Anthony Grabiner Quotes

Mario was the fastest guy on Firestone (tires), ... The Firestone/Goodyear (tire) war was really heated then. I never had anything I could call a comfortable lead. My car, as it got low on fuel, became more and more difficult to hook up. I had to finesse it (into corners) and go like hell (on the straights).

Obviously it`s great to be on pole again, ... The way things go wrong in these sessions - they`re so short - that you have to be absolutely flat out from the first lap. That`s basically what our plan was and it seemed to work out. I didn`t qualify at the last race at Watkins Glen - my teammate Bob Stallings did - but that`s two poles in two qualifying sessions for me, and that `s something we`re pretty happy about.

It will be a challenge (for the IRL cars), ... Some guys will be able to do it better, of course.

There was a lot more freedom from a design standpoint, which you can`t do anymore in this country, ... Today`s drivers are just as brave, just as much gladiators, as we were then.

Mario (Andretti) was within two seconds of me for the whole race, ... We had a stellar cast.

I`m very happy to put the GAINSCO Pontiac Riley on the pole once again, ... We knew coming into qualifying, because of all the practice black flags, that I would need to go quick early on. It`s great to be starting up front, and the whole team has really been working hard to get us here.