4 Quotes by Rick Heinrich

We're still looking at the tire and trying to find a concrete determination as to why the tire went down. We don't know if it was a puncture or wear-related at this point.

At this point, it's our first look at the track. These guys were the first ones on it, the first laps. The conditions will be different than they will be two weeks from now.

The tire went down, lost air pressure. We talked to Jimmie and he had felt the tire start to go down in Turn 1. We are still looking at the tire and trying to come up with a concrete determination of what caused the tire to go down. We don't know if it was a puncture or wear related at this point.

As more laps are put on the track, the conditions will change. But we've learned a lot. The reason we are here is to gather information so we can decide which direction to go. Everything we did yesterday and everything we do today is to gather data so we can go back and build the best tire.