Chase Austin

Comments as Seen and Heard on ESPN2's NASCAR Countdown from Memphis Motorsports Park

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October 27, 2007 -- On Saturday afternoon, ESPN2 continued its season-long coverage of the NASCAR Busch Series with live racing from Memphis Motorsports Park in Tennessee. The telecast of the 250-lap race began at 3 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown on ESPN Classic. Some NASCAR Countdown highlights:

Rookie Chase Austin is Just Second African-American to Make Busch Series Start

CHASE AUSTIN (to ESPN’s Shannon Spake) – "Qualifying’s not my strong suit, so watching those jet dryers go out and then going out first really wasn’t a good feeling for me. We lucked out and got it by six-hundredths of a second. My stomach was in knots after that, but I’m just glad we qualified and we’ve got a good car for the race."

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