Alan Gustafson Quotations

We had been gunning for the youngest winner record all year and this was our last chance.

I don't think you'll see the engine attrition you did in California, because this is a shorter race.

It is a little bit of a disadvantage not running it, not testing it, but it is not like we don't know anything about it. We have had that car in the wind tunnel. We have had that car on the racetrack previously.

It is kind of a preseason game for them to make a couple of pit stops and if you have a mistake, it's a good way to get that out the way before you get into the 150s and the 500.

Kyle Busch drove his heart out. We really wanted to get Kyle the youngest win on record and we just barely got it, so we feel good.

We really wanted to win the race for Kyle. Our first win is unbelievable.

You look at this and you have guys who have worked countless hours over the winter to build a really fast race car and you have a good run, and then you go to the back for an opinion.

We need to respect the red flag. The No. 1 priority in that situation is safety to other people, and that's what we got away from.

There's a lot of evaluation going on there with air-fuel mixtures, oil pressures, engine temperatures. That's more important to us than what Kyle thinks right now.

It's huge. I mean, it's the biggest win of my life.

Things happen. We take full responsibility for it. Emotions run high.

Around lap 80 or 100 was the first time we led, and I thought we were looking pretty good.

In order to make that playoff in September, or even to make the top-10, you have to finish races. Last year we focused on being fast and racing hard to win races; this year we are going to take a more conventional approach and improve our package as a whole.

I look at it as a preparation for the 500. Time for him to get some experience, time for us to make friends and can make good decisions.