On paper the Birmingham event was our worst showing of the season. But it showed the true character of the team that we stayed with it and had a good race car for Robert in Round 10. Electrical problems are the most frustrating to deal with because they're so hard to find. It's not like a suspension problem, that's relatively easy to diagnose.

[Team APEX Racing USA's championship hopes took a hit at Birmingham, but Hunt says don't count out this team of series newcomers yet.] We're by far the top rookie team in the series, ... We've surprised a lot of people with our performance this season, and we still have a shot at the team title mathematically. Robert is just 21 points back in the driver standings, so with four rounds remaining a lot could happen.

It was probably just a slip of paper that wasn't deemed all that important at the time, ... I've never heard even rumors about what might've happened to it.

He showed improvement all season long and that paid off with a trip to the state tournament.

Apparel retailers were showing strong double-digit increases over last year. Jewelry retailers also showed strong sales,

If anything, I think that showed the value of this event. Sometimes you take things for granted. But what Shanghai did was show everyone, us included, just what a valuable franchise this event really is.