Quotes & Notes: Texas

The biggest voice of all let that voice be heard Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, and he wasn't happy.

France

According to the Sporting News Wire Service, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France said the sanctioning body is looking at possible remedies in the aftermath of the April 1 story that indicated -- in ill-conceived jest -- that President Barack Obama had ordered carmakers General Motors and Dodge to withdraw their support from NASCAR racing.

Originally run without a disclaimer, the story, which appeared on the Web site associated with Car and Driver magazine, subsequently had a tagline added to indicate the report was an April Fool's prank. When the story first appeared, however, NASCAR vice president of corporate communications Jim Hunter was besieged with requests for NASCAR's reaction to what many thought was a legitimate article.

"We were really very upset about that," France said Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. "And it may not be over with how we're going to approach that. That was an outrageous thing that those guys did, and we were very, very unhappy.

"We're still looking at our options how to make sure we remedy that. It was irresponsible -- very irresponsible."

The story has been pulled from the site.

France had his say pre-race. Here's what they were saying post-race.

"We felt like we couldn't run with the big dogs [Sunday] but could have a good points day. That's exactly what we needed."
-- Kurt Busch, on his eighth-place finish

"That wasn't much fun. We had a fuel-pump issue and that sent us behind the wall and ruined our day."
-- Reed Sorenson, on his 36th-place finish

Stremme

"This car is just pretty tight, you know, and it really likes clean air. There were some guys that could do it ... but it's pretty important to be positioned in the front."
-- Matt Kenseth, on the difficulty to pass

"I feel like we had a top-five car. It's just, you know, something that was out of our control is what put us out. We got some trash on the grill and tried to get it off on the track before our last resort, which was pitting. We pitted and lost a lot of water and then ultimately blew up. Just by chance, something like a hotdog wrapper cost us a top-five finish."
-- David Ragan, on the engine failure that resulted in a 37th-place finish

"I was driving as hard as I could and seemed to be going nowhere."
-- Ryan Newman, who complained about a lack of grip

"I have to tell you, David's coming ... I hope people are paying attention to him because he's a coming."
-- Roy McCauley, crew chief for David Stremme, who finished 14th after starting 32nd

• Jeff Gordon won the Samsung 500, his 82nd victory in 552 Cup Series races, giving him an average of one victory every 6.7 starts.

• This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2009. Gordon ends a career-long 47-race winless skid

• This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 17 races at Texas. Gordon now has a win at every active track but one -- Homestead-Miami Speedway.

• Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at Texas. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2009.

• Hendrick Motorsports (Gordon 1, Johnson 2 and Mark Martin 6) and Roush Fenway Racing (Greg Biffle 3, Matt Kenseth 5 and Carl Edwards 10) each had three drivers in the top 10.

Sporting News Wire Service contributed to this report.