This is one of the big tracks every little boy dreams about racing cars on. I've had opportunities to come here and try to qualify several years in a row now, and it really feels good to be able to finally pull it off.

Kirk Shelmerdine

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This is one of those tracks that every little boy dreams about racing cars on. It really feels good to finally be able to pull it off.

— Kirk Shelmerdine

I've sacrificed an awful lot and put up with a lot to be here. Somewhere there's a not very long list of men who've raced in this race. To add my name here means a lot. I'm really not sure that's for sale.

— Kirk Shelmerdine

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I had it figured out who needed to finish where, and I got it wrong. I lost a car somewhere and figured I was out of it. I was feeling about as down as you could feel until the NASCAR guys came to the window.

— Kirk Shelmerdine

There were 58 cards here, so I guess our odds were one-in-58. But really, it was a lot taller.

— Kirk Shelmerdine

Without a big corporate deal it was hard to pull off. People jumped in and helped.

— Kirk Shelmerdine