Jimmie Johnson returned to North Carolina with a smile on his face, but several big-name drivers did not.
Unhappy Drivers Sound Off Following New Hampshire Race
Here are some post-race quotes from a few of the unhappy drivers.
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, 34th (who had contact with Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer):
(Gordon) just didn’t give me any room, and he never does. He has it coming one day. ... (Bowyer) just got me loose and I just got him loose, too. You can run me, but don’t try to wreck me. That was it.”
CLINT BOWYER, 7th (on the contact with Montoya):
Last week it was Jeff Gordon, now it was the 42. I’m glad he finally got what he deserved. Just beating and banging, kind of uncalled for. But that’s the nature of the beast; that’s the sandbox we have to play in.
KYLE BUSCH, 11th (on contact with Jeff Burton):
We all saw it – I got wrecked. ... A guy on no tires trying to make it with what he’s got and we screwed up. ... In the previous corner Kurt got by me. Went down into Turn 3 and Burton got loose underneath me and we wrecked. That’s all there is to it.
JEFF BURTON, 12th (on contact with Kyle Busch):
I hate that Kyle and I got together there at the end. I know we had a little history together and honestly that had nothing to do with that, although nobody will ever believe that. I just screwed up. He didn’t do a thing wrong and that is 100 percent on me. ... He is probably not going to want to talk about it, and I don’t blame him. I would be mad if I was him.
DENNY HAMLIN, 14th (on his day of struggles):
We just ran terrible. None of the words are going to be able to describe our weekend. We tried some different stuff to try to get better for September (the first Chase race) because we finished second here last fall and probably had a top-five car, not a race-winning car. We experimented with some stuff, but it just didn’t work here.
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