weekend went.

We did a very good lap. I felt it wasn't a great one, and we left a little time out there because I ran wide a few times. Any time you can do better than Mat, you have to be proud of it.

The baseline is good. Maybe we can get a couple of tenths off with the race tire by correcting some things. I did four laps at sub-1:38.5 and we've finally got the front end dialed in the way I like it.

It's an awesome feeling to get a victory. Just like when I won last year, Mat had problems, so we didn't get to battle to the last lap. I didn't know he ran off the track, so I was sort of shocked when I saw my pit board and realized the lead I had.

Once my adrenaline started pumping, I felt fine. With the cool weather, times have been fast all day, so I suggested we concentrate on going for the pole today instead of working on a race setup.