| Jeff Green, the #66 Best Buy Chevrolet Monte Carlo | | | | right time." |
| pilot for Haas CNC Racing, has drove at Pocono | | | | Green talks about some frustrating finishes: "Well, it |
| Raceway this past weekend. Green struggled to get | | | | would be different if our cars weren't good. We've had |
| the 21st position before an electrical trouble dropped | | | | some pretty decent race cars these past three or |
| him to a 32nd-place finish when the race was called | | | | four races, but mistakes have taken us out of |
| due to rainfall. | | | | contention." He added, "At Dover and at Pocono, |
| At the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the | | | | problems on pit road cost us. At Dover, it was my |
| No. 66 sport a special paint design to support the | | | | fault, but this past weekend, we just had a couple of |
| kickoff of a Best Buy fundraising campaign for Fisher | | | | bad pit stops. It's frustrating, but the guys are trying, so |
| House, a foundation that establishes 'comfort homes' | | | | it's hard to come down too hard on them. You just |
| to offer lodging for families of hospitalized military | | | | have to know that there's a fresh chance every race |
| members. The car could not flaunt a striking Chevrolet | | | | to perform better, and that's what motivates you." |
| pickup bra, but it could exhibit something more | | | | What does the team anticipate in the Michigan race? "I |
| powerful. | | | | like all the speedways. The surface of Michigan is |
| What is more, Best Buy is also supporting Fisher | | | | porous, so it treats the tire kind of like Darlington |
| House through hands-on volunteer opportunities for | | | | (Raceway) does," said Crew Chief Harold Holly. |
| Best Buy employees at Fisher House locations, and | | | | The team is dropping significant points and Holly noted: |
| other activities. "We're putting the Fisher House logo on | | | | "You have to accept the reality of the situation. We |
| the car to remind everyone to make a donation. One | | | | had a fast car at Charlotte and were coming up |
| of the best ways to support the troops is by helping | | | | through the field, but we got caught up in an accident. |
| their loved ones, and that's exactly what Fisher House | | | | At Dover, once we got our tire issue and our pit road |
| does," said Green. | | | | issue out of the way, our lap times would have put us |
| Green added, "Someone explained it to me like this: | | | | in the top-15. At Pocono, we didn't unload like we |
| Let's say there's a military member from California, but | | | | needed to, but that was my first trip to Pocono in a |
| he's stationed in Virginia and has to be hospitalized. For | | | | couple of years, so I had some catching up to do in |
| his family in California to be able to come see him, it | | | | terms of relearning the track." |
| costs a lot of money. Without Fisher House, a lot of | | | | He added, "It's been mistakes that have cost us, so I |
| families wouldn't be able to afford to make the trip." | | | | just emphasize the importance of trying to eliminate |
| The #66 Best Buy Chevrolet Monte Carlo pilot has this | | | | mistakes. It's not like we haven't had some fast cars, |
| to say about Michigan: "I like the place. I'm not sure why | | | | but mistakes are just killing us. The pit crew guys have |
| we haven't done as well here. We ran pretty well here | | | | been focusing on the fundamentals and drilling on |
| when I drove for (Richard) Childress. I guess we've | | | | those. Our pit stops are an issue, but it's one we're |
| just never been able to get the right package at the | | | | working hard to straighten out. |