Ted Musgrave Quotations

We both took risks because Todd and I both know on a speedway like this, the spinning truck will drift down the banking, ... But the fans got to see something pretty awesome.

Wow I passed a lot of trucks. It's tough to pass, but it's exciting to make some passes here too. From my windshield I saw a lot of exciting stuff going on and from my mirror I saw some exciting stuff going on. I don't know if it was just me, but it was one heck of a race going on out here.

Our truck was decent, but it wasn't anything like his. He won the race. I could not accelerate off the corner like he could.

Mark got his Christmas present because we had a plan. It's a last-lap deal where you just use the brakes real quick, let him shoot out, and then we come charging like a freight train.

I think she'll be a very good contender. I don't think she'll win the championship I don't know if I can win it but it's great to see somebody like Erin coming in. It gives us notoriety and shows the diversity we have out there.

You almost hate to see a restart. It's good for the fans, but for the driver it's a crap shoot. It's like running on grease for a couple laps.

We opted to put on tires. My call, just to make sure we got no flats or anything happened. Good day for us in points, but the season ain't over yet.

We've had some solid races in the past few weeks,

With six races to go, things can happen. If we stay right there and gain a little here and there, we'll be OK.

It was almost like you died and everybody went into your house and just ransacked it and got everything they wanted. You're favorite this. You're favorite that. You just see it all disappear.

Put everything on the table, winner take all.

After Indy it was like 'engrave the trophy and give it to him,' ... We just wanted to keep working real hard. It's very seldom that a driver gets good luck all year long and we still had the capability to come back.

Dennis and I and Crawford had a heck of a race. One minute, I thought Dennis was going to win. Then I thought Crawford was going to win. Then I thought maybe I could win it. It was fun.

Dennis and I and Crawford had a heck of a race,

At Loudon, things can go one way or the other. It's very difficult to pass, and track position means a lot. Pit strategy means a lot too. We're going to concentrate on being as consistent as possible throughout the race. At a track like this, you want to work to make sure you come out with the best finish possible, which will help the team at least maintain their current position in the point standings and possibly pick up some more points as well.

The way Toyotas were running away with everything, we couldn't catch them hardly at all.

There were times we had each other about sideways. But I had to be careful because I had guys coming up from behind me. I just could not out-run (Starr) today.

It was really weird. You win the championship, and you're all happy. Your team is put together. Everything you've worked for is finally in place. Then to kind of have that thrown away and have everyone scatter ... it's more or less like you died and someone went into your house and ransacked it.

It's one of the strangest things I've ever been involved in.

It just goes to show you that nobody's superman. I know what he's going to be going through, to some extent, and I feel for him. It's a shame he can't run while he's receiving treatment like I did, because sometimes the best medicine is getting to do what you love. But there are so many different types of cancer, and the treatments are all different, and evidently he's not able to do both.

That's OK, ... When we get to Homestead, we just need to stay close to him and wrap it up. The thing is, just don't put yourself in jeopardy.

I'm excited to not have to drive seven hours to race at Birmingham or Montgomery. The tracks that we're going to be running are short enough that it's not going to be all about horsepower. I'm excited to go to these tracks that are close to home and not have to travel all over the place.

I just got blind-sided. That was the biggest thing. Nobody really had an inclination of it shutting down. Everything looked to be in order. The timing was wrong and the way it was handled was wrong. You just pick the pieces up and you run with them.

You could have given me 100 starts, and I don't think I would have caught him.

All I saw was an opportunity to try to pass him but it was the white-flag lap and if I had passed him it wouldn't have mattered because of the caution freezing the field,