“It’s really important for us to get through the weekend without any problems.  It’s been a tough couple of weeks for this Caterpillar Racing team, and two DNFs in a row have really hurt us in the points.  We’ve lost the cushion we had between us and the 36th place team, and the last thing we want to do is get into trouble again this weekend and find...

“Bristol is a place that all the teams have marked on their calendars.  We have been lucky enough to win one there, which is pretty cool.  [Crew chief] Trip Bruce made a call to pit early last year, which helped us win the race.  We had a great truck, and I knew I would have to be patient in order to get back to the front.  It was a great night....

“Winning Bristol was awesome.  We’ve run well there, so we expect to have a competitive run.  Bristol has been a great place for me, and hopefully we can be competitive when we unload there Wednesday night.  It is definitely one of the races this team looks forward to every year.

“Driving at Bristol is like running around in a...

“First of all, I am glad to be back racing with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck guys.  The guys in this series are awesome.  They are balls to the walls from the word go, and I love it.

“As far as Bristol goes, well, it should be pretty interesting.  I have never seen the track, so it should be a lot of fun.  I have gotten a few pointers here...

Dave Blaney and the Caterpillar Racing team qualified in the 24th position for the 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway.  The Caterpillar car was on par for a top-20 finish before being involved in an accident on lap 84 of the 200-lap race.  After spending extensive time behind the wall while repair work was completed, Blaney was credited with a 41st-place finish.

“We ran pretty well last time we were in Michigan, but we had rear axle problems, and that got us a bunch of laps down right from the start.  After we got that problem taken care of, the Caterpillar Camry was pretty good, so we’re looking forward to getting back there.  We haven’t been very happy with our performance of late, and we have run pretty well at MIS...