It's A Photo-Finish For Mike Wallace At Pikes Peak Mike Wallace, #2 Team ASE Racing Ford F-150: (Started 16th, Finished first)"I thought that he (Jack Sprague) stole the race from us. We were about ready to go a lap down early. The truck was handling terribly and pushing terribly. The guys did a great job. They made a right rear spring change and right side tires and then I just drove my butt off. I wanted to race him for the finish. Timmy (Kohuth) told me that he'd be loose on me. For the people that don't know, we won a Winston West race earlier today and then turned around and won this one in dramatic fashion. We got a tough team. We got into a bickering match yesterday afternoon, but today we got tough. The Ford F-150 hauled all day long. We won a big one here today baby. That was racing." QUOTES FROM POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE: Mike Wallace: "It was a great day for us today. I think that any time you get a win in the fashion that we won it in is fantastic. Early in the race we were about three seconds from going a lap down. The truck drove just terribly and Timmy (Kohuth, crew chief) told me that if we got a caution, we could adjust it to make it right. You know how us drivers sometimes freak out in the truck and run our mouths more than we should. I told Timmy to make big changes, we needed a big change. We started off the day and went forward and then backed up and backed up. When everybody else first pitted we put on left-side tires while most of the others put on rights. Then we were able to come in and out on our rights and make the right-rear spring adjustment on the truck and the thing just came to life. It stood up on the right rear and loved to turn. This is the type of track where the truck can be really tight all day long. Trucks continue to get tighter and tighter in the corners. You have to get your truck free enough to turn. From that point on the day went really good. Up until the final caution with about 10 laps to go, I thought that we just handed Jack (Sprague) the win. He had the field a lap down and they did what they needed to do by coming in late and put on left side tires. I couldn't believe it when that final caution came out. I was thinking that I needed two laps and if he beat me than he beat me, if he doesn't well at least we have a shot. It wasn't handed to him and it wasn't a fuel mileage deal. He had a good run off of turn two and I did too but he didn't run me down on the back straightaway. He had a good line to run onto the corner and as soon as I saw him get down there I checked up on the gas and got on the brake and got the front of my truck to turn and I saw him go up the track. I tried to feed the gas without breaking the tires loose and it was just enough to get by him. It was a great day for the Ford F-150, Team ASE and all of our supporters. It was nice to win this race in that fashion. You know that Jack and I raced in Memphis last week and I ended up against the fence with the misfortune of that deal. To beat him and not rub or touch fenders, it made it a great finish for us and it made a statement about our ability." DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WON WHEN YOU CROSSED THE FIINSH LINE? "Yeah I did. I knew that we were far enough ahead. I told the guys after I'd gotten about three or four inches past the finish line that we'd won. It's good for the fans and for the series to see a nice, tight race. At least we were able to bring something at the end. We made up three laps today to win two races (Wallace won the Winston West race prior to the NCTS race) and that's pretty impressive. We had the racing gods and a lot of luck with us today. I'd rather have that than be good any day."