Mark
drove his No. 5 Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet from the 23rd starting spot to a sixth-place finish to
post his third straight top-10 of the season. Mark topped the charts in the first practice on Friday, but
struggled some during qualifying and Saturday's practice sessions.
"The Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet was really good today," said Mark, who led three laps during Sunday's
race and improves to 18th in the driver standings. "I was worried after yesterday's practice that we may
have a 20th-place car. But the guys, like every other Sunday, gave me a great race car. They worked
really hard, and Alan (Gustafson, crew chief) made all the right changes to get us in the top 10 today.
That last run, we were the loosest we'd been all day. I'm not sure if it was the tires or what. I really
wanted that top-five, but just couldn't get there."
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