ROBERT HUFFMAN, #12 TUNDRA TOYOTA:
WHAT HAPPENED? "I told all those guys you can't win a race unless you are there at the end and naturally we're not. The caution had been out for a fourth of a lap and I guess the 08 [Ken Weaver] either didn't listen in the driver's meeting or his spotter couldn't tell it was out or something and just wrecked us down the frontstretch. It's a crying shame. All these guys put a lot of hard work and effort into the deal. We'll be back at Atlanta."

THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF WILD RACING WITH DRIVERS SWITCHING LANES CONSTANTLY. "It wasn't kind of crazy, it was crazy . I was just trying to hold my own and learn what was going on with the trucks. They were dicing around and I got into a couple of positions that I didn't like when I was three-wide and in the middle. The truck didn't like it at all. I was sitting on the bottom in a comfortable position where the truck was really running good and I was content to be there for a while and all this came down. We'll just come back at Atlanta."

TRACY HINES, #88 MENARDS CHEVROLET:
"The guys with the cameras probably have a better view. I was running the low groove and the truck was handling extremely well and the Menards guys did a good job on the pit stop. There was a truck that came from the high side, from the middle of the track, right in front of my nose. You can't react that quick when they come down. I know the tape will probably show it a little bit better than I can explain it."

KEN WEAVER, #08 PHONECO /1-800-4-A-PHONE DODGE:
"In that one, I couldn't see it. We went low and the spotter said go high and then I don't know who I hit but he obviously spun up into me."

WHAT HAPPENED WITH STEVE PARK? "I thought we were racing. He went left, went right, came back right, and I couldn't get away from him. I don't want to tear up anybody's equipment. And that stuff on the front, when you've got guys on your bumper you can only check up so much until you shorten the truck. And I remember last year getting hit multiple times and no one ever went to the trailer for that but I'm sure they will make an example out of me."

CHASE MONTGOMERY, #8 BOBBY HAMILTON RACING DODGE:

"We went to the back in a hurry and finally got a chance to work on the truck and we were coming back to the front. I think we had just got back into the top-10. I was running high and had just got around LaJoie. I was running the high line. I could either turn into the wall or turn down and hope nobody's there. I was slowing down and turning down and I think I got hit from behind and pushed into it. It was a mess. All I could see was smoke. It's unfortunate. These guys have worked and it showed the other day when we qualified second and we were coming back to the front. It's a tough way to start the year off. We'll go to Atlanta and get them there."

David Reutimann In The #17 NTN Bearings Toyota was the Raybestos® Rookie Of The Race at Daytona. He finished ninth, the only first-year driver to score a Top-10 finish.
"We should have been better than what we were. We had a truck capable of winning the race. I just seemed to keep getting in the wrong line. You come down there and you've got a run on a guy and you've got a guy pushing you and you just know that when you fade to the outside they're going to go with you and all of a sudden the truck slows down and you look in the mirror and the guy is gone. I learned a lot. I think I kind of screwed up there and got into Steve Park there coming off of four there and got him messed up and I hate that. The rest of the night there was some stuff happening around me but I wasn't in it. I really wanted to get out of there without touching anybody but this is the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and that's what it's all about. All in all we had a good showing. The truck is still in one piece and I'm pretty happy with that."

HOW CLOSE DID YOU GET TO THE BIG ACCIDENT? "We were ahead of that one because I remember they said 'Wreck behind you' and we came around there and there were coil springs and everything laying on the racetrack. I don't know exactly how that one got started. I was thanking the Lord that I was ahead of that one, for sure."

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LUCKY AFTER FINISHING A RACE LIKE THIS ONE? "Probably blessed would be a better word for it. There were a couple of situations that I put myself in that I probably shouldn't have been in and could have got us in some trouble and it didn't and there were other instances where I got out of the hole and saved us from being involved in a big wreck. I think I made some good decisions and I think I made some really poor ones, too. I guess that's part of the learning deal."

THE RACING TONIGHT WAS VERY INTENSE. IS THERE ANYTHING NASCAR CAN DO TO HELP THE SITUATION? "I don't know what else you can do. I enjoyed it. That's probably the most fun I've had in a long, long time. It is a little crazy but I guess if it bothers you, I don't know, maybe you should be driving something different maybe. It took me a long time to get here so I'm not going to complain about how the racing is right now. It is a little crazy. I've seen Winston Cup races that have torn up a lot more. I don't really have an opinion. I'm just glad I'm racing. That's my deal."

YOU FINISHED IN THE TOP-10 IN YOUR FIRST CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES START. THIS MUST GIVE YOU MOMENTUM ENTERING THE RACE AT ATLANTA. "Fortunately I've been to Atlanta once and then tested there in a Busch car. At least I've been the racetrack when we get there and I feel real good about that. The first chance to work with Bobby Kennedy and Jason Overstreet and the guys, those guys performed extremely well. The truck was great from the green flag. We just made little adjustments on it and we had a truck capable of winning. I can't ask for anymore than that, especially with the time span that we had to build everything. The guys did a tremendous job."

JOE ARAMENDIA, #31 ARMENDIA PLUMBING DODGE:
YOU BOUNCED BACK FROM PROBLEMS EARLY IN THE RACE AND RAN WELL BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. "We were coming and I was having a great old time. At the beginning of the race we had a problems with an oil fitting. We came in the pits and lost a couple of laps getting that fixed and then we got our laps back. I was just in there having fun. I don't know what happened up there but when I was getting there trucks were going every which way and nothing but smoke and I was shutting her down. The next thing I know I've got her sideways and somebody just hit the door. It's all good; it was fun."

SHELBY HOWARD, #23 BILL DAVIS RACING TOYOTA:
DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED? "I just seen a bunch of smoke and trucks sliding in front of me and then I got hit from behind and turned around. It's just an unfortunate deal, speedway racing. They were pretty crazy out there tonight. We got tore up a little bit earlier but the truck was still fast and we were just trying to get a good finish out of it. I've got to thank Bill Davis and Toyota for giving me the opportunity to be here. I guess we'll be at Atlanta next month ready to go."

A LOT OF THE MOVES SOME DRIVERS WERE MAKING PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MADE THAT EARLY IN THE RACE. "I don't agree with a lot of stuff that was going on out there. All you can do is drive your race and try to stay out of trouble. I had a feeling from last night that things were going to be that way tonight. We were just trying to survive the thing and be there at the end but unfortunately got caught up in one of the crashes."

JOEY CLANTON, #40 KEY MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET:
"I was riding. I tried to stay to the outside just so I could watch what was going on. We got up to tenth there and we were just riding. I had a faster truck than that and I just wanted to stay out of trouble. I got myself into trouble because I messed up on the pit stop. I just about ran over Musgrave's guys and I came in and slid through my pits and we got penalized but we got that back. We were coming back up through the field and the truck was really running fast and we were able to pass. I guess it's Daytona and it's how they race here. They are all over the racetrack and not really staying in line and staying with partners. They were really shifting around and they were doing that from the get-go. I tried to stay out of trouble but I guess that's the way we're going to have to race these guys. My hat's off to my guys who worked their tails off this week to get this thing ready. We hung in there; we made this race and we proved to them that we're here. To get all the way to the top-10 at Daytona with these guys, we know what we're doing."

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