NASCAR States the Obvious

Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton: “There's nothing wrong with the surface. It's obvious we didn't go there with the right car-tire combination. We've raced on that surface the last four years. I wouldn't ask them to change that surface. We've got to do a better job. I can't say enough how sorry we are. It is our responsibility, NASCAR's, that we don't go through this again.”

“It hurts us whenever we have a weekend like we had. There's nothing worse than coming away from a race and knowing the result was ... it wasn't even close. It wasn't even in the 25th percentile of what we're capable of doing and what we do week in and week out. I don't feel real good about it right now. If you talk to anybody around me the last 48 hours they'll back me up on that. It's difficult and hard. But that's what makes us the best motor sport in the world. Whenever we see something that needs fixing, we go fix them. When we go back to Indianapolis next year, we'll probably have the best Brickyard [race] we've ever had.”