Reutimann records solid finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Monday, May 26, 2008
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David Reutimann
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CONCORD, N.C. – David Reutimann had five top-20 finishes in his first 30 races in NASCAR’s Cup series. But in his last nine starts, Reutimann has finished in the top 20 six times – including his best career finish Sunday night.
Reutimann finished 10th in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, topping his previous best of 13th at Michigan last year.
“It was a good effort for everybody at Michael Waltrip Racing, and Toyota did a great job,” Reutimann said. “[Thanks to sponsor] UPS for sticking with us through this whole program. We haven’t really done much to deliver any good finishes.
“I think this is maybe a start for things to come and I appreciate them sticking with me and everybody at the shop. I managed to run the top side of the race track all night without knocking the right side off, so that’s a good start.
“I enjoyed it – the guys did a great job and the pit stops were good. All in all our team’s coming together, and I can’t wait until the next race.”
Reutimann couldn’t pinpoint one change that has made his team better as he ran his seventh race in MWR’s No. 44 Toyota after replacing the retired Dale Jarrett.
“We’re doing what we should be doing right now,” Reutimann said. “It’s not any one thing – it’s a bunch of little things we’re doing better. It just goes to show how tough this business is when a team like Hendrick [Motorsports] can struggle for a race or two or whatever. It just shows you how competitive and how tough it is and there are no sure things in this business.”
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2 responses to "Reutimann records solid finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway"
Wade Rose said:
May 27, 2008 at 8:20 AMWhy do you waste an article on this thirty some place driver? One top ten for wmr is big news i guess. BOOGITY-BOOGITY Later. Also one more week of dw. Then the nightmare is over. BOOGITY-BOOGITY out of here dw.
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May 27, 2008 at 9:43 AMI agree with you on DW. I hope the other networks really look to see what made Fox so bad. I REALLY HATED "CRANK IT UP". They always did it after a restart and used all different camera angles such that you couldn't tell what's happening. A restart is the best time to focus on the leaders and the front of the pack. But no, they kept switching to cameras so fast you couldn't tell who was passing who and what was going on. Plus, the sound is no where near what it's like in real life. So happy Fox is just about gone.
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