U.S. FF2000 PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

JIMMY CHIANIS (#9 My Life Card/Primus Racing Van Diemen RF-95) -- The last
three races we've had have been on the ovals, so we've got to get use to a road
course.  I don't know if there is going to be as much as traffic (as last week
at Richmond International Raceway).

MEMO GIDLEY (#33 Collier's-Parrish/DSTP Van Diemen RF-95) --There's quite a
difference between a closed-wheel car and open-wheeled one.  In the
Dodge-Shelby cars I was a little more timid than I should have been.  But after
driving the open-wheeled ones, you can get away with lot. Those cars are quite
a bit different than these cars; they're a little bit heavier for one thing. 
These cars are really nimble; they react really quick.

LANCE NORICK (#3 Fred Jones Manufacturing/Boatmans Credit
Card/Macklenburg-Duncan Vector (95)  -- I'd say one of the key places for these
cars on the track is the carousel (McDonald's Loop) off the back straight.  You
have to carry as much speed through there, getting through there as quick as
possible to go into the Boot.  I'd say the whole track is important, that's not
like one main section you have to carry as much speed through as possible. 
There's a kind of a little balancing act, you try to can as little wing as
possible to get the speed up.  That might affect the grip a little bit in the
corners.

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