Dario Franchitti Quotations

I lost a good friend here six years ago and this means a lot to all of us who were friends of Greg Moore.

I lost a good friend here six years ago,

We're OK. But it's all about tomorrow. All four of us had different setups most of the weekend, but we're all heading in one direction for the race. The real test comes tomorrow.

He's figured this out very, very quickly, asking a lot of good questions. I'll be surprised if he's not right up there battling (for the lead).

We made some fine adjustments before qualifying and the car was really good. It was just a matter of me doing my job and not making any mistakes. They gave me a car that was exactly the way I wanted to drive it. Tomorrow is another day and that is when it gets difficult.

I actually thought it was closer than that. It was close enough.

It caught me by surprise, because I've never had the back end come around like that there. It's going to make it a hard day (today).

It has a lot more to do with how you get off the corner and how late you can brake going into the next corner. I expect a lot of passing tomorrow.

I think performance-wise we had a strong season and we were very quick in most of the races.

I'm still in shock about the whole thing. I didn't know Paul very well, but I've been through this before. I just feel for his family. It's such a tragedy.

I was not very happy with the way things were going, ... I've lightened up considerably, but I will push very hard for that championship next year.

I was not very happy with the way things were going.

We just cannot continue to have these things happen.

We were lucky with those caution flags, and I am happy with our finish. My car was well balanced, but not as good as the others were.

Finishing 1-2-3-4 last year was amazing. It was something people thought we couldn't do, and we weren't so sure we could do it. Things just fell our way as a team last year. I was disappointed not to win it because of the problems in our pit. We left Homestead on a high note. We really did. That sets us up for the whole season.

Tony is a very strange character. He is one of the most generous and most selfish men I have met. I think he is capable of doing it. I helped him a few times last year to the championship. If the roles were reversed, I would do the same thing for him.

Very nice to be the last one on the track for one-lap qualifying.

After last year's race, anything is possible Sunday. It's a typical street course race. You've got to get through that first turn. Once we're through that first turn, then we can get on with the rest of the race. Guys are going to be trying to make up positions there for sure.

After last year's event, anything is possible. You have to get through that first turn. Once you're through that, then you can go on with the rest of the race.

A wheel bearing went in the rear suspension, which I think is the same problem as Tony (Kanaan). It almost put me into the wall and almost put Tony in the wall as well. It's unfortunate and the ArcaEx team deserves better. It's the same problem we had at Nashville.

You're talking about keeping the car in one piece for 24 hours. That's the important thing.

This is a bittersweet win because I lost a good friend here six years ago. It was important for me to win here today for several reasons. Tony and I battled all day, and this is a great way to finish the season. For Tony to have helped me out at the end really means a lot. There's more to racing than kicking the heck out of your teammate; you have to work as a team and we proved that today.

It's a little bumpy, but I like that in a street course.

It's looking difficult now. (Wheldon) and his team keep doing this kind of a job.

I know what Tony told you. But it looked to me like he lifted. I'll get to the bottom of it.

I had the clutch pedal depressed, but the car slowly started to creep forward and the engine stalled. So another mechanical problem took us from a race that I feel we had the car to win. We just cannot continue to have these things happen.

I'll have to (fill) him with alcohol (today) to get the real truth.

I could see him coming. He was coming up quickly and I really don't know what happened. But it all came down to that, as usual, last two feet, didn't it?

He's never far from my mind at any time, but when I'm here especially. It was nice to win here today, but it will never bring him back; it will never make up for one percent of the loss.

The car is definitely fast enough, which makes it doubly frustrating that we didn't get a chance to run for the pole. I'm sure we'll come up with something and be fine (today).

The car has been fantastic all weekend right off the truck and I just had to do my job. I didn't make any mistakes.